What's wrong with arranged marriages? It's not like marrying based on love always works and overcoming the differences between families and traditions create true love IMHO
Your talking about forced marriage but there is nothing wrong with arranged marriage
Arranged marriages aren't neither inherently evil and problematic. As for the story, I think the story doesn't romanticize arranged marriages and if anything, it portraits them somewhat (if we take into account the setting of the story) . They clearly don't communicate enough, and let the opinions they have for each other's characters dictate their decisions, rather speak about their problems and try to solve them. Riftan is focused on Max's outer appearance and acts either as a horn dog or as an overprotective dad with anger issues and Max does the same to Riftan and either acts like she's about to get beaten up and go meet her creator or as robot with no will of her own. In the novel it's not up until the latest chapters that they actually try to use their brains collectively and try to make their relationship actually work. The only aspect of their relationship that is portrayed in a positive light is the sex. And really, you don't need a deep understanding of the other person's internal world for a happy hump session.
I mean before ruffian was forced into marriage because of her abusive father sooooo
lol i spelled her name wrong
nope wrong person entirely
******aren't inherently evil and problematic
am i the only one annoyed how this story romanticizes arranged marriages