My perception of the relationship that Tara has with her father doesn’t really change throughout the book. Her father is toxic and controlling. However, even if he doesn’t show it, sometimes he shows his affection towards Tara through subtle gestures. For example, when he would drive her to choir practice (not all the time, but sometimes) and he attended every recital because he was proud and because he loved her. Throughout the book, Tara explains how her father is a tall proud man and he has “old ways” of doing things and the way he thinks, so it wasn’t a surprise to me that he would never…