How do you feel about book characters talking to you, the reader, as you read?

[Emmalita]

Paul Tremblay's forthcoming The Pallbearer's Club made Jenna question who was telling the truth, the narrator or the character critiquing the story in the annotations. "I liked the narrative, I liked all the characters—I would die for Mr. Stephens the funeral director—and the pacing felt good." https://cannonballread.com/2022/04/th...

[Cait]

I'm into it! feels like an "in joke"

[Raven]

Sometimes it can be off putting, but at the same time, if done right it is like Cait said, like you are "In joke." With Coral Reefs: Cities of the Ocean this works really well (having the narrator talking directly to you the reader).