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first-person retrospective, as though the character themselves are writing the book years after the event in a journal or something of the like.

I am totally unfamiliar with this PoV. xD Could you give an example of this is use?  Would it be like a “I then sat on a chair, and glanced out one of the many windows that had, at that time, seemed flamboyant.”

That kind of retrospection?

I don’t read odd PoV’s. xD My favorite is third person limited (past tense, not present tense). But I also enjoy first person central. I’ve read third person omniscient in Agatha Christie books, but otherwise I don’t like it that much, it can be done well thought. For the most part, I think sticking with First Person Central or Third Person Limited Past Tense are the best options. But if you want to try something unique, go for it. 🙂

This is pretty much just first person central, but the way The Moonstone by Willkie Collins is written is pretty neat. There are a bunch of different First Person PoV’s that are compiled as journal entries from different people to show the crime form all its different angles. It’s pretty great.