Who is the narrator, can she or he read minds, and, more importantly, can we trust her or him?
Third Person (Limited Omniscient), First Person (Central Narrator)
Sadima
In the chapters devoted to Sadima's story, we mostly see things from her perspective, but in the third person (so there's a lot of she and her). Of course, it's not 100% from her view, since the first three chapters in Sadima-land are from the viewpoint of her brother, Micah, while Sadima is being born/very young. Sadima's thoughts, though, tend to be transparent and simple, like during this moment when Micah is telling her a story:
She glanced up and saw Micah looking at her. She longed to tell him about the animals, how she could hear their thoughts sometimes. But she didn't dare. (9.29)
Then there's this tricky issue: Sadima's kinda telepathic, mostly with animals but possibly with people… so maybe the line between her thoughts and the thoughts of others is kinda blurry. It's just something to keep in mind as you read, y'all.
Hahp
In the chapters narrated by Hahp, we're very firmly lodged in his head, with a lot of I and me statements. Since he's kinda self-centered and spoiled, we're always hearing about how much he's hungry, suffering, miserable, and so on. But because of the first person technique, we're really stuck in his head this whole time, and it makes it hard for us to ignore just how miserable he is.
For instance, we see Hahp feeling bad for himself after the boys fought to get magically-manifested food from in front of the faceted stone:
I had been among the first, I had been standing right in front of the tray. Why hadn't I thought to use my robe? I knew why. Because I hadn't been thinking at all. I had been desperate to get away from the fights, scared that I would get hurt. I had proved it again. I was a coward. (22.28)
Seeing this from Hahp's perspective makes us think that if he spent half as much time thinking of solutions as getting down on himself, maybe he'd be getting ahead in this rat-race. Or maybe not—maybe he's so mired in his own head issues, he wouldn't know a good solution if it bit him in the butt. That's the tricky thing about perspectives, yo.