He's as finicky as a cat. 10.She's the world's number one fusspot. 11.He's such an anal retentive person. 12.Men don't like women who nag. 13.He's penny-wise and pound-foolish.
In the same way, readers put up with unintelligibility, obsessiveness, painful truths, lies, bad grammar—if, in compensation, the writers allows them to savor rare emotions and dangerous sensations.