Bait and switch. About eight hours in, the male lead suddenly does several unforgivable things (ghosting, violent outbursts, drunken behavior, manipulation) and then the book ends and you have to listen to the sequel if you want the rest of the story.
And I can’t get through the sequel. It seems to be about justifying why the guy treats the woman so terribly. I also squirm with male narrators doing female voices and there’s a lot of that in the sequel.