Point of View

The author uses a first person perspective in the narrative, switching between Lyla and Demi. Brazier oscillates between the two points of view to place equal precedence on both experiences. She commands the reader to use the perspective of both characters to find a narrative truth. The narrative voices often recount the same scene, divulging their personal interpretation of the events to the reader. These repetitive, yet varying, accounts serve to establish both narrators as protagonists and align their characters as victims of the narrative villains, Margo and Graham.

The first person point of view from both characters also grants the reader access to their narrative pasts. The reader is able to understand both Demi and Lyla’s motives when they participate in murder because of the information they reaveal about their past lives through thought and memory. Conversely, Demi and Lyla are not privy...