: Re: When the second person view is not an uninvited guest? It is very strange to read the narrative from second person, but there are examples! Maybe there are a number of situations which are

Junot Diaz's "The Cheater's Guide to Love" is a nice short-story and a brilliant contemporary example of the second person's use in fiction. Second-person is obviously not implicating the reader herselfâ€”it's always clearly about the protagonistâ€”the PoV just serves to further, maybe more intimately, familiarize the reader with the protagonist. Bring her even closer into the protagonist's mind, thoughts, feelings. If mishandled it can be awkward and an instant turn-off, but it has its unique benefits.

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