MC is an unreliable narrator. Yup I suspected this but did not know how much she was hiding until near the end of the novel. I felt incredibly sucker punched by discovering a glimpse into her true character. Everyone says they fell in love with her because of her "true temperament." Well... now that it's near the end and I know she's lied about who she is personality wise the whole time, does that mean everyone including the ML fell in love with a lie? After that it was hard to like her. Yes I suspected she was manipulative but to the point that she would use everything including her own emotions, I felt very betrayed as a reader and it made the rest of the novel just a slog to the finish line. Yes all this time I had wondered how someone so intellectual etc would appear to be so silly in some parts of the novel and I was waiting for the grand reveal but it didn't happen for most of the novel and that lulled me into a false sense of security that I had discovered all I could. And then bam the truth comes out. I wonder if the author thinks they are so clever writing such a plot. It was unpleasant to say the least. I have read other unreliable narrators but they don't wait to smack you in the face near the very end. Also it really demeans every human relationship she's ever had as been manipulation with friendship as side bonus. Her character is way too calculating. I ranked the novel this way because of how the novel handled the MC. How can you expect a reader to remain sympathetic and root for her when everything she's done is at least half a lie?