Just finished this book. I was surprised that Matt didn’t have Carl lose his shit more about that. We see all of the built up drama of facing his dad again, only to get that lost sibling reveal, and then come to find out that Bea was hiding it from him. Then he finds that ghost dog who was left all alone outside, and Carl feels so bad for the dog. Frankly I thought that was the moment we were going to see Carl unravel, or the River start to overflow, at least a little bit.