![]() ![]() It's hard to buy that Martin would feel this way, though, since we never see Will doing whatever Martin says. He states it like that's the established dynamic of their friendship. ![]() For example, Martin fears Will will just go along with it because he does whatever Martin wants. All of these are an extreme stretch unsupported by what we see in the story. They know they love each other and just wait on acting on it for extremely flimsy reasons. I thought this might feel like a slow burn, one of my favorite styles of romance, but it doesn't. It seems wrong to put such serious topics into a story just to tiptoe around them. But the majority of it happens off page, and the stuff that does happen on page is cut short. It's frustrating because the serious issues they're burdened with could make for a truly touching, deep story. We're TOLD so many things about these two that we never see. We get a glimpse and then we're told it over and over. Will endured serious trauma in the navy and struggles to cope, although we barely see this. ![]() Martin has a serious illness that makes him sick a lot, although we barely see this. The core "conflict" between the two leads is paper thin: whether or not they can adequately take care of each other (they clearly can). ![]()
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