Characters came alive in her heart.

Meaning: She felt like she knew the characters in the book very well and she cared about them.

Choice of Words: Character is a person or animal in a story, play, or movie. Alive is the state of being living. Heart is the organ that pumps blood around the body. The sentence suggests that the person felt a strong connection to the characters in the book.

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Related Expressions

• The characters came alive in her imagination.
• The characters came alive in her mind's eye.
• The book's characters came alive in her thoughts.
• Characters came alive on page.
• Characters came alive in my thoughts.
• The characters came alive on the page.
• Characters came alive, emotions stirred.
• Characters came alive at night.
• Characters lived, hearts beating, pages came alive.
• The characters came alive in their imaginations.