Point of View

The point of view of One Last Stop is third person limited and gives the reader access to August Landry’s inner thoughts and feelings. The author utilizes this perspective in order to mirror the main character’s reserved demeanor in the reading experience while developing an emotional connection between the reader and August. At the beginning of the novel, August feels like an outsider and she does not know how to form connections because of her “bone-deep fear of rejection” (280). However, the narrative voice divulges August’s deepest anxieties and softens the callous front she puts up when speaking with other characters. The author employs the third person limited point of view instead of first person in order to assert that August is not as alone as she believes. In the same manner that August observes other characters forming community and love, the reader...