Reading a novel

I like the Novel to be told from everybodies point of view to be honest I love reading but I think it would be boring if you only heard one point of view and not the others

when i read a novel ,i wound pay attention to intersting circumstance ,and read one the section,and connection,then you will find in the section whether affect the next section.

I like to know what both characters are thinking. If it doesn't have a view from both sides I start to add in my own thoughts and that could be bad, because then I get lost in my own thought and not what the writer is actually writing. I don't think that if I was a writer that it would confuse me. I think it makes for a better story line.

If the story is understandable, I'm fine with multi POVs. Especially if they give me a chapter break between them. Short stories I'm a bit pickier about, but I wrote one with a friend that was always from someone elses POV than my main people, just for the challage of it.

I really don't prefer one over the other. I just like for it to be done very well. If you friend could find an author that wrote from many perspectives effectively she might not get confused. For me it is all in the ability of the writer.

if i read a novel i put myself as the main character of the story, i cry, i laugh, angry, surprised, you know every emotion, that's why sometimes i'd rather prefer to read books than to watch movies.

I think it also brings more depth to the character when you hear what both people are thinking. Romance novels are my favorite reads. My favorite author is Karen Robards.

I do that is one of the very reasons why if there is a movie and a book I like to read the book because watching a movie you don't know what the people are thinking or feeling like you do when you read a book.

I like multiple POVS. one pov per chapter. I do not know about your writer friend, but she is being very limited. If one is writing a short story, then one pov works, but if you write a novel, you might have it written in the first person and do not have the actions of the other characters going on. I like to know what the characters are thinking unless it is a mystery and a suspense and one of the characters is going to kill the other and you want it to be a surprise, but romance novels? It would make for a contrast when she is thinking he is the handsomest man in the world, and when he is thinking of that pest who is always asking for a raise.

I much prefer the story from two sides. But I don't like it when some authors show not just the two main characters side, but minor characters as well. I don't like that. But your question has been something I always wished I could talk to authors about. It makes the read much more enjoyable to see the story from two sides. It opens up the story to more facets than just it would be with just one side.

I love reading novels, but not neccesairly romances hehe I like to observe complexity of people's mind and behaviour, so I like to know what different characters think about the same situation.

I can be happy with it either way. I think that some novels should only be resd from the main character's perspective, while others do well when the perspective is shared. It only confuses me when it is told from many people's perspectives.

I can't get into romance novels. I'm not sure what I like most in books. I like to be able to envision the book in my head... like a movie. I like to know everything. Jodi Picoult writes books from different peoples perspectives and I can easily envision everything as if it were a movie. J.K Rowling on the other hand writes Harry Potter from no real point of view and I, too, can envision the whole thing very clearly. So I don't know if I really have a favorite perspective as long as I can see it all in my head I'm Happy!

When reading novel, I don't like to have only a point of view. It must be more than one. Focusing on one point does not enjoy my reading that particular novel.

I think I prefer just the one POV. I find multiple POV's confusing. I have read many different authors doing it and even if they start a new chapter and head it with a character's name telling me that it is a POV change, I am still confused. I would rather be inside the head of one character, and BE that character. As a writer I find it easier to write that way as well.

I enjoy reading the different character's point of view as long as it follows the story well. It makes the whole book more interesting.

I am a writer of romance stories by heart. And I say so myself. And being a writer, I find it a lot harder to write with the goal of giving two or more sides of the story, rather than relating it from a lone point of view. However, if I were to be the reader, I also prefer knowing more than one point of view - from that of the hero and the villain. I believe that writers who do this have much more experience and depth and are more able to give life to the romance or suspense story.

I love it when a story comes from different perspectives. Not all writers are capable of doing it well, though. I read mostly mystery/thrillers and suspense/thrillers or horror novels. So if I can get the hero and the villain's perspectives it's really a cool overall effect to the story.

I am dyeing to read that kind of book. Once i read a short story in that way it was very funny. Especially if it is a romantic novel the understanding of a single situation by both the male & female counter parts of the story is so different that you end up having a great laugh. can you recommend some?