The first-person narrative deftly captures the mixture of horror, fascination and detachment with which a child views the world of grown-up folly.

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Written as as first-person narrative, Rum Diary chronicles a sweaty, perpetually drunken summer spent by one Paul Kemp in Puerto Rico during the 1950s.

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Reading it afterward, though, I was struck by the intelligence, eloquence and subtlety of the first-person narrative, qualities that the screen version, in its mania for hurtling action, manages to bland out.

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"It's a weird blend of a first-person shooter, but has the (role-playing game) depth in story and narrative, " Smith said.

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Possibly 2K softened us up by first mooting a first-person shooter based on the X-Com narrative (in short, aliens invade Earth, and are opposed by a shadowy transnational agency).

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Blume and her son assured the audience that changes were made to preserve the film's narrative flow, which can be challenging in adapting a first-person novel.

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