- #1
I decided not to score it in light of how little of the novel I read. I will, however, offer a few thoughts on what I read so far.First of all, there's a stereotype that Korean novels are the best (there are many shitty Korean novels, but they generally have a higher quality in terms of plot and such), and this novel seems to uphold this stereotype so far.This story is definitely written well so far. The harem is also something with a very good and smart premise (and not some random oh-he's-the-mc-I'm-so-wet wish fulfillment nonsense). There's clearly going to be a lot of drama, and the author is good enough at hinting at various future subplots (and the translator is good enough to preserve various nuances).My gripe with it is that the author clearly is a bit lacking in terms of knowledge of women and successful relationship. To be exact, he knows women good enough to write superficially good characters and give them depth, but he doesn't fully understand the inner workings behind various things that women do and say (he knows what, but doesn't know the whys). He also knows the ups and downs of relationships, but doesn't fully understand where those come from (they come from the whys I mentioned in the previous sentence). I've already read it all about MCs who are dense or merely appear experienced with women (but actually don't understand them, because the authors don't understand women, either), so I'm tired of such novels.On the other hand, this novel still excels among those so far, and the novels I'd like to read are pretty much nonexistent, be it on the internet, or on paper, so you can just consider this a pet peeve of mine (though it's not really about anger, more about boredom and failure of suspension of disbelief when these relationships work out).I will probably return to this novel in up to a few years, when it's fully translated, and maybe the review will change at that time.
