Point of View

There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job is written from the first person point of view of the unnamed main character. This means that the first person narrator’s perspective is the guiding force behind the narrative structure, plot, conflicts, and stakes. From the outset of the novel, the author establishes the narrator as an evasive and avoidant character. Because she is reluctant to reveal the intimate details of her personal life beyond the contexts of her various jobs, the reader must rely upon the narrator’s emotional responses to her work in order to understand her character and her reasons for rendering the world on the page in the manner that she does.

In the novel’s opening chapter, “The Surveillance Job,” the narrator lapses into a rare moment of expositional flashback. This passage provides crucial information regarding her past work life...