Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I'm not here to debate the decision in this book because I do understand it and think that it isn't fair for anyone to judge a person's decision unless they've been in that same situation. Even then, two individuals can go through the same thing and feel very differently about it (i.e. reading this book). I didn't like this book as much as everyone else. Here are a list of reasons I cannot wrap my head around... 1. My main gripe with this book is that it's in the "romance" section. Was it about friendship? Yes. A woman finding confidence in herself? Yes. But this was NOT a romance. Will didn't love Lou. He never says it, implies it, or shows it. He just throws a lot of money at her and hopes that makes everything in her life better. The one thing that will make her more complete, he takes away from her. I imagine others are going to say he helped find herself, but he really didn't. He dictated what she should do in her life, instead of asking what she would like to do. Ironic, since what bugged Will so much was that nobody listened to him. 2. Why was there never a chapter from Will's POV? We get chapters from other characters that I couldn't care less about, but we don't get one from the other main character. Strange. 3. Did anyone else find it odd that Will's mother negotiated for 6 months but had no other stipulations? She was a magistrate after all. The way her mind works you think she would've negotiated 6 months, but in addition, Will had to join a support group/go to counseling, go out, whatever it may be. It may not have worked, but I can't fathom she wouldn't have tried that. What's the point of arguing for more time but keeping everything the same. Obviously, you will have the same results. 4. There are so many scenes that are completely pointless. I pushed through the boring scenes (mostly dealing her family, or Patrick) because I thought they would have a purpose, but nope. As a reader, I could've skipped over all those parts (especially with Patrick) and had all the same information. Another example: the California trip. A lot of pages explained Lou researching it and talking about it and then nothing becomes of it (I understand why they didn't go at that exact time) but for it to be such a big part of the book, I expected it to happen at least sometime during the book. 5. I find it unbelievable that Will's family or doctors wouldn't have already provided him with the technology Lou gets for Will. They were wealthy and resourceful, but hadn't thought of this??? This book came highly recommended to me, but overall, I was not impressed. A book doesn't have to have a happy ending for me to be fulfilled, but this book didn't have any romance (I'm not talking about physically but emotionally).