{"id":11984,"date":"2024-01-31T16:13:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T22:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldmaker.us\/home\/?p=11984"},"modified":"2024-01-31T16:13:26","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T22:13:26","slug":"what-do-you-think-of-books-that-do-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldmaker.us\/home\/what-do-you-think-of-books-that-do-this\/","title":{"rendered":"What do you think of books that do this?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So, what do you, as a reader, think of a book which changed POV? Like the main character is suddenly or inexplicably killed and replaced with another character, such as a supporting or secondary character, not someone brand new. This only applies really to solo POV style books (which is arguably rare with me). Does this sort of shift destroy your experience, do you find it interesting, or are you neutral on the idea?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, what do you, as a reader, think of a book which changed POV? Like the main character is suddenly or inexplicably killed and replaced with another character, such as a supporting or secondary character, not someone brand new. This … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p20yDF-37i","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11955,"url":"https:\/\/www.worldmaker.us\/home\/godzilla-minu-one\/","url_meta":{"origin":11984,"position":0},"title":"Godzilla Minu One","author":"knitnick","date":"December 23, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Saw Godzilla Minus One, and I don't regret a second of it. 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