Point of View

This novel has three different narrators. The main portion of the novel, the chapters with the numerical titles, is narrated from the first-person point of view of January Scaller. Though the reader does not realize until the end of the novel, January is narrating her story to Samuel. For instance, She writes of the first Door she found: “When you see that word, I imagine a little prickle of familiarity makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up” (1). She is telling her story in the hopes that Samuel will regain his memory of their friendship and their love. Based on the premise of the novel, that January wants Samuel to remember her, there is no other way for her to tell her story than through her own voice.

The portions of the novel contained in the leather-bound book, the book that Julian...