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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
So like "connecting," I suspect we all might have different notions about what "caring about characters" entails.
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That's for sure. And I certainly don't care about fictional characters the way I care about real people close to me or even pets. But I'd lie if I said I only felt a remote, intellectual interest in them. I've been sad or angry about the fate of some fictional characters. I've been fervently hoping a character would succeed in their fictional aim. Again, not the way I would feel about real people, but it's definitely an emotional reaction. The more I liked the book, the longer the feeling stays with me. With some books, I forget it quickly; with others, I can remember the way I felt for years or even decades.