Do you prefer reading in first or third person?

I don't mind either, though I think each is better for certain reads. For example, I'd prefer anything in a mystery vein to be first-person, so that there's no way of knowing what the bad guys are doing. More suspense that way, especially as the hero/ine figures out what's going on. Humour tends to be better in first person, too, since it usually relies on a particular voice. That can be a third-party narrator but I prefer it if it comes from the hero/ine themself. Third person's great when you need several points of view (1st person for each point of view can get really confusing there) and works well with stuff on an epic scale. It'd be very hard to write something like Lord of the Rings or Imajica from a first-person perspective because there's just too much going on. That's the scale at work - it's more like reading a detailed history than a personal account of events. It's possible to get very involved in 3rd person as well but it takes a lot more work to characterise and it's hard to avoid things like that last sentence there (about the man in black): since it's third person, you can't really know what she's feeling, which makes it all a bit paradoxical, you know? The two stories/novels/failures I'm working on at the moment are in 1st and 3rd. One's 1st person because the hero doesn't know what's going on, so it helps the suspense. I'm also trying to be funny on occasion (oooh, that's hard) and it relies on his personality. The other's in 3rd because it's more the fantasy epic style and it works better that way, even if it's mostly centred on one person. I've never tried to read anything in second person. I think that would be painful unless it was one of those old 1980s adventure books where you chose what to do at the end of each page and jumped to different pages to continue.

A writer can create a story using the first or the third person. Edgard Allan Poe was a master writing stories using the first-person. Both are write's tecniques. You are right when say that the first person use "I", but the third one "he". There are also two types of narrator of a story or novel, behaviorist and omniscient. The first tells of the character as if it were being filmed by a camera and the reader must conclude how is the behavior of the character. The second one tells the character's thoughts and feelings. It depends of the expertise of the author if I prefer the first or third person. Both ways can be good and entertaining.

It really depends on the type of story that is being told. I usually like the first person because, as you stated, it allows the reader to really get inside the head and hear of the main character. But an occasional third person story works well too. It really depends.

This is a great question. I'd have to say it really depends on what I'm reading. If I'm reading an autobiography then definitely I want to read it in first person because that just makes more sense to me. But otherwise most books I prefer to read in third person. There are a few that are in first that are OK (like the Animorphs series which I loved when I was younger) but most of the books I read tend to be in third person. When I write they're almost always in third person, too. There are precious few things I've written in the first person and they're mostly poems or personal items such as that which actually warrant the first person. I think the first person is a really personal perspective so it really needs to be used only when there's something really personal in the story, in my opinion. That's why autobiographies and many poems work very well in the first person. Third person, in my opinion, is much better for storytelling, though, because it really paints a much better picture and I like "watching" the picture rather than being a part of it because the main character (the "I" in first person) is almost never like me.

I have to say none bother me. I could read in any person as long as it interesting. If I had to choose it would be third person, because as you say you get to know all the characters. I'm not so much interested in getting into the head of the writer as sometimes I like to formulate my own opinions from what I read.

I like stuff wrote in the first person. It feels like they are talking to the reader as if they were reading a letter written to them.

I'm good with either. It depends on the story and how skilled the writer is, especially with first person. If a first person POV story is not written well, it's more noticeable, I think than if a third person story is not written well.

I actually don't mind from which perspective a story is being told. Then again I hadn't really thought about. Well I like detail so I guess I prefer 1st person it really gives you a feel for the person's raw emotions. Third person only annoys me when there is rarely any dialogue in between. Really makes for a boring novel.

I don't have such preference. Right now i'm reading Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, a classic book and it's written on a first person basis. I don't mind it at all. I have read several books as well which use third person basis and i have loved them. In both, i can put myself into the character and can make vivid imaginations. That's why i love books more than movies because there's something that you can see and feel which can't be done in the movies.

I am fine with both perspectives as along as there is consistency in the material. It's not fun reading something with constant shifts between two perspectives and it also shows how skill is lacking in the material. Of course, the perspective is serving a purpose, something that an author is trying to get across. Perspective is just a tool to make the message clear and what the author's treatment of the material. Most first person POV is more on trying to connect with the readers on a personal plane. The third POV will be creating a little distance with a proper treatment for the background or context of the whole material.

I enjoy reading any of them. It's the context that matters and how descriptive it is. I have a lively imagination which helps up to relate or refer to what it is all about. Are there theories or facts i'm happy when I comprehend the important. I read all kinds of books to learn about many areas of life.

I believe third person is easier for the author to write and, overall, probably easier to read because the reader can often get inside of all the characters often. However, there are stories that are great in first person. I'm having trouble remembering which books/stories I've read of both types. The first person narratives that I can think of right now are some of H. G. Wells' short stories.

im okay with either.if its first person pov, as you have said there are certain limitations but if the intention of the writer was skillfully delivered and had made an impact to the reader,then its good. there's somewhat a personal approach to it. third person pov is enjoyable in a way that you are reading what the writer has created himself acting as a god to his written universe. you may have a full view but the writer may hold back as he see it fit to his narrative.im okay with either as long as the book/story was enjoyable and enriching.