5/19/2023 0 Comments The vanishing half book summary![]() The dominant POV character in each part serves as a mini-protagonist, and there’s a complication that they face that is kind of out of the focus of the main story question (which is: why Stella left, and will Stella and Desiree reunite?) but still closely tied to it. The story is divided into six sections, each of them with a dominant POV (the author uses omniscient POV, so she often switches between POV characters, more on that soon)-except for the last one, when it’s wrap-up time, and we hear a small account from most POV characters. This book doesn’t flip three-act structure on its head, it simply ignores it. ![]() You still had your one protagonist-despite multiple POVs, your one main-thread story… oh, the simplicity of it all!). Sure, even in this book club we’ve read some books that have had a bit more complex structure (One True Loves The Sight of You), but despite being divided into four parts, those books didn’t derail much from the usual three-act structure (meaning, those three acts were still pretty much there. ![]() For most readers and writers, the three-act structure seems so natural that it’s hard to remember that stories can come in different forms and shapes. ![]()
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