Spoilers 

The protagonist Sloane is extremely unlikeable and impossible to root for. She spends most of the book wallowing in self-pity without reflecting on any of her own mistakes and toxic behavior. There’s one part where Sloane cheats on her boyfriend Reese by sleeping with Ethan. But then she gets upset and victimizes herself when Reese (rightfully) blocks her Instagram afterward. But her actions are brushed off within the book by other characters, with everyone constantly coddling her and telling her she deserves the world. 

A lot of focus is placed on the pain and hurt Ethan causes Sloane but the parallels between his and her behavior goes unacknowledged. Ethan strings her along in their situationship but the book never admits that she does the exact same (arguably worse) to Reese. She leads him on, makes their relationship official, lies that she loves him, cheats on him, then still cries victim when it’s all over. She hardly even feels guilty since all the attention is on her and her own heartbreak. At least Ethan is more self-aware.