The Madman and The Doll Chapter 27 Discussion

first and foremost, the translator did a great job and always appreciate the hard work they put in to make these novels accessible to us.

I had high expectations reading the synopsis however after reading about 27 chapters I had to drop it. The first arc is very short but it lays down a good foundation as far as the FL and ML. I wouldn't say I agree with how the ML is depicted as a madman because there was some scenes where it was borderline cringey teen type stuff vs serious stuff. The second arc is where I was really let down. I guess I was hoping it be more realistic.

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How she comes back, infiltrating the company is very unrealistic. I'm sure they explain how at some point but it just seems very fake to me.

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the point at which I was REALLy let down was

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When he recognized her right away. It takes away from the whole "stand-in" plot. I was expecting to see some bitter moments of her unable to do anything to avoid him realizing she was truly Song Shu. But what happens the DAY she joins the company? She reveals through her actions that she is Song Shu. Plus she lets him do as he pleases like hello? The man is touching you, you're supposed to be a different person why don't you act like you don't know him?? It's also pointless for her to continue being a fake, given to how powerful he is, her just telling him the truth would solve everything. But she also wants to take revenge for her mom.

Her personality as Qin Qin is also a major clue of who she really is. She still acts as her true self, very robotic and methodical in her actions. I would have liked it if she did a 180 and acted opposite of who she was as Song Shu. Moreover I don't think she changed her appearance all that much???

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maybe I stopped too early to fully gauge the potential of the novel but the points listed above were enough to make me disinterested. Hence I gave it a 3/5.