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I can see how its not for everyone but i absolutely loved it. I couldnt put my phone down and just finished it in one go. Its such a frustrating and toxic story, but underneath all that its undeniable how well written this story is. Author gave all the main and side charas such amazing depth they all felt Real and grounded. Its a VERY unconventional love story, its toxic and infuriating and frustrating but the resolution the author did was honestly not bad. Author builded up jiwoo’s toxicity for so many chapters and to finally see eunsung break up with him was SO satisfying. Even the petty/fucked up way he treated jiwoo was satisfying to read!! And i couldnt blame him bc jiwoo was such a textbook emotional manipulator/abuser. The author rlly took a leap in how they wrote jiwoo bc its so real, and seeing jiwoo and eunsung really, REALLY fight was so intense and stressful.
And even with all of that, i adore how the author doesnt write this half assedly. Each dialogue and action and pacing was done so so well. Even the conclusion of the story was written maturely. No one was right or wrong, it all boils down to such a gray morality standpoint that it was useless to point fingers at the end. Eunsung couldve made a clean break up but no he always taunted his exes and jiwoo took everything for granted until eunsung could not take it anymore. It was just pure toxicity waiting to explode and it did!! Author wrote eunsung’s monologue so well too. One thing i absolutely love is eunsung falling out of love with jiwoo and how resolute he is in this. No wishy washy writing, he did not love jiwoo anymore and jiwoo rlly had to win him back. Its so rare to see in romance stories where the mc blatanly says to the audience their lack of feelings for the ml and its honestly refreshing. and also sad but also understandable lmao The story gives u so much contradictory feelings, u just feel conflicted throughout the story and if that was the author’s intention then they did that insanely well LMAO
ALSO really love the ending. Was kind of rooting for eunsung and jiwoo to separate properly but this kind of ending, with all the pacing and progression/development the author did, it felt okay. They wanted to try again, with more established boundaries and communication and thats good. Bc rlly, the whole theme of the story is about the importance of boundaries and compromise in a relationship. Hopefully if they ever want to end things, it will be on a more mature and positive note (but very unlikely to happen bc jiwoo is insanely emotionally dependent on eunsung lmao)
Overall its a very addicting read. I couldnt stop from binging it all!!!! Love the writing, the pacing, the development of all characters. Its such a realistic take on relationships, its a simple 10/10 for me lmao. Just a story of very flawed characters trying to make a flawed relationship work. Its pitiful to see but it happens irl so it left me with a peculiar, mature, bittersweet aftertaste. Full 10/10 purely bc of the author’s way of depicting their relationship and development and how no one is right (except for minji and dongwoon tho ily) and that in itself is left a memorable impression on me. Gonna remember this story for a long time lol its going to go in my list of bl magnum opuses just for how well the author navigated the story of two flawed individuals and the impression it left on me. 10/10 kudos to author!!!!
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