You Lost Me There - reading

Finished "You Lost Me There" by Rosecrans Baldwin. Holy crap, did the author ever lose me. I nearly gave up halfway through but because I haven't reached the point where I can put a bad book down like a rabid dog, I finished it. The cover said "intelligent prose, [...] wears its smarts lightly and probes its emotions deeply." It's possible I'm just too stupid to get the intelligent prose, but wasn't one of the faults of the main character that he hasn't grieved for his late wife? Denial does not equal probing your emotions deeply. Not recommended by me. Ask someone smart.