The FL makes sense... to an extent. I don't know why her first thought was that she reincarnated into a specific novel or video game with a set lore and world building, since a lot of isekai stories also have characters waking up in completely "original" worlds. If the events were similar to a story she had read before, that would make sense. But she's super dedicated to the idea that it's a novel even though she has no basis for the claim.
However, with the thought process that she is in a novel, her actions make sense. I just wish the writing was a bit better to make us empathize with her more. Since we know from the beginning it's actually a horrifying world, her actions just make her seem dumb (even though they're totally justifiable from her line of thought). It would have been a lot more interesting to have us discover things aren't quite as they seem alongside her. Maybe give her a bit more agency when finding out what type of "romance" book she woke up in. Have us (and her) slowly realize things aren't as they seem.
I'm at the point where it's been revealed that she never had any grasp on the situation and shit is scary and life-threatening. Yet she continues to hold onto the idea that it's still a novel or a game (again, why does she believe she's in a fictional world?) and carries over her biases with romance plots into the scenario.
If I woke up I a romance novel and suddenly it turned out I had no idea what was really happening and everyone is dying and trying to kill me, I sure as hell wouldn't be so flippant or stubborn about certain aspects. Rosé is obsessed with this notion of a "dragon," because that's what's usually involved in isekai-romance stories. But she's clearly not in a stereotypical romance story... so why does she still keep on applying that logic?
I can understand the everything not feeling real and not really registering that the people around you are real, or that you're in danger of dying, but she's so chill and also so good at shooting somehow that it's a bit exasperating.
TLDR, MC is understandably stupid... until she continues to be stupid without an excuse, and is so quirky and simple that she's also somehow OP. Good concept, mediocre follow through.
The FL makes sense... to an extent. I don't know why her first thought was that she reincarnated into a specific novel or video game with a set lore and world building, since a lot of isekai stories also have characters waking up in completely "original" worlds. If the events were similar to a story she had read before, that would make sense. But she's super dedicated to the idea that it's a novel even though she has no basis for the claim.
However, with the thought process that she is in a novel, her actions make sense. I just wish the writing was a bit better to make us empathize with her more. Since we know from the beginning it's actually a horrifying world, her actions just make her seem dumb (even though they're totally justifiable from her line of thought). It would have been a lot more interesting to have us discover things aren't quite as they seem alongside her. Maybe give her a bit more agency when finding out what type of "romance" book she woke up in. Have us (and her) slowly realize things aren't as they seem.
I'm at the point where it's been revealed that she never had any grasp on the situation and shit is scary and life-threatening. Yet she continues to hold onto the idea that it's still a novel or a game (again, why does she believe she's in a fictional world?) and carries over her biases with romance plots into the scenario.
If I woke up I a romance novel and suddenly it turned out I had no idea what was really happening and everyone is dying and trying to kill me, I sure as hell wouldn't be so flippant or stubborn about certain aspects. Rosé is obsessed with this notion of a "dragon," because that's what's usually involved in isekai-romance stories. But she's clearly not in a stereotypical romance story... so why does she still keep on applying that logic?
I can understand the everything not feeling real and not really registering that the people around you are real, or that you're in danger of dying, but she's so chill and also so good at shooting somehow that it's a bit exasperating.
TLDR, MC is understandably stupid... until she continues to be stupid without an excuse, and is so quirky and simple that she's also somehow OP. Good concept, mediocre follow through.