As Daniel and his family deal with damaging secrets, Rawlings delivers an insightful moral tale about the freedom of coming clean. While the message is an important reminder, it does overshadow other aspects, and as a result, the characters remain underdeveloped caricatures for the duration of the plot. I would have liked to see more personality from the Whitely family as they discover the value of honesty.
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