This is indeed a story of love. An ugly love. A toxic love. A painful love. One I could not wrap my head around. Yet here it is. A love centered around two very unhappy people full of joyless functioning and longing for one another in the most ardent way. This is an exceptionally well-acted series of fascinating and memorable characters, be they people you want to love or hate. Honestly, I felt nothing for this series, except a profound sense of sadness. It never got emotionally deep with any of the connections for me to feel, care, or commiserate with. For me, there are much better end of world series than this one - TIL THE WORLD ENDS and LOVE AT THE END OF THE WORLD.