Point of View

This novel is narrated by two different first-person narrators, Dawn and Natalie. The first part of the novel is narrated primarily by Natalie. Consider, “Dawn isn’t at her desk this morning when I walk into the office, which means the world is coming to an end” (11). Natalie refers to herself as “I”, indicating that she is talking about herself. Natalie’s narration includes her attempts to make it appear she was friends with Dawn as well as her unedited thoughts about Dawn, Mia, and her situation in general. For this reason, the reader recognizes that Natalie is a liar, a cheat, and that she had some ulterior motive for going to Dawn’s house to check on her.

In the first part of the novel, Dawn’s voice is heard only through her emails. This allows Dawn to sculpt her words to present the...