Adrian Fridge’s Reviews > I'm The Guy You Hate > Status Update

My mother used to say, "Never stay with someone out of pity. If pity is the only reason you haven't left the relationship, you'll end up miserable and hating yourself."

That is exactly the trap Jonny has fallen into with Mark.

Omfg this book is just a series of Tumblr posts. It has to be. I want to highlight and link to every other page.

Riding him like he was a quarter carousel ride outside the supermarket.

Lol what. Okay the humor in this book makes me wish this was a BR with Julio because this scene is like straight out of his arsenal of horny snark.

“You are not in love with Mark Dorsett, you are in love with the idea of who Mark Dorsett could be, which is something you invented.”

THIS. 1000% this. We do this to ourselves and wonder why relationships don't pan out right. But it's so hard giving up the fantasy. So very fucking hard.

One of those stories with strikingly realistic depictions of relationships, with the good, the bad and the ugly.

We haven't got inside Mark's head yet, but it's really sad how his "manic pixie" persona is all a front for how little control he has, of how lonely he's become. It's so hollow, and so painful to watch.