Lim Jeongah was once an ordinary graduate student residing in South Korea. After staying up late reading the novel "The Flower From Another World," she wakes up as Empress Robellia le Castilla, married to the tyrant Alexandros the Second. Although Jeongah felt sympathy for Robellia while reading the novel, she never wished to become her. Nevertheless, Jeongah must come to terms with her new reality and find a way to divorce her husband. Initially, she believes this will be simple since the emperor is always cold towards Robellia and only shows affection to his consort in the novel. However, every attempt to get Alexandros to agree to a divorce only seems to spark his curiosity instead. Will Jeongah succeed in achieving the happy, independent life she hoped for Robellia?
Original Novel: Naver Novel, Naver Series
Original Webtoon: Naver Webtoon, Naver Series
Official Translations:
•English: LINE, Tappytoon
•Other: S.Chinese, French, Indonesian, Japanese, Thai
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And so little point. The art is nice but not even that pretty. The plot and the story flow are really difficult to follow given the main characters characterizations are very poor and inconsistent.
This would still be readable if it was shorter, but it's just very long with no foreseeable endgame.
This review is written after reading the first 10 chapters of the story.
This story cares nothing about its setting, starting with the FL lead who is a modern girl tossed into a historical setting. What is the point of her being a modern girl if she will have a full understanding of how all of the laws work, how to do the empresses job, and understand all or the etiquette?
In one scene she claims that she wants to be careful b.c in this land they can burn people at the stake easily, so she doesn't want anyone to think her personality has changed too much. She says that, but then proceeds to do insane things the original her has never done before where everyone is saying she is acting weird. The logic makes no sense. She is given many "ah ha, gotcha moments" most are only b.c the author said so and not b.c she is actually intelligent.
The setting doesn't mean anything honestly, this could have been a modern rich office lady drama and nothing in the story would change since nothing in the historical setting affects the characters at all.
The original FL of the storybook is the typical two faced innocent, but petty evil character. It would have been nice if she were actually smart, it would have been fun watching a crazy villain and a sane villain duke it out in a power of schemes and wits.
The ML is ok, a king ruling with an iron fist. As is usual they tell us of his accomplishments but they've not allowed him to show off any of these talents so his intelligence and skills have yet to be determined.
Overall there are a few funny moments, but one of the biggest issues is the story never really explains how much power the emperor and empress possess in regards to the balance of powers like the aristocrats. The emperor and empress do whatever they want without regard for any rules or limitations, yet the ML states he was glad to have found a reasonable excuse to demote someone. While the FL states she must be careful not to get herself executed. They are acknowledging that there are some limitations to what they can and can't do, but we only every see them breaking rules, throwing tantrums, and abusing their powers.
The second big issue with the story is the disregard for the"why" method of writing. Why is this happening in the story? Is it because of the environment, is it consequences of characters actions, or is it an external source? The story never ask itself these questions and so it feels like you are reading a fan fiction where everything happens b.c the author likes it that way and not because there is an actual story to be told here.
not really a good one but still can be read.
it's only 3 chapters and all I can say is all the characters are dumb, yes yes, including the fl.
this is my opinion. don't report my comment just because you disagree.
Clickbait title, FL falling for douche because reasons, all other females bad or subservient, white saviour throwing money at slavery made out to be some kind of girl boss moment. Nothing new to add to this genre.
I don't think I need to explain my rating further.