Dec 26, 2023
In short:
Are you tired of the overdone villainess story trend of the "shitty husband/boyfriend/fiancé that's dumb, useless and pathetic" ? Read this.
Do you like a shitty husband being dumb, useless and pathetic for some cathartic purposes that's so common to come across in this genre ? Don't read this.
I will say it right here, the webtoon isn't revolutionary. Like most webtoons of the genre, it's covered in hypocrisy where the antagonist doing something is wrong, but when the protagonist, or the "good" love interest, does the exact same thing, it's magically ok or girl boss power. Like most webtoons of the genre, the visuals are
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uninspired, most main characters being interchangeable with characters of other franchises due to little variety in haircuts, faces and clothes (though at least the shitty husband, having darker skin, stands somewhat out). Like most webtoons of the genre, the love interests are paper thin, falling in love with the protagonist just because the plot says so, without having any depth or any agency aside from their raging shallow love for the protagonist. Like most webtoons of the genre, several side and background characters love the protagonist because "she's amazing and badass", representing how the audience should feel about our protagonist, instead of being written as actual characters.
But if you're a fan of the genre, none of this should rebuke you.
And yet, I ended up binging the chapters that came out so far, because, among all those stereotypical flaws plaguing the genre, this webtoon achieves to stand out simply by making the shitty husband not dumb, useless and pathetic. He actually can counter our protagonist in ways that create conflict and obstacles for her to overcome. Something too many webtoons of the genre don't have, as most webtoons of the genre focus on making their protagonist as successful as possible with as little obstacles as possible for the sake of self-insert(ism) and catharsis.
Another good point I can mention is the pacing as no arcs are padded or lack development.
By chapter 74, most love interests aren't fleshed out, but may become eventually interesting at some point as every single one of them seem to have the same obsessive and possessive traits that could end up biting the protagonist in the rear. The exception is the shitty husband, and while he's indeed shitty, he actually IS a character that stands on his own as much as the protagonist, which is a nice change of pace. The female rival also seems to be taking an unconventional path, but I won't say more to avoid spoilers. If this indeed ends up doing something different than in the vast majority of cases, then hopefully, the other love interests will eventually become more than your usual basic paper thin "character".
Overall, whether you could find this webtoon interesting or not solely relies on how you would feel about reading a webtoon that focuses on the relationship between the protagonist and a shitty husband that is written as a character rather than as a joke, as so far most arcs focused on them.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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