
Yes I agree, you explained it well. The novel itself popular for a reason, leave aside the toxicity, the story tries to tell us that we can still try to be better without becoming something that is not us, even we are damaged. Well yes the story is heavy but to me it's authentic and refreshing. It's realistic.

I agree. He is a psychopath and he knows it, and even accepted it wholly by being an actor. And actors lives with scripts. They wouldn't think of something unnecessary things like what to do and what actions to make since there is already a script given to them that serves as the guide. And people who read this should plant what they read in their head and understand what's its all about and not just read it for entertainment, and if they would only give it backlash, they shouldn't have read it in the first place and dropped it instantly.

hundred percent agree with you, i often get so frustrated reading wholesome fluff stories with annoying pushover characters and bland plot, that i just dropped them. but what the hell is wrong with these fluff people not quitting these toxic stories and condemning every chapter, trying to project their self righteousness onto a FICTIONAL character.. to me it’s like they’re the ones with some sort of mental illness??
It gives me the ick every time I read the comments of such stories and they are filled with people projecting their morality onto the characters and not seeing the story as what is but as what if. As someone who read the novel please don't expect green flag era bs. Given the context of this story it would just be pretentious tbh. Lee Woo Yeon is in fact a psychopath, don't expect him to be anything else. The story puts heavy emphasis on that. He can and is willing to accommodate and compromise for Peter but that is the best he can do. And to some extent Peter gets that. I think people just want this story to be something it's not. Their relationship is toxic and that's the point. If you want a fairy tale from this please buckle up for consistent disappointment.