Eventually though they do get their school and settle down to begin the new clan. The book is long. The book has mostly long sentences, long paragraphs, long chapters, and lots of description. The background is detailed and affects the atmosphere. The focus of story is on action, situations, and events.
Characterization focuses on several characters of different sexes whose lives are intertwined.
The characters are developed over time. There are series characters, followed through and developed over several related novels. There are memorable and important secondary characters. The book is fanciful, entertaining, emotional, playful. The ending is ambiguous.