This week's question from The Hop is...
What do you consider the most important in a story: the plot or the characters?
My answer: I think it’s very important to have both. Although if a book has brilliant characters that I come to think of as friends I definitely get more into the story because I care about what’s going to happen to them next. I think a story can survive with great characters but a not so great plot where as if you have a fantastic plot but unlikeable characters the plot sometimes isn’t strong enough to stand alone if you don’t really care what happens to the people the story centre’s around.
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I think both plot and characters are extremely important because without either, a book is lacking something, in my humble and honest opinion!
ReplyDeleteHappy Friday, Jess :)
Hello Jess, Happy Friday! Have a great weekend :)
ReplyDeleteHopping by to say hi! I agree -- a book needs both to be a good read. :)
ReplyDeleteHopping through. I definitely think both character and plot are important. I might value characters a little more though.
ReplyDeleteHappy Friday! always love visiting your blog :-) I agree, characters & plot go hand-in-hand.. but I'm a sucker for characters.
ReplyDeleteHopping by! Happy Friday! I totally agree with you, I said a lot of the same things in my blog hop post, a crappy plot can't always be held up by amazing characters and crappy characters ruin a good plot!
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Hello lovely new follower! Thanks for following :) Yeah either way somethings lacking bringing the book down so both are important.
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ReplyDeleteOh me what a question this week.
I really think the characters are important. It makes me want to read the book if I want to know the characters. But a good plot with twists just makes it move along.
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Hi Happy Holidays, I'm a new follower . I agree a story needs both but I still lean towards characters just a bit.
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I agree - plot and characters are both vitally important to my enjoyment of a book. You need both for a great read!
ReplyDeleteThis might be the best Book Blogger Hop question I've seen to date.
ReplyDeleteSo what's the answer? Plot! Hop over to my blog and let me tell you how a good plot rescued bad characters from bad book oblivion.
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ReplyDeleteHopping by from the blog hop.
ReplyDeleteLots of good answers to this week's tough question.
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