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I really enjoyed this story. It was very happy but equally heart wrenching. I had absolutely no idea in which direction this story was headed when I started reading it. It broke my heart to see all the abuse of power and physical/psychological abuse many of the characters were going through. I think the most heartbreaking thing though was how insensitive and cruel the ‘bystanders’ were. No one spoke up in defense of others or they would gossip believing they weren’t doing anything wrong because they weren’t the direct ‘perpetrators’ (like the media).
I wonder if the reason they avoided explicit sex scenes was due to the abusive relationships in the story or if this is just the r15 version?? I haven’t looked it up. I would like to believe it’s the former.
I loved the story but I also wished they had gone into more detail regarding the interactions between the characters. It felt as though the author only had a set limited amount of chapters to try to get the whole story out in. I hope one day they come out with some side chapters to help complete the story. I would’ve loved to see how Sunwoo’s documentaries go and see him and Hyunwoo live their dreams out together, Jungmin get some psychiatric help as well as punishment for the things he’s done, and Taesung’s life outside of the kpop industry.
I hated Kile, he was so completely and utterly useless and annoying. Not once did Kile or any of his ‘allies’ take the initiative to teach Kile how to control his supposed awesome powers or how to even suppress the surges. Kile’s indecisiveness also often put everyone else in danger. I actually preferred Ray to Kile, and he wasn’t even in there much.
The story had so many plot holes and so many of them remained unresolved. What happened to Chief Anderson? Edith’s right hand man? Why couldn’t Atropos just have met Ray waaay back when he wanted to have his esp removed? She seemed to not be under much surveillance from the bureau if she was able to transport herself from that green house to Edith’s home and back. What was it she wanted to see Kile and Ray for when she asked Asher to bring them in? What about the Bureau? It feels as though there was so much dissent against the bureau but ultimately nothing happened.
Then there’s Ray and Kiles relationship. It felt as though Asher and Lou had a deeper connection to Ray than that between Ray and his literal brother.
I think this story could’ve been a lot better. It feels as though the whole ending was just a copout. I also think Asher and Ray would have been a better love story than Kile and Lou.
Asher, Alec and Lilly = MVP!! They literally covered for everyone when it came to the action scenes.
I kinda agree with you on that, while I don’t hate Kile, I blame the author more for not writing a better story. There are so many flaws, so many unanswered questions and some parts were poorly written. I wish this was written better by someone else. God I really do wish this was written by someone who do better. I’m pretty sure any guideverse authors can do it.