The Van Apfel Girls Are Gone

I have had to DNF this title after around 30% for a couple of reasons:
First, I was expecting the narrative to be from Tikka's perspective as an adult as opposed to as a child.
Secondly, I didn't get on with the writing style and prose. There seemed to be a simile or metaphor every other page and that became very jarring and distracting. There was a lot of unnecessary description and the story was progressing very slowly.
Owing to this, I was not enjoying the book and have decided not to force it and move on to something else.