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<blockquote data-quote="Lady Starhawk" data-source="post: 331599" data-attributes="member: 441">Characters are hands down the most important thing for me.&nbsp; I have continued to read books that had horrible or predictable plots, a lack luster world, and lame action just because I was wrapped up in the characters.When I am involved in the characters I tend to be a little more forgiving of the other things going on such as plot-holes and inconsistiencies.&nbsp; I like my characters to be realistic though, I don't like perfect characters, I get turned off by them.&nbsp; (Drizzt comes to mind among others...) But if the characters change over time and have flaws as well as strengths and I care about the characters as almost real people I will continue reading.&nbsp; When I am into a story I get anxious for the characters, I worry about them, and that's what keeps me reading to the end.I read a book series called Deathlands.&nbsp; IT's somewhere around book 50 and I have and have read all of them.&nbsp; I read them because of the characters.&nbsp; I know these characters as well as, or better than, people I know in real life.&nbsp; I accept a lot on faith in the story as long as the characters are consistient to what has been established.This is also partly why I had trouble reading Tolkien.&nbsp; I had tried reading LOTR several times but I got bogged down with the information about the world.&nbsp; It wasn't until I saw FOTR that I was able to see the characters as more important than the world and I read it in that context (I skipped over a lot of stuff that didn't seem to directly affect the characters and I don't think I missed anything, though many will argue that with me.)Of course plot-holes 3 miles wide and gaps in information that leave me confused can't be covered up with wonderful characterization, but small things will be overlooked in my book if I care more about the characters than the plot.Just my $0.02,Lady Starhawk</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lady Starhawk, post: 331599, member: 441"] Characters are hands down the most important thing for me. I have continued to read books that had horrible or predictable plots, a lack luster world, and lame action just because I was wrapped up in the characters. When I am involved in the characters I tend to be a little more forgiving of the other things going on such as plot-holes and inconsistiencies. I like my characters to be realistic though, I don't like perfect characters, I get turned off by them. (Drizzt comes to mind among others...) But if the characters change over time and have flaws as well as strengths and I care about the characters as almost real people I will continue reading. When I am into a story I get anxious for the characters, I worry about them, and that's what keeps me reading to the end. I read a book series called Deathlands. IT's somewhere around book 50 and I have and have read all of them. I read them because of the characters. I know these characters as well as, or better than, people I know in real life. I accept a lot on faith in the story as long as the characters are consistient to what has been established. This is also partly why I had trouble reading Tolkien. I had tried reading LOTR several times but I got bogged down with the information about the world. It wasn't until I saw FOTR that I was able to see the characters as more important than the world and I read it in that context (I skipped over a lot of stuff that didn't seem to directly affect the characters and I don't think I missed anything, though many will argue that with me.) Of course plot-holes 3 miles wide and gaps in information that leave me confused can't be covered up with wonderful characterization, but small things will be overlooked in my book if I care more about the characters than the plot. Just my $0.02, Lady Starhawk [/QUOTE]

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