Point of View

The novel is written from the third person point of view. This third person narrator divides their attention between the primary characters’ perspectives throughout the novel. In each subsection, the narrator attends to a different character’s experiences and outlook and describes the narrative world according to how they see and experience it. For example, the narrator focuses on Isabel’s perspective in the opening pages of the first section “April 5, 2019, Morning”: “Isabel, who has not slept, stands at her bedroom window, wearing an XXL T-shirt that reaches to the middle of her thighs” (3). By describing Isabel’s physical positioning, the narrator is indicating whose experiences she is tracing. The surrounding passages are written in accordance with Isabel’s perception of her surroundings. In the subsequent subsection, the narrator turns her attention to Robbie, and describes the narrative world according to his perspective. Each subsection...