I was reading an SGA fic recently that had something like 1000 kudos and I was so confused why it was popular because John and Ronon seemed out of character and the narration (Rodney’s) kept skipping in weird ways. But because 1000 kudos is a hell of a lot to recommend it, I kept with it. Turned out to be unreliable narrator and when everything became clear John and Ronon were very much in character and the glitching narration made so much sense (Rodney was blacking out and missing key memories regularly every time it glitched). I ended up loving it and it was really a fun story. But I feel that while unreliable narrator is a great way to tell a story, it needs to not feel so incongruous to the reader that the only reason I kept with it was the 1000 kudos (and it promised me Rodney in handcuffs which is my all time favorite thing to read and write).


Now the book you read killing the narrator and switching like that would drive me so bonkers! Gah!