Reading for Story vs. Reading for--Reading

[blpurdom]

I'm currently about 100 pages into a 250-page book (in ebook form, specifically Nook format) and I'm finally getting into it. In fact, now that I've learned a lot more about the title character, I'm probably unhealthily over-identifying with that character (because there is, of course, a HEALTHY way of over-identifying with a fictional character

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[hymnia]

My favorite novel of all time, A Prayer for Owen Meany, is written in the same way.

Hey! That's my favorite novel, too. (And I seem to like a lot of stories that are narrated by someone observing the main character, now that I think about it.)

Agree with you that the multi-POV multi-media style of writing seems a bit gimmicky. I'm sure it's possible to tell a good story that way, but I think it would take a lot of talent to maintain narrative unity and provide an appropriately distinct voice and tone for each narrator and each form of communication. The work is not good just because it uses a creative style of delivery; it's good if it uses that creative style of delivery effectively.

[blpurdom]

Amen, sister!