Three narrative strands run concurrently in the novel.

Too much information is withheld, and the narrative strands are developed haphazardly.

Each episode in the series has a different narrative strand running through it.

Drake's story is driven by two narrative strands, both of which are established in the opening chapters.

The story of his mental disintegration is one of the novel's several major narrative strands.

While no one will mistake "Hot Seat" for a novel, it contains numerous narrative strands.

Several narrative strands come together at Natalie's lavish waterside layout.

These two narrative strands never quite intersect, though they do run in parallel.

Instead, their stories form the new narrative strands of a country that is redefining itself.

In the other narrative strand, less immediately problematic, Brandon appears to be therapeutically engaged.