Point of View

The novel is written in first-person from the limited perspective of Ana Dakkar. The limited perspective allows the author to keep some information secret, revealing it only when it is most effective for the story line. For example, Ana knows that the Harding-Pencroft campus is attacked, and she assumes that Dev is among the students who died in that attack. Because Ana believes this, the reader is to believe it as well. While some readers may wonder if Dev is really dead, there is no proof of that until Dev reveals himself to Ana. The revelation that the Nautilus is real is another example of the importance of this limited perspective. The reader learns this only when Ana gains the knowledge. The limited perspective is common in this genre and is necessary for this story line. The limited perspective also means the reader has no...