I think so, too. Teenagers' emotions are such a roller coaster, and maybe it's that they feel more and life gets in more thoroughly that way. Most adults have already made up their minds about everything. Innocence is a kind of contemporary Gothic novel. Well, I'm interested in horror in general, and I think adolescence is like a horror movie.
Emotions are so extreme, and the body is going through severe physical changes.
And the conventions of the Gothic novel make external a state of mind. It was a way to create both an internal and an external adventure. So as Beckett loses her grip on reality, readers lose their grip on what's real or not in the novel. You come of age over and over in your life. Amelia Earhart was published and became a big success, to my complete surprise.