Oh, how I wish these very interesting-sounding books were not written in the first person!
Hi Flipoid
I, also could never read 1st person knowing I was missing out on popular books. In the past year I've forced myself to adjust to reading 1st person and have succeeded to feel comfortable, but still prefer to stick to books not in 1st person. Fortunately there are very few HR authors that do not write in 1st person. Too many authors writing in 1st person over use "I" this and "I"that so when I view a page it seems like to me the "I"s are jumping off the page, so to speak! Many years working in business, I learned when corresponding with customers by letter to stay away from using "I"!
Here comes the sun even though I love that rainy day feeling!
Ive just read Welcome to the Dark Side and i really enjoyed it. I am not normally a MC fan at all but i love a good age gap and this can be read as a standalone.
Oh, how I wish these very interesting-sounding books were not written in the first person!
Hi Flipoid
I, also could never read 1st person knowing I was missing out on popular books. In the past year I've forced myself to adjust to reading 1st person and have succeeded to feel comfortable, but still prefer to stick to books not in 1st person. Fortunately there are very few HR authors that do not write in 1st person. Too many authors writing in 1st person over use "I" this and "I"that so when I view a page it seems like to me the "I"s are jumping off the page, so to speak! Many years working in business, I learned when corresponding with customers by letter to stay away from using "I"!
I always have to work on getting my students to stop using "I believe" and "I think" and "in my opinion" in their essays--since they are the ones writing the essays, the beliefs, thoughts, and opinions are obviously theirs!
There are very view books I will read that are in first person: Jane Eyre, the Nero Wolfe mysteries, a few Rick Riordan series (he writes others, which I like better, in third person), Robin Hobb's Assassin series, and two of Deanna Raybourn's series: Lady Julia Grey and Veronica Speedwell. I skimmed through a book that was really popular just because I wanted to find out what happened (Cinder & Ella), but it was a struggle. The only contemporary first-person romance I've really enjoyed reading (enough to actually reread it!) is Noelle Adams's Chasing Jane. Any time I read an interesting blurb about a book and see first-person writing when I use the "Look Inside" feature, I automatically click away from that product page. First-person present tense is the worst.
I, also could never read 1st person knowing I was missing out on popular books. In the past year I've forced myself to adjust to reading 1st person and have succeeded to feel comfortable, but still prefer to stick to books not in 1st person. Fortunately there are very few HR authors that do not write in 1st person. Too many authors writing in 1st person over use "I" this and "I"that so when I view a page it seems like to me the "I"s are jumping off the page, so to speak! Many years working in business, I learned when corresponding with customers by letter to stay away from using "I"!
I always have to work on getting my students to stop using "I believe" and "I think" and "in my opinion" in their essays--since they are the ones writing the essays, the beliefs, thoughts, and opinions are obviously theirs!
There are very view books I will read that are in first person: Jane Eyre, the Nero Wolfe mysteries, a few Rick Riordan series (he writes others, which I like better, in third person), Robin Hobb's Assassin series, and two of Deanna Raybourn's series: Lady Julia Grey and Veronica Speedwell. I skimmed through a book that was really popular just because I wanted to find out what happened (Cinder & Ella), but it was a struggle. The only contemporary first-person romance I've really enjoyed reading (enough to actually reread it!) is Noelle Adams's Chasing Jane. Any time I read an interesting blurb about a book and see first-person writing when I use the "Look Inside" feature, I automatically click away from that product page. First-person present tense is the worst.
I would have to say I've read several 1st person books that I enjoyed. Besides Jane Eyre, there is Rebecca. I'm sure there are more in the classic area I can't think of. But I like the mystery you get with first person done right. You only learn what the narrator knows and some books, it seems to me, wouldn't work written any other way. Joan Wolf is an historical author probably not many read today, but she does a good job writing first person in some of her stories, imo. But that's why they have supermarkets!
I always have to work on getting my students to stop using "I believe" and "I think" and "in my opinion" in their essays--since they are the ones writing the essays, the beliefs, thoughts, and opinions are obviously theirs!
There are very view books I will read that are in first person: Jane Eyre, the Nero Wolfe mysteries, a few Rick Riordan series (he writes others, which I like better, in third person), Robin Hobb's Assassin series, and two of Deanna Raybourn's series: Lady Julia Grey and Veronica Speedwell. I skimmed through a book that was really popular just because I wanted to find out what happened (Cinder & Ella), but it was a struggle. The only contemporary first-person romance I've really enjoyed reading (enough to actually reread it!) is Noelle Adams's Chasing Jane. Any time I read an interesting blurb about a book and see first-person writing when I use the "Look Inside" feature, I automatically click away from that product page. First-person present tense is the worst.
I would have to say I've read several 1st person books that I enjoyed. Besides Jane Eyre, there is Rebecca. I'm sure there are more in the classic area I can't think of. But I like the mystery you get with first person done right. You only learn what the narrator knows and some books, it seems to me, wouldn't work written any other way. Joan Wolf is an historical author probably not many read today, but she does a good job writing first person in some of her stories, imo. But that's why they have supermarkets!
I have The Master of Grex by Joan Wolf on my WL but haven't bought it yet. It was just released a few days ago.
I have The Master of Grex by Joan Wolf on my WL but haven't bought it yet. It was just released a few days ago.
In an earlier post when I mentioned to Flipoid that very few HR's are written in 1st person, I was thinking of Joan Wolf. I putt off reading her bks until recently because of being in 1st person.
I have The Master of Grex by Joan Wolf on my WL but haven't bought it yet. It was just released a few days ago.
In an earlier post when I mentioned to Flipoid that very few HR's are written in 1st person, I was thinking of Joan Wolf. I putt off reading her bks until recently because of being in 1st person.
@natasha - I have some Joan Wolf books you are welcome to borrow if you see any that look interesting. They are on the "bonnieg's books to loan" thread. Not all are first person, however.
I have some Joan Wolf books you are welcome to borrow if you see any that look interesting. They are on the "bonnieg's books to loan" thread. Not all are first person, however
bonnieg Thanks for the offer, but I have a stack(ereads) of Joan Wolf's tbr! It's amazing on the lending thread that no one ever posts any of my ereads and I have thousands in my cloud!
Here comes the sun even though I love that rainy day feeling!
I have some Joan Wolf books you are welcome to borrow if you see any that look interesting. They are on the "bonnieg's books to loan" thread. Not all are first person, however
bonnieg Thanks for the offer, but I have a stack(ereads) of Joan Wolf's tbr! It's amazing on the lending thread that no one ever posts any of my ereads and I have thousands in my cloud!
I know what you mean. I posted some books I have to loan and only one person has borrowed any of them. I thought I'd be swamped with requests.
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