Quit Writing, Dear Author!

I have really mixed feelings about this one, though my feelings stray more towards the bitter side because this was exhausting to get through.

The isekai premise of this BL sounds really interesting on paper, but in its execution, I think it was presented in a way that made it appear confusing for too long. I can't completely blame the creator for this since a plot like this is bound to be confusing to some extent, so just know that you'll need to read till episode 20 at least because that's when all the scattered pieces of the plot start to slowly fit together and make sense. There are constant twists and revelations in the plot right till the last couple of episodes, so you never really have any time to catch your breath. You can tell that the creator made an effort to give explanations to most of the things that occurred, but there were still plot holes I noticed (though I can't get into them without giving spoilers).

Aside from the plot, the characters were quite disappointing unfortunately. They were all just so bland; it was like you just gave dialogues to a blank slate of a person. Even attempted personalities in the characters were executed poorly in my opinion, because 3 of the characters' established personalities were inconsistent; they would act a certain way during one half of the story but then would inhabit a different personality during the second half. Despite this, I still liked Wu-yeol as a character the most since he was the only interesting one to me.

really

still

Aside from the negatives, the two things I liked about this story were the overall message and the two main characters that end up together as the main couple. If I was going to root for anyone from the start, then it would be them because the seme in this main couple was the only character who didn't do anything abhorrent to Hee-wun at any point in the story. They also had chemistry—at least more than what any of the other pairs of characters ever had. I won't spoil the message that the story ended off on, but I'll just say that I thought it was expressed during just the right moment and fit the story overall. The journey to getting to this message and getting to the main couple forming was a long and exhausting one, but at least it ended off on a mostly positive note (I say ‘mostly' because of what I mentioned in the spoiler section, which also took place near the end of the story).

Overall, I think if you want to give this a shot then read till episode 20 at the very least, which is when everything slowly starts to make sense, with each following episode making the plot more understandable from thereon. But after that, if you still aren't enjoying the story then I'd say just DNF it. Your enjoyment likely isn't going to drastically increase by the time you reach the end so it probabyl won't be worth it. But the decision is yours of course.

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