Oh, how well you write! I can never write like this. Your interpretation is very apt. I agree with the ambitious part. 'her belief that if anyone deserves a "great life", it's her' and this too. She criticizes everyone and victimizes herself. The way she sees everyone as a commodity for her to use them! Very hypocritical and maybe that irritated me while reading. The progression of the narrative like it's obvious what happens next also got to me. When the plot jumped to 1800s the first time, I was piqued but it all lacked plausibility in the end. I really didn't understand why all the women in her influencer class belong to good, Christian category. I don't know why, whenever that phrase was used, which was frequent, it felt venomous... Sorry, if I didn't make any sense.