Do you ever get mad at a book for not giving you the ‘happily ever after’ of for making you feel emotionally in a way you weren’t anticipating/wanting?

I just finished reading The River is Waiting by Wally Lamb and just to start out by saying I really enjoyed it. To be frank, it was a lot heavier than I expected having not read reviews or anything beforehand. It probably isn't something I would have put myself through as a divorced dad myself. [...]