The only reason I even made it as long as I did is because I was looking for another book to use for the Sri Lanka prompt. 20 minutes in and the three female characters mentioned are already Saintified Mother (nameless, of course), Pushy Whore (every time we mention this character she's talking about her secondary sex organs), and Dumb Love Interest (POV character clearly only likes her because she's too stupid to argue with him but also judges her for it). I don't care if it becomes the greatest subversion of these tropes ever after the first 30 minutes, I'm trying to purge this from my memory. And making a formal note - I HATE literary novels.