Characters came to life.

Meaning: The characters in the book seemed to become real and tangible to the readers.

Choice of Words: Characters are the people or beings in a story. Came means to arrive or appear. Life is the existence of an organism. When you put these together, "Characters came to life" suggests that the characters in the book seemed to become real and tangible to the readers.

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• The characters in the book came to life for her.
• The characters came to life on the page.
• The characters came to life in her mind.
• The pages turned and the characters came to life.
• The characters came to life in her imagination, whispering their secrets.
• Characters came alive on page.
• The characters came alive in her imagination.
• Characters came alive in my thoughts.
• The characters came alive on the page.
• Characters came alive, emotions stirred.