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If "connect" means to like them, then no. I don't have to like them. But I need to be interested enough to care what happens to them. I did start reading a crime series that my daughter (who usually likes the same things I do) recommended a little while ago, but put the first book down maybe 50 pages in. I realized I couldn't care less about any of the characters that had showed up so far. Especially not the main one. I didn't dislike her, I just couldn't care less about her life and what went on in it. Spoke with my daughter about it and she said "yeah, for good or bad, it IS a lot about her life" Which she apperently likes. (Maybe the 20 years between us makes a different here.)
I do like books where the bad guys' point of view is included. I absolutely do not LIKE them, but they INTEREST me. I guess that is a sort of "connection".
So I guess it's a "yes", I need to connect to at least some of the charachters!
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