Plot and book response

i am not sure of where this plot is planning to take us but with the emotions expressed and secrets revealed hearts broken and characters uncovered this is tangled story, at least in my perspective since the author motives for some of the scenes and words used by the characters baffle me. im impressed to how stuck up peter is and how he sees nothing wrong with whatever he says without hit daughter annie butting in. for example with last nights reading to page 84 when he says "you might one day be fit to work on my own personal time keeper" or something along those lines. i feel annie was a important character in the scene where she touches owens "precious" creation because of her coming we find out about the secret obtion of recreation to nature thats been talked about since the beginning. the relationship between owen and annie is a strange one because its not clear whether she likes owen or not, although she gives strong hints like coming to a watch makers shop just to fix a thing used to protect her from needles and recollects on their childhood.