Thus far in the book, which is not far since I'm only a few chapters in, it's still been hard to figure Dylan out. He's the main character, he shouldn't be so confusing, right? Dylan is much more intellectual than any other child I've met; he's very analytical and seems to understand everything going on around him very acutely. The way he thinks, he seems to believe that all of the other kids around him understand the same things as him. I'm not sure if this is a flaw in the writing, or an intentional characteristic of Dylan.
It's also mentioned that everybody in the neighborhood Dylan lives in is either black or Puerto Rican, but it's never said what Dylan is. The short introduction to the book says that it's about a black kid and a white kid in Brooklyn, but I'm not sure which one Dylan is. This will probably become apparent later, but it's just confusing now.
The time changing also makes the story hard to follow. Instead of saying how much time has passed, Dylan expresses the change through landmarks, especially his progression through grades in elementary school. It all seems to blur together, and not much seems to really be changing.
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