Point of View

The novel is written from Sasha Marcus's first person point of view. By writing the novel from Sasha's distinct vantage point, the author is able to explore her main character's relationship with herself and with others. Though Sasha tells her story in her own voice and through her own lens, she struggles to embrace authenticity and honesty throughout the novel. At the start of the narrative, Sasha's world is crumbling. The loss of her online reputation also costs her her closest friendships and fractures her sense of self. Without ABANDON, and her horde of followers, Sasha no longer knows who she is, what she wants, nor who to become. In Chapter 1, angry men surround her apartment. "When not watching them," she says, "I watched myself: I tracked my follower count. I had plummeted to the high hundreds over two weeks; with every refresh, twenty more...