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I will try to be brief but clear about this novel by Colleen Hoover. I tried, I promise you, to love it as much as you did.

Let's keep it brief.

I can't stand to read a book where the heroine 1) gets treated like shit by the male character 2) the male character gets away with his behavior because the girl loves him too much and doesn't love herself enough 3) when the chemistry between the two is completely annihilated because of a fucking ex relationship.

Let's be clear.

1) Tate needs someone to set her straight. Her ability to get past the horrible way Miles treats her really made me want to slap her. She's a heroine with so little self-esteem, and most of all she's a complete idiot! Miles shows her over and over that he doesn't give a shit about her, but she keeps hoping that she'll change him by sleeping with him.I couldn't even figure out her obsession with Miles! Did he put a spell on her? Magic dick? It was infuriating.
I didn't understand her. I would have left. It is absolutely unacceptable for me to support such actions. The author romanticized an unhealthy relationship.

2) Miles made me so mad. Yes, his past is awful and sad. But that in no way excuses his behavior. Well, at least he warned Tate. In fact, what really bothered me about him is that I honestly think he loved Rachel more than he loves Tate, and that is one of the most disturbing things about this novel.

His ex-relationship seems to be the one of a lifetime. And that's not my own interpretation, no! it's the author telling us! all those POVs of Miles where he's completely obsessed with Rachel... someone explain the point? No but seriously, I was starting to wonder where this was going. Why portray Miles so in love with another girl at the time, so tender with her, when in the present moment he treats Tate like crap...what does that mean? It completely debunked the sincerity and depth of the relationship between Tate and Miles. This aspect of the story was very poorly exploited. I still think Rachel is the love of his life. Tate is not. Tate took the leftovers. No one can convince me otherwise.

3) I really hated the way Tate forgave him after THE HORRIBLE MOMENT COMES. WHEN HE DARES, HE DARES TO SAY HER NAME AND NOT TATE'S. I was really shocked, I couldn't believe my eyes. I hoped she had enough dignity to react properly after Miles had, shall we say, spat in her face. But she didn't.

I felt betrayed by this book. I wanted to read a love story of two people falling in love. I didn't want to read a story where the two people in love can't be together anymore, and the girl getting the leftovers is the heroine of the book.