Dropped.

Denk August 20, 2020 8:57 pm

I got about 10 chapters in and had to stop reading, The art is amazing but the story is just extremely fast. The plot is much more of a fluffy "Love at first sight" kind of story than I expected for something tagged a psychological drama.

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Dean is a hitman, one that has been in the business for years and has the scars and emotional trauma to show for it but when it comes to Craig it's as if all his years of doing this job just jumps out the window. In the first few chapters alone he lets Craig basically do whatever he wants and just shrugs it off. He put Craig in a mansion to freely roam around with no guards or even cameras. So, to no ones surprise, Craig escaped. It's as if he thought saying "Don't run off" was some sort of psychological barrier that would deter Craig from running off when he's done nothing but be a pushover. For example; In killing stalking Yoonbum had a chance to escape the house but after days of psychological abuse he constantly hesitated. Physically, he could've opened the door the second Sangwoo walked out but, Mentally? It was as if Sangwoo had a tether on him binding him to the house. Yoon knew that if he walked out that door and Sang caught him? It was game over.
Even after Craig is caught there isn't a punishment, Dean just takes him to another Mansion and takes a nap like nothing just occurred. Bizarre.

I don't understand Craig's character. His whole backstory doesn't match up with a lot of the things he does. In the first chapter its "I can't afford to stop working, not even for a second.. I have to take care of my little brother." yet hes blindly following around a hitman that decided to pay his debt on a whim. He didn't think to ask Dean "How much are you paying me?", "Why should i trust you to pay me?", "what am i doing for you?" which seem like pretty important questions considering his own and his little brothers livelyhood is on the line. In one chapter he's overwhelmed with the depression of the debt his father left on him but in the next chapter he's talking about being a prized possession to a killer that he met less than 48 hours ago. Is that not a little concerning whatsoever?
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I didn't expect anything gore riddled and tragic or depressing, I just expected a lot slower of a progression than this as well as things to make more sense. For me it's weird to see something like this written "light hearted" and "easy" when the basic plot synopsis is basically Craig being suicidal.

Responses
    Kayla2222221 August 28, 2020 10:54 am

    sorry meant to press dislike

    Evergreen August 31, 2020 10:22 pm

    I get it some parts of it seemed unnatural but I was able to look past it to get to the consolation parts. No matter how I just enjoyed how they were madly in love with each other, the subtleness was also pleasant