Point of View

The point of view of The Last Thing He Told Me is first-person, with the story being told exclusively through the eyes and emotions of Hannah, who is the main character and protagonist of the novel. As a result, the reader becomes emotionally invested in Hannah’s situation over the course of the novel. Her point of view, while it often seems to be an objective account of the story’s events, is not entirely reliable, as Hannah has a lot at stake in the story herself and is not privy to all the details of Owen’s background and disappearance. Her devotion to and love for Owen also causes the reader to question at times whether she is offering an objective account of his character or whether she is overly blinded by love. Hannah cannot be an entirely objective narrator because she is uncovering...