Point of View

The novel’s use of a single focal perspective is central to its examination of memory, interpretation and the limits of self understanding. The entire narrative is filtered through Jordan, whose perceptions organise every scene, every recollection and every evaluative judgment. This choice aligns the reader with her interpretive habits, encouraging acceptance of her assumptions during the early sections of the novel. Her account of the past appears coherent because no alternative view is available. The point of view produces an initial sense of stability around Jordan’s narrative stance, which the later chapters then place under increasing pressure.

Because the reader experiences events only as Jordan interprets them, her emotional withholding becomes formally embedded in the narration. What she refuses to confront remains unspoken in the text, creating gaps that feel organic rather than engineered. The absence of Yash’s interiority is especially important...