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Since people have been talking about it, what’s your favorite POV to read?
#poll
First person
Second person
Third person
Doesn’t matter
None of them?
545 votes
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Anonymous 1d

Depending on how well it’s written, swapping first person

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Anonymous 14h

6th option: first person and third person (i can’t say doesn’t matter bc second person is terrible)

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Anonymous 20h

LIMITED third person

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Anonymous 23h

My favorite is third, but I’ll read first and second without complaints

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Anonymous 22h

Help, what is second person POV??

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Anonymous 21h

HIGHLY recommend The Fifth Season by NK Jemisin!! It uses second person very well for one of the points of view

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Anonymous 20h

if is good, is good

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 22h

Treats the reader as a character, using the "you" pronoun

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 22h

Quite rare; beyond [Your Name] fanfics the only instance I've read is Harrow the Ninth

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Anonymous replying to -> ratdealer 21h

Ohhhhh okay thank you!!!

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Anonymous replying to -> #5 21h

Also like I read this book for class (in college, it’s not “spicy” the way romantasy is but there is an adult relationship) and I LOVED it if that tells you anything

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Anonymous replying to -> #7 20h

I knew I forgot more options!

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 20h

To be totally fair you only had five slots

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