I am an audiobook narrator. I often read aloud to my sweetheart at night.
Was working thru a “bonnet” romance novel with her this evening but I had to give it up out of frustration. It was one constant stream of miscommunication between the main man and woman. The blasted book could have been only 30 pages long if only the man had been direct and honest and open. But no, constant opposites, with the result of 200+ pages or torture