POVs in first person can be widely varied.
Some can be sarcastic and kick-butt; some are witty; some are quiet and observant; some are like sages (maybe); some don't tell you much--they're many kinds and that's some of the reasons I like first-person novels and stories too.
I recently read a book called The False Prince, Jennifer A. Nielson, and this was the time I encountered an unreliable narrator. An unreliable narrator is someone who doesn't tell you what completely what's going on in his mind (please don't mind me using "his" this time because the MC of the book mentioned above is a he). I found it really fascinating that such narrators did exist.
And same thing for the Odyssey. When Odysseus recites his adventures to the king of Phaecia to try to gain the king's sympathy, we have no way to know if he's telling the truth or not--because that's the time we hear about his adventures too! Odysseus is one of the most famous liars in literature, so perhaps we have to listen to his fantastic tales with a grain of salt.
So anyway, that got me thinking to start this discussion. What types of narrators do you like? What kind of voices?
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