I won't lie, many of the pages of this book made me grit my teeth. But setting aside Harry's over-the-top word usage and his absolute disaster of a personality, he manages to be a character that you can root for, even if you don't like him (which is pretty impressive). I loved that he was desperately worried at 28 about all of the same things I, at 28, am worrying about, and I love that

Spoiler

he doesn't get the girl in the end, because he didn't deserve her, and he had to learn that lesson and grow

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I'm also so glad I don't live in New York City.