Vera is the main character and also the most complex
character. She has so many things on her plate but she still manages to balance
it all. With the stress to not become her parents, her dad and ex-alcoholic and
her mom and ex-stripper are enforced greatly by her dad. Also she balances a
full time high school career while also working full time at Pagoda’s pizza.
Not to mention that her ex-best friend Charlie Khan mysteriously died last year
and she is one of the only people who knows the whole truth of what happened.
The only thing Vera wants is for people to leave her alone, especially the
imaginary Charlies that keep suffocating her in the most inconvenient times.
Some rising themes in the book are forgiveness; Vera needs to learn to forgive
Charlie in order to be able to clear his name for him. Another possible theme
is don’t ignore things, ignoring situations won’t make them go away it may even
elevate and become even worse than before.
This book is split into 5 different parts and in each of
those parts there are different chapters.
There are chapters in other
characters points of view although most of them are written from Vera’s
perspective. There are flash back chapters narrated by Vera. There are also
chapters titled A Brief Word from the
Dead kid and A Brief Word from the
Pagoda.
