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Okay by now I’m sure everyone reading this knows the ending. I had it spoiled for me before she even encountered the third potential ML. So the novel is about a FL who tried to change herself and inherit her knighthood instead of having to marry the prince. I Hated, Hated, HATED how powerless she was to cancel the engagement. It sucked how none of the other ML even had a chance because she was engaged to the cretin the whole time. Yes I know that in his past life he was being poisoned and having his mind turn wonky... BUT who in their right mind looks into the face of one responsible but such atrocities and loved them. Forgives them, maybe. But to love the power tripping guy who doesn’t even respect your opinion enough to let you cancel an engagement, Never.
Weak heroine. Weak ending. Forgiving the unforgivable. Overused tired plots.
This manhwa is one of the most bashed for a good reason.
Weak heroine. Enough of a reason to not read this shit.
Honestly this was such bullshit. From chapter 90 I had already seen the clues and gave up. Bruh the disappointment
I just recently dropped the novel after reading almost about half of it, after seeing the manhwa adaptation (gorgeous art) and comments about "how good the writing is" and let me tell you: It pains me to think of what kind of deep shit people are reading these days to think >this< is good writing.
Not only because of the toxic male lead. In fact, the whole plot being a big merge of your typical cliches is precisely the little strength it has to keep you going for a while. What, with the rich obsessive bad boy & wailing at her knees long-time-one-sided-love-best friend, it all makes for the perfect soap opera...
... Until not even the soap opera troupes are enough for you to keep up with how much there's absolutely NO PLOT. Kid you not, there's not a single interaction between the ML and FL that doesn't start with her falling from a tree, falling in the river, falling from her bicycle, then falling from her bicycle again, then being hit by a car, then falling with something in her hands. The author is absolutely incapable of (keeping her in the vertical for 1 chapter straight) making any kind of organic encounter or scenery that doesn't sprout from some kind of accident, given the lack of ongoing relevant plotline.
The majority of dialogues between the leads is him being provocative towards her and her stuttering, blushing, mumbling and rebuking him. To no break. It's cute in the first, what? 20 chapters? 30? Then it goes on and on and I started panicking for my sanity.
I'd always try and reach for a few more chapters hoping there'd be some progress, but as the story goes on, it seems like they digress in mental age. There's scenes such as him tripping her legs so she falls and he catches her, blocking the corridor and even (bro) SPILLING PAINT ON HER just to urrr durrr make her irritated. Like, what are we? 5 years old? Is that supposed to be the ohhhh nooo sadistic duke?
Anyways. The story is a masterpiece for those who love Wattpad male leads and FL with undiagnosed labyrinthitis.
I thought the FL would be some badass I mean she went through hell before meeting uncle Bill. I was hoping that she can at least stand up for herself. Still hoping that they can change all the toxic part of the novel in to a better one. Better yet just change some plot or something (ノ-_-)ノ~┻━┻
It's because the translation's really bad. I read that the person who translated the novel was a beginner in korean, so everything was distorted. I'm sure the ML is still toxic, but even toxicity can be interesting sometimes, given if your writing's good. I think the original probably portrayed the ML better.