I watched a series of YouTube videos recently about outlining a novel and as I watched,  I wondered and worried,  'Will this take the joy out of reading,  being along for the thrill of the story, naively, without seeing how the sausage is made?' and this is the first book I've finished since then.  The video (& the storyboarding app I found after, bibisco) focused on the journey the main character must take.  One video suggests outlining the ending first, then going back to the beginning because you'll be able to map the journey from beginning to end if you know where the character will end.  I really enjoyed this novel,  looking at where our MC ends, to where she starts.  A novel doesn't have to be something as profound as starting at 1 and efflorescing to 10. I would say our heroine starts at a 5 and grows slightly to a 6. It's nothing seismic or overwhelming but it doesn't mean there's not enough here to study or follow along the ride.  Therapy isn't a straight line up and grief is complicated and depends on how you were raised.  I liked this character study of a detached attachment style.  I don't see myself carrying this story/character with me for years, it was OK. I love her writing; this was an OK novel.