ehhhh. mid. I don't mean this in a negative way, it was fine, but it was just fine. not good enough for a second read but i don't feel like i totally wasted my time with it. it was horrifying in places ofc and yes creator i did find that ending to be womp womp lackluster tho it was probably more realistic than you'd expect. there's a reason more people don't kill their abusers. but i do think that's why it failed. bitter realism is less impactful in this kind of story than cathartic fantasy. (esp since damn near no writers are actually willing to write cathartic fantasy, everyone turns it into some kind of revenge is bad moralistic bullshit. what so rape to love is fine but killing your abuser is somehow crossing a line? damn okay i see the conditioning loud and clear) it's frustrating and frankly annoying that redhead was so violent to literally everyone else (and remains violent even a year later with puppy top) but couldn't finish the job. it almost seems out of character at that point. i mean i guess it's fine that it has a bitter ending. not like the story was full of rainbows and sunshine, so at least it was consistent in that way.
ehhhh. mid. I don't mean this in a negative way, it was fine, but it was just fine. not good enough for a second read but i don't feel like i totally wasted my time with it.
it was horrifying in places ofc and yes creator i did find that ending to be womp womp lackluster tho it was probably more realistic than you'd expect. there's a reason more people don't kill their abusers.
but i do think that's why it failed. bitter realism is less impactful in this kind of story than cathartic fantasy. (esp since damn near no writers are actually willing to write cathartic fantasy, everyone turns it into some kind of revenge is bad moralistic bullshit. what so rape to love is fine but killing your abuser is somehow crossing a line? damn okay i see the conditioning loud and clear) it's frustrating and frankly annoying that redhead was so violent to literally everyone else (and remains violent even a year later with puppy top) but couldn't finish the job. it almost seems out of character at that point.
i mean i guess it's fine that it has a bitter ending. not like the story was full of rainbows and sunshine, so at least it was consistent in that way.