Re reading this I did not structure this well but why should I, tho I lowkey enjoy writing essays for stuff I’m passionate about but instead I need to be writing to a computer in a way it can understand cuz it’s stupid and has to be told how to do stuff and then I have to look at 1s and 0s and understand what it’s saying cuz it only knows how to say 10101011101010 and then loose math. I finally understand why I had to learn math it’s cuz u gotta understand the fundamentals so u can FUCK IT UP IN A DIFFERENT WAY like r u telling me i had to solve this equation to drop just half and y do i have a whole CLASS and how to WORK IN TEAMS (ik it’s not that and much more BUT STILL) and i picked this up at 1 am cuz i woke up and couldn’t fucking sleep and staying up and doing nothing was horrible so I read this so I wasn’t just staring at the ceiling counting my breaths and finally I slept but for only 2 more hours, and now instead of explaining to professor smart why his fucking algorithm doesn’t work AFTER I WROTE IT AND CALCULATED COMPLEXITY I am just thinking of different ways this story could go i really should start writing fanfics atp cuz i do that alot but noooooooooo i can write these rants but not but daydreams into words
…damn…I really lost it
I liked it in the beginning, the vagueness of everything that was happening, and even yup becoming numb to it and just accepting it compared to khals persistence rejection of it, later cuz he apparently knew the truth but even if he didn’t, the difference is interesting.
I liked the twist of Estella actually being a villain cuz even I felt betrayed.
So the story had potential, it could of elaborated on finding out the truth about the tower and going against it, but the going against the tower, freeing the subjects, and finding the true identities was just skipped over w yul falling into a three year coma(?) that would of been so much more interesting. And y did yul just happily reunite w her mother? Cuz sure, she tried to prevent it but I feel like there would still be a bitter feeling towards the family?
And Estella’s betrayal should have fucked w her mentality more. Cuz she was first person she truly trusted after getting out of the tower, not in the same way as khal cuz she had trust in him since they went thru the tower together, but an “outsider”, and that trust was betrayed? Not even betrayed, but shattered cuz not only did Estella turn out to be working w the tower master, but was her sister WHO PUT HER IN THE TOWER???? Plus at the end there was a bit where Estella was like “I can’t believe I stopped hating u for a bit” and that was a throw away.
And yul just becoming powerful w magic?
Like, the story and set up is great and could of made such a good dark story where the truth slowly unravels and each characters traumatized mind is explored (I think exploring the learned helplessness of yul would be great, cuz she really fell into just accepting everything that happens) and Khals hyper vigilance and being on edge all the time cuz they’ve been in the tower since they were kids. Their romance could have been helping each other heal.
But it just, skid over it. Everything was so surface level.
Worst thing about this is that it had potential, but fell flat on its face. I dunno if the novel is like this tho.
Was a nice light read, but goddamnit it could of been really good