An Eye for an Eye Book

When I picked up this book I was pretty excited, and although I could feel engrossed most of the time, overall I wouldn't say this book does much other than tell a story I've already heard and in more interesting ways. The writing is mediocre (no, it's not a good idea to use a cliche and just have your narrator acknowledge the cliche, that's bad editing), sometimes entirely too obvious, and although simplicity can sometimes benefit a writer, it just doesn't work here. For the most part. There were moments I enjoyed (which is why I finished the book). Was the narrator supposed to be a misogynist? I think we were supposed to love him as some sort of anti-hero, but I hardly found that to be the case. Should I be worried about what bordered on an abusive relationship? I thought so. Where did their community go after they met? It seemed to be entirely lost, much like the point of this book was lost on me. But maybe that's the point -- there is none -- but with a novel that wraps itself the way Like Son did, I highly doubt that is what the author intended.