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ElizaALv34yr
2020-09-05 03:48

Mmm...the issue with this being a romance novel is that I don't ship ML x FL. ML deserves better. FL is an ancient empress aka overbearingly strong, defiant, "my way or the highway" and doesn't listen to anyone. ML is your typical overbearing alpha male CEO, who also doesn't listen to anyone. BUT he's trying really hard to be good to FL, but sucks at expressing words. PROS 1. Talented FL: she's physically strong, talented in traditional medicine 2. Independent: doesn't falter when people tarnish her name and is going to find ways to find truth CONS 1. Empress role play: I *get* that she used to be an empress but it's annoying that she isn't adapted yet. The author even said something like "she got used to the new world in just 1 day" but she keep comparing ML to the old emperor, which is really unfair to him. And she even calls him "emperor" and can't use modern technology. 2. FL doesn't own up to mistakes: there's always an excuse for everything. Blew up the kitchen? "how was I supposed to know wires". Kicked ML off bed? "why was he there in the first place" IDK. It's really annoying, FL doesn't have a sense of responsibility. 3. I JUST DON'T SHIP THEM. Tbh ML just deserves better. FL doesn't care about him yet he's doing all these things behind the scenes to help her out. It's probably the first novel where a strong female lead is a bad thing, for me. She's annoyingly stubborn and doesn't consider the people around her at all. No friends, family, close coworkers etc.

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Muthoni_Murira
Muthoni_MuriraLv13

Thanks for the honest review. I hate reading novels where I feel that one character doesn't deserve the other.

MagicalCookie
MagicalCookieLv13

same it makes me feel bad :(

Muthoni_Murira:Thanks for the honest review. I hate reading novels where I feel that one character doesn't deserve the other.
Nyla_Jones
Nyla_JonesLv14

I don't know if I can agree with this because I don't remember him ever actually doing anything for her. He tries but then takes it back at the last minute because he doesn't understand his feelings. The FL has really done everything herself this whole time. Even him taking her out of the mental hospital wasn't because he cared about her. We don't know why he married her in the first place and despite her being obviously mentally unwell he didn't have anybody watching her which is what led to her death in the first place. At least that's how I saw it. You're right about her seeing the emperor every time she looked at him. I did feel bad every time she compared him to the Emperor because it's not him, but you also have to look at it from her viewpoint which is that her husband only died a few months ago.

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