I think that books have to be about 80% true. I feel like
that would be a happy medium to define a book between nonfiction and fiction. I
say 80% because then this gives the author some room to embellish events that
actually happened. But that’s all they should do, just embellish the story to a
certain extent of it still being true and believable. The author should be able
to throw random events into the story just to make it more entertaining to the
reader. Yes, it may make the story easier/better to read, but it gives a false
idea to the reader. I feel the half-truths are okay, to a certain point of believability.
The half-truths to me are the author’s way to make an event be pictured in my
mind better. The authors are trying to make it stand out in my mind, and they
usually do a good job at it.
I agree with David Shield, saying that there does need to be
a fine line between genres. I think that every book was written to have no
genre, then they would just all end up being very similar. I also think it’s
helpful to the readers, like the people who like to only read a certain genre.
With the genre label then you know sort of what to expect out of the book, like
if this actually happened to some or if it came straight to their imagination.
I feel that’s important to put that information out there.
