After reading the prologue and the first chapter my first impression of Dana is that she is an extremely logical person. When she is first trasported back in time (though she doesn't know this is what has happened yet) she returns to the present and analyzes the details of her ordeal. Key phrases like "I know what I saw, and what I did-my facts" and "not that what happened to me made sense, but I could tell it coherently" show that she is a logical person trying to work out something illogical that has happened to her. Rather than scream or have some other dramatic reaction she chooses to calm herself down and go over the facts. Kevin seems like an understanding person who is able to operate well in stressful situations. Again rather than taking an illogical approach to the situation he wraps a towel around Dana and comforts her. Even in the prolgue when Dana is laying in the hospital and Kevin has just been released by the police they manage to keep themselves composed. Both seem like intellegent and logical human beings.
My sense of the novel as a whole, at this very early point in the book, is that it is going to be less of a science fiction novel and more of a novel dealing with the human experience. What stood out to me more was how the characters reacted to the remarkable events and not the remarkable event itself. I feel for Dana mainly because it is hard for anyone to deal with a loss in security, and while her struggle is para-normal I feel anyone who has experienced a loss in security (job loss, break up, etc.) can relate to how she feels at the moment. It seems like it is going to be an interesting and thought-provoking novel.