Amélie’s Reviews > The Trouble with Anna > Status Update

Okay at this point Anna is willfully misunderstanding Julian and she’s too smart to be this stupid

Unfortunately, I find that “main character refuses to listen to anybody else because that might end up challenging their preconceived notions” to be an extremely irritating plot device, especially when the reason for it is “there are 200 pages left in this book so we can’t resolve the communication issue too early!” rather than because it’s true to character development in any meaningful way.