Who is the narrator, can she or he read minds, and, more importantly, can we trust her or him?
Third Person Omniscient
Just think how confusing this book would be if we didn't have a narrator who knows the score telling us what happens. It switches back and forth between Inman's and Ada's stories every chapter, and it even includes a few other stories toward the end. If we didn't have an all-knowing narrator, we'd be totally lost. And this is one awesome omniscient narrator—we even learn what the characters are thinking.