Point of View

The Light Pirate deploys a third-person omniscient perspective that often shifts from one character to another. Frida, Kirby, Lucas, Wanda, and Phyllis each operate as a perspective character at different points throughout the novel, and as such the narrative acquires a patchwork effect that dovetails nicely with the novel's themes. The style of the prose tends to shift from one character to another as a means of fostering empathy in the reader for the circumstances that each respective character finds themselves in while they are in control of the narrative beats.

The opening section of the novel is narrated largely from Frida's perspective, with small sections told by Lucas, Kirby, and even Flip as the action begins to assemble itself. The decision to ground the early stages of the novel primarily from Frida's point of view helps Brooks-Dalton create a sense of claustrophobia and tension...