[JenB]

Yes, the writer I most despise has a tendency to use waaayy too many viewpoints (Robert Jordan) and I think that soured me on the whole thing. Then again, in SF and fantasy, multiple POVs seem to be more common than in other genres. I think it's because the stories are bigger - "writ larger"?

[Snake65]

There are some sloppy fantasy writers out there. It doesn't seem like he's doing it, but Tolkien tells the Lord of the Rings through the hobbits eyes, really (there are a few exceptions, like you see what happens in front of the black gate even though Pippin is under a troll at that point). Clever old cuss, that JRR.