
I totally see where you're coming from. I would like to add immature and inexperienced reader to it. This is more complex and has a more realistic chemistry of growth from 2 poor and damage teenager friends to lovers back to friends etc. 2 people trying to survive the best way they know. Dealing with depression, guilt, etc. I know im also missing a some more points, but there are layers to all their madness. I'm going to have to reread this again from start to finish once it's complete as well.

I completely agree. the author said she liked the Film Noir genre (e.g. Seven, Memento, Millenium etc). this genre is much deeper and twisted if I may say so and you need a minimum of maturity to understand the depth of the story. the author also said that she paid great attention to details, which made the story very realistic and when you reread the story from the beginning, some détails make sense now.
I honestly feel like some readers are way too young to understand this story, the lack of comprehension is quite…something
Which it’s not something to be ashamed, but just remember this isn’t just a love triangle, the story it’s more complex than that, it doesn’t revolve just on who ends up with who or who fuck who :(
And be a bit more patient for fuck sake, like follow the story? Make some guesses or whatever, but if you are here just for porn or to know which couple is endgame, then I fear this may not be for you, and that’s completely fine, you can always skip to the end to see how it ends later on…