- #1
The MC is likeable. He comes across very focused and cunning. This all changes when meeting ML. It's like he stops thinking with his brain. For someone who lived to 30 in his previous life, MC is very immature. The author doesn't know how to create good conflict either because only MC is in the know of the possible future but he still behaves... like a weakling. And his body is weak too.
This wouldn't be a problem but it's emphasized so much how delicate he is. Almost as if it's supposed to be attractive that he cries all the time. It's not. He just looks like the pampered rich kid who can't handle hardship even though he apparently did in his past life?? He hires other people to do everything for him too! This MC isn't capable at all.
ML is more likeable but even he suffers from poor writing. We are supposed to believe the bandits aren't at all what people believe them to be but that is undermined by how okay all of ML's men were with kidnapping and trying to give MC away to ML as a 'male pet'. Very gross too that ML tried to scare MC with this concept and terrified MC so much that he hugged his legs and started crying! (The only time the crying justified!) How is this Fierce Husband? This is Scary Kidnapper!
Later we learn that ML is not "just a bandit". But even that becomes less interesting because we spend so much time on MC's conflict that ML is literally just waiting around for the plot in the background when he's not teasing MC. ML loves MC already but he is so bad at showing it.
MC has a lot of prejudice against ML. It is very understandable but annoying to read through all the misunderstandings.
AND!! they give MC a power that he doesn't even use! Talking to plant life? This could be very useful for MC to eavesdrop with the aid of plants on his enemies but the author! is! bad! at! implementing! this!
[collapse]This novel is voted badly mostly because the premise is very interesting but the author's execution made me less excited.But that brings me to my next point, the translator who picked this up recently has made it very hard for us respectful viewers to read. The website to read the novel at is difficult to navigate. Often times, the links are broken in the navigation menus or readers are made to go through two links for the sake of click-rate and deterring others from reposting the translation to other hosting sites. I do not think this has had the intended effect. Many readers including myself have only felt more and more dissatisfied with this way of combating disrespectful reposters because it actually creates an environment where every update is very small and hard to reach; thus requiring the existence of reposters to even make this novel accessible. It'd be better if the translator released every chapter completed once in a while even if the release dates are less frequent.
