Huh. Present tense doesn't really bug me, unless it's handled awkwardly. In which case it's usually the awkward writing that gets me rather than the tense.
That said, I remember as a child that I would be OUTRAGED at coming across a potentially interesting book that dared to use the first person, which I loathed beyond all reason. I considered it an offensively condescending approach that wanted me to believe that someone was telling me a story personally, when they were clearly FICTIONAL DAMMIT. So. Uh. I'm not really in any position to cast aspersions on anyone else's dealbreakers in how a story is communicated.
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That said, I remember as a child that I would be OUTRAGED at coming across a potentially interesting book that dared to use the first person, which I loathed beyond all reason. I considered it an offensively condescending approach that wanted me to believe that someone was telling me a story personally, when they were clearly FICTIONAL DAMMIT. So. Uh. I'm not really in any position to cast aspersions on anyone else's dealbreakers in how a story is communicated.