I’ll Become a Villainess That Will Go Down in History Chapter 130 Discussion

I liked it at first, because it was alright for the typical villainess-turned-actual-heroine trope. She's trying to become a villainess, and people end up liking her because she's cute, determined, hardworking, whatever. But recently I don't know what it is, maybe the writing style has always been this way? But it's become quite difficult to read without cringing. There's a lot of Alicia's thoughts, which is fine, but too many words are getting bolded or highlighted to add emphasis, and the dialogue and scenarios read like a Wattpad story written by a 13 year old. I'm gonna keep reading when I'm bored, but I'm honestly disappointed. I feel like there was a lot of potential, but after she Spoiler

goes into seclusion to train herself

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the new character, Mel, gets introduced as some kind of quirky, half-crazy servant of Duke

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everything just started going downhill. I'm honestly kind of upset. Thanks to the translator for all your hard work, but maybe the author's writing is just not to my taste. I have seen many villainess stories that worked out way better with a more solid plot.