I didn't like any of the characters, yet I polished it off in one night. The female narrator holds you at bay, while giving the impression of being honest of the events even if she has a bias. She is written to have traits more often associated with a man. Something about the tone had me thinking of 'We Need To Talk About Kevin.' Not that the stories have anything to do with each other. Perhaps it had something to do with the spectacularly dysfunction relationship between the partners.