tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post8172201438458597645..comments2024-01-12T00:00:04.996-05:00Comments on The Paper Wait: Quiet Down--I'm Trying to ReadEileen Cameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03147679493619958932noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-74250140146347935752008-07-24T12:00:00.000-04:002008-07-24T12:00:00.000-04:00I think I understand what you mean. There are tim...I think I understand what you mean. There are times I have to put a book down, not because my eyes are tired of reading but because a narrator is getting to me. <BR/><BR/>A lot of YAs are written in that very in-your-face style. Some are better than others. Even the good ones can get irritating after awhile. Nothing a good bookmark can't help out with.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately, I think that's why a lot of "quiet" books don't get considered. Or at least go unnoticed.Robin Constantinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12702857007702547325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-49448136387360821082008-07-23T19:58:00.000-04:002008-07-23T19:58:00.000-04:00J.A.If you wouldn't mind, I'd love to hear an exam...J.A.<BR/>If you wouldn't mind, I'd love to hear an example or two of povs that have shouted at you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-46838314772900919642008-07-23T15:30:00.000-04:002008-07-23T15:30:00.000-04:00What I mean is when nothing fades into the backgro...What I mean is when nothing fades into the background. Each word is so in your face in the narrator's voice. It's so easy to fall into "telling" rather than "showing." Conversations don't happen. The narrator tells you about his/her conversations. Everything that happens in the story is so colored by the narrator's POV. I guess it's the self-absorption that gets to me.J.A. Palermohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18325616361174334630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-79404766285492483672008-07-23T11:24:00.000-04:002008-07-23T11:24:00.000-04:00I confess I don't know what you mean by a voice th...I confess I don't know what you mean by a voice that's "too loud."Meg Wiviotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16178051434999444739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-14450469866767980612008-07-23T07:58:00.000-04:002008-07-23T07:58:00.000-04:00Yes, I agree that sometimes hearing everything fro...Yes, I agree that sometimes hearing everything from one POV gets irritating, but the fun in it is trying to figure out how reliable this person is.Gale Sypher Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316827256622168039noreply@blogger.com