The recurring, repetitive inner monologues regarding the protagonist's secret are poorly written and frustrating to read.

“So one of my least favorite tropes is the man who has a secret who just repeats to himself how much he's a secret but won't tell the secret. [laughter] It's my It's I hate it so much when I am reading every single Becca chapter. It's like >> Fran, >> if only she knew, but she can never know”

The book relies heavily on a constant stream of depressing plot events.

“Really though, it's trauma porn. This is a trauma porn book. It is chalk full of the most depressing [ __ ] Back to back to back. Oh, you thought of a new idea for something depressing. It's in this book. Everything gets worse as the time goes on.”