Stoner raped Phoebe.

And yet I think Edith is the perfect mirror of him? They're absolute co-conspirators in their own misery. I think it's also a complete fair point to note that she's an almost cartoonish harridan at points, and yet I can't imagine Stoner hitching up with anyone else, and so for that reason I was able to forgive the shrew archetype. Now, as to the larger question of whether or not you care to read about the tribulations of a dude with is tail tucked permanently between his legs, that's a question only you can answer. But I thought it was lovely.