tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503899689333306930.post7308829458429271663..comments2024-02-24T00:16:07.372-08:00Comments on Saving the World One Story at a Time: I Like You, You Like MeBrian Jameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08547208018232793140noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503899689333306930.post-63399309655425672052012-04-18T23:20:00.604-07:002012-04-18T23:20:00.604-07:00Good point...I think that's definitely true. B...Good point...I think that's definitely true. But there are often reviews where readers decide they don't like something because they didn't 'like' the choices a character made or how a character treated another. Sadly I think a lot readers out there don't want to be challenged. And reading some reviews of books I've read, it amazes me how many readers seem to pay very little attention to what they are reading, at least anything that doesn't pertain to plot.Brian Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08547208018232793140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6503899689333306930.post-90638667293256803092012-04-18T11:26:16.004-07:002012-04-18T11:26:16.004-07:00I'm going to guess that said readers really me...I'm going to guess that said readers really meant that they couldn't relate to or didn't find those characters intriguing. Most readers I know are happy to be challenged by grey areas that serve to make characters more complex. But if you're reading a book in first person and the MC is annoying the crap out of you (and not in a good and challenging type of way, but in a "if this person were sitting across the table from them, I'd have to slap them" kind of way), then it becomes hard to keep slogging through.Helenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06723248647593042134noreply@blogger.com