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Originally Posted by 4691mls
I have a vague memory that years ago we had a thread discussing whether we liked to read about characters who were like us or different. Perhaps that's another way of saying something similar?
At one point I went through a phase of reading action/thriller novels. I have little or nothing in common with the heroes in such books and wouldn't want to hang out with them - nor they with me I'm sure! but they satisfied my need for escapism. I wouldn't say I connected with the characters though.
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It doesn't matter to me whether a character is like me or not (very few fictional characters in fact are, because a main character who is like me would not make any kind of a story at all - watching the grass grow would be more exciting). They do need to be interesting, though. And of course, what's interesting to me may be boring or annoying to other people and vice versa.