Tense?

[hobbitomm]

This is a little question for the writers etc out there.

You read a book, narrated in first person past tense (I won't say which one, cos, y'know, spoilers)- ie, "I did so and so".

The narrator dies part way through the book, despite clearly not having had time to tell the story to anyone for at least the end part.

Is this cheating?

Comments

[hobbitomm.livejournal.com]

I guess it is. I just object to being told what the thoughts of a character were, in the past tense, without there being any time when she _could_ have told me what they are!

Anyway, I'm happy to private message folks curious about what book it is. It _is_ pretty damn good, actually, despite the niggle.