Don’t Pretend to be Poor with Me Chapter 55 Discussion

I'm at chapter 55 raw and I'm really struggling to finish this novel. It became a hassle to read through it. The first few chapters were good and had the potential to be a sweet, romantic, teenage novel it seemed to be but as the chapters go by, the author just bombard you with unlimited misunderstandings and repetitive plot lines.

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I think the reason why it became such a drag is bec of the progression of the characterization of the MC. The MC had so much to offer at the beginning with how he's kind but a tsundere character. He's really likeable at the start and you can see through his actions that he has a soft heart. He was this repressed, passive fellow who is hated by his dad but he's still kind to others and is struggling to be loved. But as the novel continues, the author constantly shoves in your throat the idea that the MC is a kind, cute, and likeable sort of individual. It's not shown anymore but is imposed on you through the ML's perception of the MC. Well, the MC is definitely kind but he is starting to become unlikeable. He changed into this hissy, violent, aggressive, stubborn, jealous, small-minded piece of work. He still shows kindness at times but the story just becomes dragging with how he constantly misundenderstands every friggin situation. That's the whole plotline, they misunderstand each other, the MC throws a hissy fit, punches or beats the ML, the ML thinks he's cute and says it in his mind, the ML coaxes the MC, they make up or some sort, then the next misunderstanding ensues again. That why the story becomes dragging because I know there will be a misunderstanding again and the same make up thing will happen again and again. Then we have the ML. He's, well, he's just ok. He's not really great or anything. He's just generally ok. He's a do-gooder, handsome, smart, the kind who exudes laziness but he's not really lazy, and the dependable sort of kid who for some reason is in a situation where he's living like a poor person when he's really not. He always thinks the MC is cute or something even when he's being beaten and mistreated. I guess that's his thing. Nothing much to say about it.

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I don't think I can go through the next 40 plus chapters when the plot is so predictable. I definitely know that the MC is going to be pissed at the ML when he finds out the ML is rich. Then the ML is going to coax him, the MC will reluctantly forgives him and their weird relationship full of the MC hitting the ML will continue.

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