Talk:Sophie Elizabeth Foster/@comment-37166538-20181025202450

I think that authors purposely make main characters a little less developed personality-wise than other characters, especially in bigger fantasy series (e.g. KoTLC, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson). This is because they want you to fill in the blanks with your own personality and really put yourself in main character's shoes. It's hard to read a book if the main character is strongly against things you are for, or vice versa. So when you read about Sophie, it's easy to see yourself in her because Mrs. Messenger leaves those little "imagination blanks" there so that you can become the character, and see things through her eyes as you would your own.