Well, first off, the character needs to be likable, they don't need to be perfect. But I've read books where halfway, I kinda just stopped rooting for them, and by the end, I didn't care at all.
Second, the character needs to have personality, my strategy to keep them from becoming one dimensional is to take one of two of my own qualities and build on them. For example, one of my protagonists has corny humor and is optimistic, but I give him some of his own qualities, like he's more extroverted then I am, and his flaws are that he doesn't know when it's not a good time to make a joke.I
Third, this goes with all charecters, they have to be unique, I'm not interested in a character who's dull. If this characters in a book, especially if their a protagonist or antagonist, I'll put the book down.
Finally, this is just a prefrance, but I enjoy books more when a protagonist is active and are out there fighting instead of hiding in their castle until the bad guy kicks down the door and says, "your a passive character in this story, main character"
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