Point of View

This novel is told from the first person point of view of a variety of different people associated with Erik and Christine. Among the narrators are Antoinette Giry, Meg Giry, Cholly Bloom, Erik, and Father Joe. Each narrator tells the portion of the story of Erik and Christine with which they are familiar. In the end, Cholly Bloom ties together all of the things he had learned and heard, and tells the story as he has come to understand it.

The use of a variety of different first-person points of view is rare but it works well in this situation. There is a focus on journalism in the novel so it makes sense that a variety of different sources of information — a deathbed confession, a private diary, a journal, and a variety of newspaper articles — are used to build the story. None of the narrators...