The King of Hell’s Genius Pampered Wife Chapter 102 Discussion

I wanted to like this. It's not bad, but it's very mediocre. I have no idea why there are so many top ratings.

The Good:

You get to root for the MC, who is (in theory) the underdog. Bad things try to happen to her at the hands of others- results are mixed, but that's pretty much the story.

The Bad:

Even the title depreciates the MC- so take that as foreshadowing to the tone of at least the 1st 100 chapters. She's written as 'genius' and a 'skilled assassin'. Every so often, she shows off some examples of that supposed skill. Mostly though, she just gets victimized- and like it or not, it's very often pretty much her own incompetence. I hate to say it, but she's written as a pretty naive maiden type who also occasionally does more.

Lets get straight to it- this is one of those novels where the characters are props for the situations and plotting. Soooo many things happen that shouldn't due to her supposed skills and knowledge- but she frequently lacks the common sense and professional habits/mentality to stand up for herself (because the title and plot says she's destined to be with the king of Hell, who's a short-tempered, abusive, stalkery creeper).

Oh, yeah- that's the other point- The 'King of hell' is a bastard. When the MCs been kicked in the teeth by life, what she really needs is to be stalked and bullied by a one-sided love interest. I guess since he's handsome, powerful & rich it's ok, though-- and of course she (the powerful mind-control master assassin), puts up with it, because 'plot'.

The different:

Hmmm... nothing? I'd say this is predictable, except it isn't- since the MC seems to forget her own skills half the time, and she's pretty much controlled by the other MC and pop-up events.

This is very strongly a novel that tells you things that are supposed to be 'the way things are', but doesn't 'show' you half as much. I think some of the disparity between the people that like it and those that don't is seeing past the facade.

Spoiler

She kills a roomful of people right off, then second time around she just looks s*upid till she's knocked out by the s*ave spell. Shortly later she pretty much disassembles it &

knows it's inner workings since she does something similar. What you might not have thought is:

1. If she's so familiar, why didn't she check if she was 's*ave-ified' soon as she woke up in an obvious 'you are now a s*ave' situation?
2. Since the way she ens*aves people (without pulling out their souls) is so superior, and she was definitely ens*aved for some time, does that mean her soul was pulled out since the 'inferior' method was seemingly used on her? (Obviously it didn't affect her, but this is unexplained 'plot armor' or something)

The king of hell 'loves' her at first sight, but wouldn't even bid on her, and left her to suffer at the hands of the actual purchaser- but he assigned someone to watch what happened though... (true love)

She keeps getting tailed. How did she survive as an assassin before? Oh. Wait, she didn't...

The author talks about meridians and how hers have no power, then does things that should need _some_ sort of power (sensing/moving energy to start) - but doesn't explain it. I'm not saying I know the author's world- just they should explain it, or not use terms which cause confusion.

She's super oblivious. From dying in the first place because she had no clue people had a problem with her, to later when she heals someone from an impossible injury and decides to keep that disguise that had no advantage.

Speaking of which- she can do disguises! She's an 'expert' who doesn't think to cover her apparently unique eye color- how 'expert' is that?

She needs to know things. Apparently talking to people/reading books isn't even worth trying. Even (snicker) disguised... Better deal with the 'King of Hell' for info! Must be under the king of hell's thumb!

We won't even get into her lack of interest in her 'own' family situation, but desire to stay in it despite the fact it'll only cause her random, unexpected trouble.

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Crap like that.

I'm not going to 'pick apart' the whole thing- just saying that some foundation logic is completely overlooked. Not saying things should go a different way, but between 'overlooking the obvious', and not 'justifying the chosen (apparently bad) decisions', this novel has more than a few issues with common sense.

All that said I kinda like it anyway, and want to know where it will go, but the 'King' and his antics and her weakness to it completely ruins it for me.