I Wish You All the Best

Underneath this smooth and handsome exterior lies the soul of an isolated poet.

I pretty much disliked the writing and the characters, too bad for the representation. I couldn't feel anything other than annoyance and then relief when it was over. I kept hoping it would turn around until the very end but it didn't deliver. The writing style was very dry and I was taken aback by how much I disliked Ben. They were in such a negative headspace that I couldn't read this for long stretches of time. I can understand there are people like this, so self-loathing, so helpless but I just can't deal with it, especially when there's almost no growth.

They were stuck in a mood and a state of passive-aggression and kept fighting off anyone that tried to help. They were a bad sibling and friend. There is a point when you are hurting that if you choose to continuously obsess about it and avoid dealing with it at the same time, you become a jerk to everyone you know. You when people use “millennial” as a derogatory term to describe continuously self-absorbed people who feel entitled to everything all the time? That's how I felt about Ben.