So hear me out, it's not a great love story but I'm not in it for that and it apparently is waaaay softer than the original novel so I am kinda hoping for some kind of Stockholm Syndrome ending with a very screwed up obsessive version of 'love' on Ilay's part
I'm so shameless that this looses one star because of Xinlu the little bitch, HE was so toxic, like the worst kind because you don't see it coming until suddenly he pressures you into being raped and tries to control your whole life (at least with Ilay you know what you're getting yourself into, though you don't have a way to prevent it from happening)
PASSION