Setting
The story is set at a summer getaway where Rose makes the annual meet-up with her friend Windy. A feel for the setting, as well as insight into the character of Rose's father, is gained through a metaphorical description of the place of his devising:
"My dad says Awago is a place where beer grows on trees and everyone can sleep in until eleven."
Foreshadowing, Sort Of
At one point while swimming, Rose floats and Windy comments upon her perception of this decision. Although not directly related toward either girl, the metaphorical observation by Windy does contain a tinge of foreshadowing. But just a tinge:
"When you float like that you look like a dead person."
Depression
Rose's mother, Alice, is suffering through a terrible bout with a major depressive episode. This does not mean she has the blahs or the blues. This is the real deal. And one way to detect that it is the real deal is the language that Alice uses to describe herself. Take not that it is straight-up metaphor, not a simile. She's not saying she feels like something; she's saying she is that something:
"I'm a zombie."
Age Difference
The difference in ages between Rose and Windy is only a eighteen months. But they are at a time in life when that extra six months can stretch the year out to double or triple. The visual imagery makes it clear enough that Windy is more immature, but the difference also arrives in conversational metaphor, such as Windy's consideration of a carton of vanilla ice cream:
"Oh my god, LOOK. It's, like, a glacier."
Toilet Humor
It's a graphic novel. And it is about tweens and teens. And it features a father who is not entirely uncool. So, guess what? There is toilet humor couched in metaphor as Rose's dad holds up a corn cob and rhetorically asks:
"Do you know what they call this here? Awago toilet paper."
