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Personally, I like novels that are written from a single point of view - a close third person following one character.
However, despite the advice that writing books offer, you can shift points of view within scenes and do it effectively. It is a difficult skill to master. One book I just re-read recently "A Suspension of Mercy" by Patricia Highsmith uses this technique. There is no confusion, because she clearly signals the shifts from one character's point of view to another.
What happens with inexperienced writers (and I've done it myself) is that they shift from one character's perspective to another with no signaling to show that this is being done.
To quote from "A Suspension of Mercy":
And Sydney was secretly relieved, because he wasn't really going to Ipswich . . . but he hadn't been able to think of any other kindness he might do Mrs Lilybanks.
When he had gone, Mrs Lilybanks put on an apron and did the dishes . . . the dishes, she felt, were enough exertion for the evening . . .
Highsmith signals the change by referring to Sydney leaving, and then telling us what Mrs Lilybanks did, and then what she thought.
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