And back at that lake cabin after she was basically ostracized by a couple that judged her by whatever crap was in a FICTION novel written by a man and she felt, dirty, ahe saw herself in the mirror after the cold and bitchy wife and the husband and his PT hard on. That look on her face in the mirror. Taking in her…

Yes and Ive been there. Complying was easier, didn't want to be screamed at or worse, and he would be much more rough if I did especially when he was drunk. The low self esteem that goes with it that we somehow deserve it, that we have no right to complain or resist. That no ome cares enough to help us anyway. Its…

Yes, I think the post author is confusing the two. Noah's character is confusing because he is and we don't like him right now because we shouldn't. His sister's comments were wise too. And I do find it interesting he is not pulling punches about himself. Like the writer he is with his character in the book, he…

I agree. And as a writer myself I can see how this guy has created Allison into this image and expects to control her in reality aa he does on the page. He tells her the characters arent based on them and then spends the rest of the argument defensively pointing out how "I have us a happy ending… we end up together……