This was definitely a book written with an eye towards selling the movie rights: All plot movement and spoken dialogue, not much view of the characters’ interior thoughts, lots of folksy characters that will potentially provide Oscar-bait movie roles, a feisty and precocious teenage lead who perseveres despite challenges, surprising reveals throughout. But it was very entertaining and kept me reading. This isn’t great literature, but it’s a fun mass-market novel that kept me turning the pages.