Super nice and interesting drama, the plot was amazing even though the first part was hard to get through cause idk why but I cringed so much lol (people agree it was insufferable lmao), some parts were hard to read cause it was pretty angsty with the whole rape scene and abuse. Soohyun was a pretty interesting character with the inferiority complex which I liked that he kept "hidden-ish" until one random chapter where he just let it all out which I was like "what happened to keeping it cool lol" but I liked his obsession it was just a bit cringey at times. Eungsung, great character with how he managed stuff just wtf with the first rape scene babes, but overall I loved how he was dealing with park it felt very humane and real and the emotions were perfect. Park that motherfucker fuck that bitch I hate him and I'm glad he lost the jury case but overall good character as well just how much of a maniac he was, the author portrayed that really well and I liked the mind games/moves both soohyun and park were creating and how they reacted/acted. Shinhae my baby I love that man he's such a brave and strong character, he really made the whole fiasco with park feel more realistic and he was the strongest character, it just brought that humane part to the story so well and made you connect with every one of the pupils. I loved how the story was detective like, I really enjoyed seeing what the next move for every character would be. This story is more angsty than fluffy but I think it fits it well, also the author was right by saying the song "can't pretend - Tom odell" fits this story (I listened to it while reading). The side stories aren't my favorite but it gives you the fluff you needed after they are finally together. Art wise at first it was very depressing, colour-less and just made it feel boring and hard to read (reason as to why I prob stopped reading when I first tried to read this story) but all throughout that changed and we had more colour (not super bright just enough to fit that melancholia, anguish and distress) although the last few chapters changed completly and didn't fit the characters at all although they looked cuter and flufflier it was just when everything started to resolve but the art made it seem just cutesy which threw me off a bit and I didn't love it cause the proportions didn't seem right. Overall 4/5 just because I had to give it like 3 chances to keep reading, I couldn't get past the 3rd chapter at first but I knew people liked this story and it would probably get better and that aged like fine wine 'cause it got really good and interesting instead of just being about an inferiority complex that was kinda cringe. I would definitely read again but not because of the couple, just because of how good the story's plot was and the climax was super super great too I loved how everything just exploded and came to a resolve. Great writing when it came to the drama but not so much the first few chapters. :)
Alr second time reading this, uhm guys wth why did it end like that?? am I tripping? I fr think there are some missing chapters or sum cause they never got together?? the side stories literally ended in the randomest way wth?? I feel like I am tripping cause why didn't I say this in my previous review??? anyways... honestly when I saw that I had given this a 4 star instead of 5, uhmmm what the actual hell was I thinking?? I've given worse stories a 5 star why the fuck did I give this a 4?? And yk I understand it was because it was so hard to read it at first but like girl wtf was I thinking, shit deserves a fucking 6/5 fym, like fr this story is so good and altho the first part is always the worse the payoff is huge so like fuck it it deserves everything lol. Still my thoughts on my shayla are the same like my baby is just the absolute cutest I love him sm and I always have such a hard time reading the scenes were shinhae gets hurt like omg my baby who would do that to him. Also MF that park bitch omg the way he got hard listening to soohyun tell him abt eunsung??? uhmmmmmmmmmm guys wtf I actually threw my computer cause like brother I felt so disgusted and violated like what the actual fuck. Anyways hate that son of a bitch, but like idk why this time around I thought the story was way fluffier and just amazing, like even with the change of art (the building in fire) I didn't feel like it was that drastic, it was way more apparent in the side stories tho. But I just love the shit out of this story so much, like at first I read it because of the plot but this time around I focused on the characters more which I loved, plus just seeing them slowly fall in love and eunsung being the cutest and knowing his feelings was just chefs kiss. But srsly wtf I feel like I missed the part where they got together??? Also the side stories were sooooo cute I loved them lol. but fr this story is just so good I would def read this shit a million times even if I have to go thru those first few chapters again lmao. fucking amazing story.
Checkmate(TAN)