To begin, there were numerous scenes in the story that were difficult to understand in terms of family dynamics. The character learned what family is supposed to be like through self-preservation and keeping each other's space and boundaries private, which created a certain mindset on how to perceive things in processing grief and loneliness, understanding love and pushing it away. The novel followed certain days for the book period to end for a short time. It made you consider your interpersonal relationships. We never really thought better as children—typical of us—still there's so much more to know than just our own little world.