Gotta be so honest I feel like someone’s lying, someone’s exaggerating. I get it as a preference but CANT????? (No offense to you I just genuinely can’t believe it I can’t wrap my head around that)

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I went to a really bad school district where any time I tried to read a book in third person they would call me stupid and take the book away from me. I know I can read third person but one of the reasons I haven’t chose to read a book in third person since is because of that encounter.

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what?! because i prefer third person and i think first person can be corny sometimes 💀

28

I feel like third person is so much more common too?????

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I’ve heard this too and I wonder if it’s a boomer or gen Xer exaggerating like: Gen Z: I prefer books written in 1st person Boomer/Gen X: The kids these days REFUSE to read 3rd person and are LITERALLY UNABLE to comprehend it

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What

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i feel like it’s really just coming from people who don’t like to read 😭 like most books are written in third person ? i get preferring to read one first compared to third but how are we having difficulty or refusing reading it 😭 prayers tho

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I feel more connected to the story and the characters when it’s in first person. Third person I feel like an outsider and not really like connected with the book if that makes sense

6

yikes, some of my favorites are 3rd person but i’m big on the classics. Are a lot of the modern popular series in 1st person?

5

I prefer third person esp for fanfic feels less weird

5

i can read third person, i just don’t like it becuase it’s harder to connect and get emotionally attached to the characters

4

i only like third person i can’t do first person at all 😭

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I saw on TikTok that it’s party a symptom of a shitty English education, with how some kids aren’t learning/struggling to learn to read in school (teaching sight words over phonics 😔) + the impact of covid, reading 1st person is easier than 3rd so many kids are avoiding 3rd person books

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i mean i don’t prefer it but i still read it from time to time

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I can read third person, but I prefer first person tbh because sometimes I get confused as to whose head we’re in (this is especially a problem when it’s third person omniscient and/or there’s head hopping within chapters). Plus idk I just don’t like the distance it puts between the reader and the narrative voice, makes it harder for me to get engaged

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wasn’t harry potter 3rd person?? and i feel like so many people have read that series over many different generations. i think so was divergent? i mean let me know if there are others that come to mind but like cmon… the newspaper, tv shows, movies, articles, history books are all mostly 3rd person (bc unless you are seeing only your body and hands, if you can see the main character, it’s 3rd person- and ik that’s visual but still)

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