Unread postby QuoteMyFoot » May 4th, 2013, 5:12 pm
I have to say, I actually really enjoy 3rd person limited when it is done well. Having to look past the narrator's biases to see the true picture is challenging and (on a personal level) I find it really fun. It is also a great way to give a main character subtle personality strokes and, when used best, sets up amazing Dramatic Reveals - the first HP book is actually a good example of this, with Harry's personal biases directing us away from the real culprit at exactly the same time as laying out all the evidence against him. Just think how different that book would have been if it had been from, say, Draco's POV, or even Snape's. The evidence against Quirrell would have seemed much more obvious then, ne?
That said, multiple POVs is not a bad thing at all (and I think the best choice for NoFP considering the number of complex plots/subplots going on).