I originally started reading this bc I got the spoiler that she left her husband and I thought it was be entertaining/satisfying to read. The reviews on this story were all shitting on the fact the FL is a coward/pushover and the ML is awful. However, when I read a little further I realized a lot of people completely misunderstand this plot. They see bjorn's actions and think this webtoon justifies and romanticizes them when in fact, they showcase exactly what the title suggest. This man is horrible inside and out, and the Erna loved such a flawed man until finally his actions pushed her too far and she broke. Bjorn's inner thoughts aren't meant to be any indication of love, but a horrible need for control, manipulation and possession. He doesn't "realize too late he loves her," he only realizes that she has regained control over herself. It's about the deeply tragic path the FL walks on just to realize she's trapped inside a terribly abusive marriage. She leaves, by her own accord, with her own amazing strength. People who say she's weak don't realize that she's stronger than most female protagonists in these types of stories. She's overcome a miscarriage and a husband who let her become a scapegoat to a societal hatred and bullying. Throughout it all, you can slowly she her decay, the lack of life she has even in the clothes she chooses to wear. It is a gut wrenching story that is worth the read.
Couldn't have said it better. You can read the novel, it's somewhere in the internet, a good read as well.
LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK SIS!!!!!
Something I've noticed abt mincheol is he only ever calls naehaesoo his wife when it benefits him. When he's cheating, nooo ofc he isn't married. Oh when he wants a home cooked meal? When his girlfriend doesn't know him well enough to take out the carrots?? Why is Naehaesoo letting her husband starve bro poor mincheol might just die from being such a piece of shit poor him
I think the translation consistently mixes up she/her pronouns with he/him and vice versa. Sometimes they get them right and sometimes wrong. Kinda funny reading the chapters and trying to figure out who's being referred to at any given moment
I don't feel this was rushed because the plot would've been super boring if it continued. The antagonists are outta the picture so really what else is there to say storywise? Everything wrapped up kinda perfectly, the gross guy left the country under fear for his own life, the gross mom lost everything including her gross son and weird secretary, and really everything was peaceful. The ending symbolized new beginnings for the two main characters. I thought it was very well done and such a fitting ending. If we get any after story shorts, hopefully a shot of them later on married with kids or something would be sweet.
This newest chapter (122) really highlights how the FL is so misunderstood. She loved a flawed man. Haven't we all? A man that didn't love us back, who were cruel but kind, warm but cold, selfish but fair? She knew, yet she still fell for him, simply because she could not control it. She was helpless in face of the first man to truely show her romance and reprieve in horrible difficulty. Who knew it was the same man who gave her this difficulty and heartbreak. Yet, despite the fact she loved him with everything, she was strong enough to move on and forget him. She was able to cut him out of her life even though she had committed her entire being to him. Tell me how that isn't strength and grace. God, if only I could be that strong.
So true gurl. Like everyone has faced this once. I too fell for a man like that. He's was warm but cold at the same time. He loved or loved not I couldn't know. At the end of was me and my pathetic one sided love that fell for his soft warm side and ignored the disrespectful manipulator side. When everything ended I oh so cried. I banged my chest and used to cry. Listen to sad songs and cry and sleep day and night. Then one day I decided that I couldn't go like this any longer. How can I take another shitty man take control of my life. So I healed , missed him , cried then healed, planned half ass revenge executed it and then again healed and completely detached. But I didn't let him change me a bit. I am still full of love and hope once again waiting for my the one. This didn't make me deter of being a lovely girl I am. But did teach me how gracefully strong I am. Like really what doesn't kill you makes you stronger