'Fortune's Rocks' prioritizes character depth and personal turmoil over identity politics. The focus remains on storytelling and nuanced character development, not on forced representation or box-checking based on modern social categories. Any nods to issues of gender or class are grounded in period-appropriate context and rarely feel contrived.

The novel approaches themes of family, religion, and morality within their historical framework. While it addresses issues like gender and societal norms, it rarely swings into territory that mocks or dismisses tradition; instead, it explores these tensions authentically.

There's an honest exploration of multiple perspectives, moral conflict, family values, and personal agency, without cartoonish villainization of any worldview. Tradition and progress are both confronted with nuance, not with a one-sided ideological hammer.