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First person tends to narrow the focus of a novel. You only find out what happens when that character is present and conscious. If there is a lot of "off screen" stuff you want your audience to know, it gets very clumsy trying to insert that into your character's head. First person done well is great. Done poorly, you want to hurl the book across the room.
Good first person writer: Andrew Vachss. If you haven't read it, grab a copy of Flood and hold on for the rest of the ride.
Bad first person writer: Stephenie Meyer. At least I think that Twilight crap was first person. I forget, it was that bad. I heard she was rewriting the whole piece of crap from the point of view of the vampire to make another billion dollars.
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