“I found the perfect wife for my husband.” I Liked My Life by Abby Fabiaschi (debut) ©2017 St. Martin’s Press Pages: 260 Agent: Elizabeth Winick Rubinstein Genre: Mystery First Person Present Tense Multiple Narrators First, I think I may have messed up a few past entries. I may have used multiple points of view to…
Tag: First Person
Review: The Grownup
This is a short story and it’s an excellent use of first person. The Grownup By Gillian Flynn ©2014 Crown Publishing Pages: 62 First Person, Past tense This is a rare instance. A moment where the characters are despicable (pardon my sounding like Daffy Duck) and the opening profession is not something I would care about….
Review Amy Chelsea Stacie Dee
I almost didn’t finish this book, but I’m so happy I stayed with it. Amy Chelsea Stacie Dee By Mary G. Thompson ©2016 Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Pages: 292 Another book without Acknowledgements – I’m not a fan of that. Genre: YA, Mystery First Person POV Present Tense My first thoughts with the writing were…
POV Review – I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh
This is the first book I’ve ever read where all POVs are used: First person, Second person, and Third Person (limited). I Let You Go (Debut Novel – it always thrills me to read debuts) by Clare Mackintosh UK Publisher: Sphere ©2014 US Publisher: Berkley ©2016 Agent Sheila Crowley Let’s jump right into this. Three POVs….
Pull Me Under by Kelly Luce
Pull Me Under by Kelly Luce Publisher: Farrar, Straus, & Giroux ©2016 261 pages Agent: Katherine Fausset Editor: Emily Bell Genre: Literary with a soft mystery bent as to why things happened Pull Me Under is about a lady (hafu – half Japanese, half American – bonus, learned a new word) who killed a classmate…
The Perfect Girl – POV and Tense
You’ve noticed the small design change, but here’s where I’m going with the content. When I began writing it was hard for me to decide on POV (point of view) and tense. At first it seems simple: First – I, me Second – You Third – Suzy, Bob, He, She But as I delved further…