How does the author structure the novel, You Go First?

The novel is split into five sections, each one representing a day of the week from Monday to Saturday. Each of these sections are further split into small chapters. Charlotte’s sections are titled with something that relates to the chapter itself, while Ben’s are always titled Life According to Ben with the part he is on. Charlotte’s chapters also start with small sections called Rabbit Holes which explores some kind of fact that again relates to the chapter. One example comes from the middle of the novel in a chapter titled River where the Rabbit Hole discusses the existence of “a lone wolf” (169) in the same section that Charlotte begins to feel isolated from everyone else. All of these chapters are short and snappy, seamlessly moving back and forth between Charlotte and Ben’s story. This is meant to maintain the reader’s interest in the story even as their attention is divided between the two characters. This structure establishes constant tension and cliffhangers between chapters that can only be resolved when reading the sections between each one.