Point of View

The novel’s use of first-person narration is central to how the reader understands both the time loop and Tara’s gradual estrangement from the social world around her. Because everything is filtered through Tara’s perspective, the reader is given uninterrupted access to her reasoning, her fears, and the slow accumulation of changes that shape her behavior over hundreds of repeated days. What might appear from the outside as erratic or irrational conduct is rendered coherent through continuous exposure to her interior life.

This point of view creates a strong alignment between Tara and the reader. The reader experiences the loop as Tara does, through memory rather than novelty. Repeated descriptions, revisited conclusions, and minor variations in observation are presented without narrative shortcuts. As a result, Tara’s increasing peculiarity feels earned rather than abrupt. Her withdrawal, her fixation on routines, and her shifting...