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The Dresden Files => DF Spoilers => Topic started by: spiritofair on October 08, 2020, 09:59:02 PM

Title: Is the BAT going to be Third Person?
Post by: spiritofair on October 08, 2020, 09:59:02 PM

I vaguely remember reading something like this? I think one of the real limitations of Battleground was being in first person. With that many characters, it just became monotonous hearing Harry describe what was going on.

Title: Re: Is the BAT going to be Third Person?
Post by: Bad Alias on October 09, 2020, 12:24:19 AM

I think switching to third person for the BAT would add a lot of tension. Whenever a series switches from first person to third person in the final book, it's a pretty solid indicator that the narrator is going to be dead by the end of the book.

The BAT is a good point to do it because the the series has constantly been pitched as 20 (now 20+) case files and then the BAT. So if the BAT isn't a case file, why would it need to be in first person?

Title: Re: Is the BAT going to be Third Person?
Post by: ClintACK on October 09, 2020, 01:49:58 AM

Now I wonder what Battle Ground would have been like with an interlude every couple of chapters showing the scope of events in Chicago from other PoV's.

Title: Re: Is the BAT going to be Third Person?
Post by: Telynn on October 09, 2020, 01:53:30 AM

Quote from: ClintACK on October 09, 2020, 01:49:58 AM

Now I wonder what Battle Ground would have been like with an interlude every couple of chapters showing the scope of events in Chicago from other PoV's.

It would have made the battle seem even bigger, more epic.