I have a policy about finishing every (fiction) book I start to read. In my life, I can only come up with a couple of instances where I just couldn’t force myself to the end.
Perhaps I should clarify, that policy only applies to books written in first and third person.
If I’m reading something written in second person, it is because some sadistic professor thought it was a good idea.
Unless it is a Pick-Your-Own-Path adventure story, I see no point in second person. Maybe that makes me a bad English major. Maybe it makes me a bad person. I don’t care. Second person aggravates me. (more…)