Point of View

The novel is told in the first person point of view entirely through Apollo's perspective. Narratively, this allows the author to explore more personal topics such as guilt and grief because the reader feels Apollo’s emotions and struggles. Furthermore, it allows the author to explore what makes humans and gods different, something that Apollo comes to fully understand over the course of the novel. Most importantly, the author establishes early on that Apollo is a mostly reliable narrator through the way he talks to the reader. While there are a few cases where Apollo’s memory fails him, he passes these moments off in a lighthearted joke directed straight to the reader rather than admitting it to anyone else. By the end, the reader is rooting for Apollo; not just to save the Sybil, but to defeat the Triumvirate as a whole, something he...