Jessie's favorite word is “waffle,” given that it is a breakfast food and also a verb, meaning to equivocate or vacillate. Why is this an appropriate word, given her circumstances?

By the end of the book, Jessie realizes that returning to Chicago and her “old life” would not be the solution she had hoped for, that “in some ways, moving back would just be moving backward” (304). What makes her come to this conclusion?

To what extent does speaking online (through emails, texts, IMs) allow Jessie and SN/Ethan to be more honest versions of themselves? Are these versions any more authentic than who they present to be in person?