I'm just not invested enough in these characters. Elliot is so very oblivious. I know with it being set over a few years, it takes a while for them to mature but I grew impatient. The story is just too long & dragging. Also the emphasis on flipping gender stereotypes felt very heavy-handed after a while. I read the first 25% & switched to audio for the next 25% which did make the long chapters more bearable but not enough to listen to 9 more hours