I guess this was the root of my misunderstanding. Obviously, "person" is different from "perspective," so I got kinda lost from the start, especially since there are accepted ways of talking about this stuff among writers.
What you call "god mode" is commonly called
third person omniscient. A third-person narrative that confines itself to a single focal character is called
third person, limited.
And going back to the base question, I just like a well-written book, period. Well, except right now. I'm hammering toward the end of a draft, so for this lemur, reading a good book is like seeing your neighbor speed past in a Porsche while your car is up on blocks with the radiator blowing steam. It's just irritating. So at the moment I'm consciously reading trash, which is much more motivational.
It's nice to read absolute junk and tell yourself, "If this mook can get published, I'll have no problem."
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