Point of View

The Inquisitor’s Tale is told from several different points of view because there are several different people sharing stories about the children while gathered at the inn. Each story teller recounts their share of the story in the past tense. For the most part the story is told with a limited perspective since the story tellers do not share any insight into the thoughts of the children, but sometimes observe their emotions based on what they see. However, the nun, who is really God, is the exception. Her point of view is omniscient.

When the individual stories are interrupted by the narrator or someone else who is at the inn, the novel changes to present tense and the narrator speaks using the first person perspective. Once the children arrive at the Holy Cross-Roads Inn for the final time, the remainder of the novel is...