Point of View

The novel is written in first-person from the sole perspective of Kyle Lafferty, opening on the night of his high school graduation and continuing through some emotionally and physically painful events in his life. The limited perspective is necessary, especially between the time of the accident and Kyle waking from a coma. Kyle only imagines all the events that are happening to him during that time. In his mind, a year passes though it is actually only a few weeks. While in the coma, he believes Kimberly is dead and he begins to heal from that grief. He also begins to make a new life for himself with new dreams. None of those things happen anywhere other than in Kyle's mind, which is why the author uses a limited perspective. None of his family and friends know what is happening in Kyle's dream world during...