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POV in fiction: What’s the Point?

by Bonnie McKnight on September 29, 2018 with No Comments

Pardon the title; I couldn’t help myself. Today I want to talk about point of view, or POV. The POV is the perspective from which your story is being told. Unless you’re writing your autobiography, your POV is not your … Read More

The Goblin Emperor

by Katherine Addison

From the first page, this book captivated my attention--which doesn't often happen. The writing is tight and vivid. Addison is clearly a wordsmith who cultivates each word and sentence into a rich tapestry of character, setting, and plot...

The Reluctant Assassin

by Eoin Colfer

This was a fine book. A very interesting premise, and it was fun to see Victorian England from a different perspective. The characters didn't quite jump out to me; I felt they were a little two-dimensional--maybe caricatured is a better ...

The End of All Things

by John Scalzi

This was my first introduction to the Old Man's War universe, and it definitely left me wanting to back and read the first five books. It stands very well on its own! I really enjoyed these novellas, and I liked how they worked together...

Renegades

by Marissa Meyer

Rarely have I finished a book and been so utterly unsatisfied by the ending. My disappointment in the ending is even sadder because the premise of the book was quite promising. I liked how Meyer played with super-hero tropes, particularl...

The Foretelling of Georgie Spider

by Ambelin Kwaymullina

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