While I found this book to be middle of the road (for my taste), this book does deal with and explore a tough topic of what it's like for teens and a wife to deal with losing their dad progressively to a brain tumor. I'm sure this book will be important to people who have gone, are going, or know someone going through this and allow them to feel seen while legitimizing how they feel. On top of this, this is a coming-of-age novel with the daughters going through their first loves and growing from them. For a serious subject matter, this is over all a light read with many character moments. I think with time and more novels, the author will become more eloquent with her prose, some of her descriptions felt a bit too much like telling the reader what to feel instead of showing how the character feel (which she does both quite a lot and does have beautiful passages within). I appreciate how the book explores three stages of their life with their father/husband, when his mind is going, when he is bed-ridden, and the aftermath of his death instead of focusing on just one situation.