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Time: The Immortal Divide (The Chronicles of Fate and Choice) by K S Turner (view source)
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Throughout the series, Tachra is the only character permitted to go past the fourth wall and address us in a direct first person. This doesn't just differentiate Tachra's chapters from the third person of the kutu, it defines her as our guide and focal point. She definitely deserves the attention, being naturally engaging and one of the most memorable characters I've read in a while.
Then between the first and third person narratives there's something that my fellow Bookbag reviewer, [[:Category:Amit Vyas|Amit]], referred to as being like journalistic reportage. I agreed with him totally and then realised I'd read this style somewhere before: in the Bible. (Don't worry – bear with me, I promise not to open any can of worms on how truthful, if at all, the Bible is.)
I won't reproduce it here as it's a fair chunk of wordage, but the paragraph at the top of page 231 is a prime example. Reported speech, sometimes clipped sentences, sometimes longer that fulfils a similar purpose in this book as it did in ancient scriptures. That is, ''The Chronicles of Fate and Choice'' is also a document bearing witness to momentous events for future generations. With this interpretation it makes more sense why some events are told rather than shown and this is where some of the marmite will be found.