Are any language devices used? Is the language choice effective?

“But [the Peel Tower] must have been a bleak, gloomy box to live in” (34). Metaphor

“Even the beck, so friendly a thing in daylight, seemed to be chuckling in a new and unpleasant fashion”
(36). Personification

“I looked round like a fox trapped on a ledge.” (41) Simile

The author's figurative language is entertaining and engaging.