Tag Archives | first person narrator
The First Person Narrator…
I used to hate books that were all I I I. Many seemed to be an excuse for lazy writing to me. And some still are, but I no longer turn away the second I see that the story is being told by an “I”, because they can be quite wonderful, in a good author’s hands.
The Martian
Mark Watney is a botanist and engineer assigned to the Ares programme, one of the very few who gets to […]
Posted on 26 July 2014 | By Fence | Leave a response
The Ghost
Adam Lang, ex-Prime Minister, is writing his memoirs. Or to be more honest, he needs a ghostwriter. Someone to do […]
Posted on 14 July 2014 | By Fence | 2 responses
Selkie Stories Are for Losers
Read online at Strange Horizons Our unnamed narrator is a teenage girl, working in a restaurant after her mother left, […]
Posted on 27 June 2014 | By Fence | Leave a response
Shadows
Read a sample Shadows is set in an alternate world, one where the Newworld has eradicated all magic, and the […]
Posted on 17 May 2014 | By Fence | 2 responses
Rosemary and Rue
An October Daye novel #1 Reread in May 2014, also for this year’s Once Upon a Time Challenge. And it […]
Posted on 10 May 2014 | By Fence | 6 responses
Girl with a pearl earring
In seventeenth century Holland Griet is about to become a maid. She is sixteen years of age. Her father was […]
Posted on 30 April 2014 | By Fence | Leave a response
Kindred
It is 1976 and Dana and her husband have just moved into a new home. They’ve only been married four […]
Posted on 18 April 2014 | By Fence | 2 responses
The Book Thief
At the end of the nineteen thirties in Germany a little girl travelled with her mother and brother on the […]
Posted on 5 April 2014 | By Fence | 8 responses
Year of wonders
The year is 1665 and Anna Frith is a widow at only 18 years of age. She has two young […]
Posted on 15 March 2014 | By Fence | 4 responses
Wolves
I totally agree with that old saying “never judge a book by its cover”, but more often than not it […]
Posted on 22 February 2014 | By Fence | 6 responses
The Wilful Princess and the Piebald Prince
Illustrated by Jackie Morris. Some years ago1 I first discovered Robin Hobb and her wonderful wonderful awesome series of books […]
Posted on 14 February 2014 | By Fence | 3 responses
Downturn Abbey
Ross O’Carroll-Kelly started life in The Sunday Times and currently stars in The Irish Times, he is a fictional wealthy […]
