Point of View

The Reading List is written from the third person point of view. Throughout the novel, this third person narrator divides their attention between a diverse network of major and minor characters' perspectives. Each chapter is labeled with a character's first name, thus indicating whose vantage point and life circumstances the third person narrator will describe in the pages to come. In this way, the narrator's voice connects and unites the characters on the page, even if they are not close with one another. For example, in the chapter "Chris," the narrator traces the private life of Chris, otherwise known as Crime Thriller Guy to the other characters. In "Chris," however, the reader gains access to his personal life and his private thoughts and feelings. At the start of the chapter, the narrator says, "He forced himself out of bed, his head heavy with sleep. But...