Sussy Balls's manga / #Dark(7)

completed! Very unique and sad

Dropped :/ Kind of got lost; personally not my cup of tea

The angst... Someone PLEASE tell me she will ditch Winter soon I'm tired of his stupid ass

:/ dropped erm its kind of boring..

Really interesting as of now

completed! Not really a fan of the FL and both should never get back together (though I don't think it's possible since one's locked up and the other one's dead...), but it was an interesting read.

The more I read this, the more messed up it became. Even though I know Penelope is treating this like a game, I found it rather disturbing how she used Eckle throughout the story and dehumanized him. As psycho as he turned out at the end, he’s 17 and she’s mentally 20-ish, so there’s this implicit power dynamic she’s enforcing on him. Not to mention she just kept him as a slave instead of freeing him?? Yeah, he said he didn’t want to be freed but why did she listen to him.. I just don’t understand why freeing him would not have given her favorability.. She is truly villainous I guess. The plot itself was pretty interesting, especially with how it actually operated as a game rather than real life (which could explain why she treats characters as tools rather than people). The reason why this is 2 stars instead of the usual 3 stars is because the FL is slowly becoming unlikeable because of how hot and cold she treats the characters. She gets upset that people treat her unfairly but doesn’t give the same consideration to others. Rather than kindness, most of her actions feel most beneficial for her survival. While selfishness isn’t a bad thing (especially when you’re stuck in a hard mode otome game), double standards are. Her genuineness often gets lost in her manipulation. I think my final straw was her treatment of Eckles throughout the story.