Review Detail of lilica in A Star Reborn: The Queen's Return

The translation quality and pace is good. Sadly, that's the only credit I can give to this disappointing novel. It starts out strong - despite the reincarnation premise, the story feels real and relatable. The heroine is a woman suffering from psychological scars from her past life. You will feel for her and for all that she has endured prior to her death and reincarnation. Despite that, she was relatively level-headed and quickwitted. She won't let people who insult her get away unscathed. And in her journey to self recovery and healing, is the loveable and sweet Big Boss who patiently waits for her to be ready to love again. Sounds good, right? Sadly, the Author is a misanthrope and decrees no one deserves happiness in this world. Said Big Boss actually turns out to be another possessive abuser himself. Remember all the disgusting things the heroine's old lover did to her? Yeah, he does that too. He rapes her while she was having a mental breakdown, and -surprise- punishes her for calling out her old lover's name in her attempt to stop the pain, all this while she was UNCONSCIOUS. And what does she do as soon as she gets away from him? She willingly goes with the old lover who turned her into a doormat in the first place. All the men are douchebags who wants to rape her. Half the female cast are afflicted with internalized mysoginy and wants her dead for daring to exist in the same room as a handsome man. The decent side characters lost all hint of personality right around chapter 200, and has mostly just been existing to insert a break from scenes where the heroine is being manipulated or abused. Honestly, it's been a trainwreck since and only continues to spiral from there. TLDR: save your time and spirit stones, there is no "Queen" to be found here