I have read a bit about this on Storybird, to be frank - but now I want to translate those words into my personal language and explain a bit about "third person".
That's right - that easy style of writing when one can easily write "he goes up the hill," or "she licks the salami and jumps back!" But - who is the narrator? Who is the protagonist? Who is... does every reader see the book through the eyes of Harry Potter or Auggie, Via, Jack, Julian and Charlotte (Wonder)?
Sometimes, writing in "omniscient third person" changes the reader's - uh - how to say... it changes what they think about the characters, and if or if not they relate with them more/less. For example, at first the story may begin with Neil. But in the next chapter, one sees the world from the eyes of Phil, and if the readers thought that she was an indifferent snob before, then now they get to see what really she is feeling and why she's not what one called her before.
So, finally, "Limited third person", as the name may suggest, make you see throughout the novel the story from the eyes of one person. It is you who choose to believe them, or you again who choose not to - because, in the end, in a book such as this, you never get to see the point of view (POV) of another character!
From,
Sandra!
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