He really acted like a hearless jerk most of the time and his poisonous mouth could really anger someone to death. He also came and went as he liked, often making MC felt dejected.

There's also his mental illness which was quite severe since it could be a life-threatening condition when he had an episode. It's not that I disparaged someone who had mental illness but MC often complained about being exhausted after facing her mentally unstable mom so I'm a bit surprised when despite all that, she could still fall in love with ML.

I like him a lot, actually. He's a funny little dude, and his banter with MC is great. Their romance was progressing steadily and believably, and I was eager for them to get together.

It's just that the ML has a glaring flaw that I can't look past: When he gets really upset, he throws tantrums like a toddler, i.e. yelling, cursing, breaking things, etc. Actually his hair trigger temper that leads to all that is an issue, too.

Don't get me wrong. MC doesn't put up with it either. The narrative is obviously punishing him for this behavior and will almost certainly lead to him, you know, *not* doing that. It's just... IRL, I would dump his ass, too, and not look back. I wouldn't trust him to change. That behavior is a giant red flag. The fact that MC will eventually either look past it or believe he's changed (and yes I know he likely will have!) just kind of makes me feel like I'm watching my good sister throw herself into the fire again and again. I can only tsk tsk and shake my head. This behavior is so unattractive that I'm dropping the novel.

I'm not encouraging anyone else to do so. I'm just too impatient for the ML to drop his bad habits, so I'm dropping him first lol