Lost in the Cloud
I keep reading this waiting for someone to become likable, but I'm 45 chapters in and I don't know how much longer I can hang in there. I hate when it feels like the author wants me to take pity on a character who has repeatedly emotionally and physically abused others because they themselves are a victim of abuse. At the end of the day, victim status does not negate culpability for your own actions. I can enjoy an enemies to lovers story, but Cirrus, at least at this point in the story, comes off as deeply self-obsessed, borderline sociopathic, and just overall unlikable to me. Skylar isn't as bad, or at least he's dramatic and selfish in a way that is typical of teenagers, but I feel neutral about his character, rather than really invested. Clearly, based on the score, I'm in the minority, but I don't think this one is for me. (and this is neither here nor there, but the names are just...super corny)
The Story About You x Me
Dropping this at chapter 39 for now. There are so many rave reviews, so clearly I'm missing something, but it's just not doing it for me. The characters feel really underdeveloped, the plot is all over the place and hard to follow, the art is sloppy, and any hint of character development or backstory is immediately undermined by humor. The characters seem weirdly unaffected by the things happening around them, and that makes me feel detached from them, too. Halfway in I'd hope to feel some kind of attachment to the mc and ml, but I mostly just feel bored.
Anemone Theater