Point Of View In Chris Wooding's 'Silver'

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The point of view in the novel Silver by Chris Wooding is third person omniscient.
The tone in the book Silver is objective.

The main mood Wooding uses is dread.

The author describes an event between two characters using third person omniscient point of view: “Paul sidestepped, leaving a trailing leg for Adam to trip on...They all wanted to see Adam eat dirt” (Wooding 2).
Wooding objectively depicts a scene in the novel in a way that is just presenting facts: “They rolled and Paul was on top, raining blows on his opponent. But Adam was too big to keep down” (3).
The author describes the dread a character feels when the monsters are on the verge of finding them: “It just wasn’t enough….But just like the doors, he knew it wouldn’t last

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