@Cassie If you have to fill every plot hole with "imagination," that's a telltale sign of weak writing, not a lack of creativity on the reader's part. The author simply lacks the skill to build a coherent story that doesn't rely entirely on psychological and sexual angst. While the premise is interesting, it isn't a novel idea, and it certainly isn't immune to critique, because it still isn't great. The comment section exists for sharing opinions (crazy concept, I know), so I'm completely entitled to share mine as you do yours.
“How mutable are our feelings, and how strange is that clinging love we have of life even in the excess of misery"