What do you like most about a book?

[Hannah]

Well, I could go on and on forever about what makes a person like a book, but I'll keep it to the basics.

-The actual writing (diction, style, etc.) It needs to be written with the target audience in mind. Don't write for middle schoolers with simpler language but include adult content is sort of what I'm saying.

-Plot. The story needs to have progression and purpose. Very few books can make it big without a definite plot (The Catcher in the Rye is a good example of a famous book with little plot) People want a story that moves and changes and has a purpose.

-Characters. People want to be able to relate to your characters and a personal and emotional level. Even just little things like how they interact with the environment can be crucial. Even villains need to be relatable. People generally "like" villains when they are more like one's everyday villains. However, it's also good to have an evil monster that scares everyone to death and people really hate. (For example, Everyone loved to hate Voldemort as a villain. He was a true monster. But I have personally found that people hated Professor Umbridge just a bit more because she was more like that one teacher everyone had and hated.)

Now there is much more in what people want from a book, (like really good quotes. That one is my own opinion) but that mostly differs from reader to reader. Some people want a lesson, some want romance, some want action, and so on and so forth. So just write your little heart out! I hope I was helpful!

[Izzy]

I like the characters. They have to be bold, true and just unique characters that have such outstanding personalities that they're different from normal humans. Like Draco for example. He's a mother's boy. Normal. But he's an evil mother's boy who would stop at nothing at getting revenge at Harry Potter. He only goes with Voldemort in the last book because his mother tells him to. He's such a different complex character.

[Lynnc]

This book is perfect in every way like Draco he might be mean but when he says something it just makes me laugh like when he says MY FATHER WILL HEAR ABOUT THIS.It is just hilarious!!! The Harry Potter series is really good because it is an amazing series and even though it has killings and violent things in the stories that happens, it is still good to read it!!!!!

[Dee]

the imagination is a sheer genius! the writing..making people "see"what u imagine, is beyond genius..j.k rowling is supernatural!

U dont read Harry potter..U LIVE it..

[Sayali]

From the literary point of view, there are numerous things that make a book appeal to you like the characters, the way the story is told, the actual story plot, the new views it gives you about a lot of things; there are various aspects to it.

The most important thing that makes a book stick to you and make you really *fall for it*, is the things it makes you think about, the things that it changes in you, the world that it makes you imagine and live in and the part of that world that stays with you after you're done with reading the book. That, the world that you live in, the world you create and the part that you take along with you when you read the book, is what truly makes you like the book.

[Jillian]

Realistic characters. Every single one the characters needs to be flawed in some way, and they need to make mistakes. If they don't then nobody can relate to them, they can't make people think, and they can't make people grow so attached to them.

A book also needs some themes that really make you stop and think, but realistic characters from start to finish are a must.

They need quirky likes and dislikes, one or two strange fears, one or two normal fears, some flaws, some redeeming qualities, but most importantly, they need to have intricate personalities.

However, if you want a true good Vs. evil complex in your novel(think Harry Potter) rather than a more complicated idea about what is right and what is wrong (think Lord of the Flies), then you'll want at least one character that is easy to hate and doesn't have any redeeming qualities. Voldemort is a good example of this. Bellatrix and Umbridge are also valid examples, but Voldemort is the main example. If you think of other popular book series right now, President Snow from The Hunger Games is also a good example of this.