Point of View

This novel is told by several different narrators and uses two points of view. The Prologue of the novel, for instance, is told from the third person point of view with an emphasis on Shelby. Consider: “There’s a smudge of lipstick on the collar of his shirt. She sees it. She says nothing about it” (1). The “she” in this sentence refers to Shelby. Shelby is not named in this section of the novel, but the reader is later able to infer that Shelby is the character about whom the narrator is speaking.

The remainder of the novel is told from the first-person point of view of four different characters: Delilah, who turns out to be Carly; Leo; Meredith; and Kate. Part One of the novel is dedicated to Delilah/Carly as she describes the conditions under which she is being held captive. Consider Delilah...