Midway Review: I am in love with this story, how it shifts between present day and past when they are at the lodge, the author lines up moments perfectly, and you 90% of the time you don't expect what's going to come next, which I find is becoming exceedingly rare in literature as a whole. I will say, that I wish Ha-kyung would just tell Yoonsung that he is a man, and that he loves him, and he name and age. But, I also understand why he feels he is stuck in a situation where he is at a literal crossroads, he cannot choose between getting the money he desperately needs for his family, but he also wants to desperately cling to Yoonsung, the man he is growing to love, and care for, but he also feels the strain of keeping his identity a secret the whole time. It is truly a hard place to be.
Final Review: I WISH WE HAD SIDE STORIES. But I also think that the story had a good ending with all the possible issues resolved and some semblance of a peaceful time for them to both be entered into. I do whoever have one issue. I cannot but also can grasp why Yoonsung so easily forgave Ha-kyung. He justs wants to be with the one he loves, and not let his beloved summer go yet again, not let the love of his life disappear again. Which I cannot blame him. Thinking that the love of your life is dead, and throwing yourself off the literal cliff into the lake, not wanting to live another minute without his beloved summer, it had a huge impact on me. Regaining your memories, and finding out that you have once again found your beloved. I would 100% do the same thing, I would hold on tight and NEVER let go, no matter what barriers stood in my way.
But on the other hand, I find it hard to forgive the type of betrayal Ha-kyung did. Originally he hid the fact that he was a man, and he had a lot of conditions that had to be met, in order to secure the money at the end of his contract, again his crossroads. After the accident he was given the impossible choice of choosing to go to Yoonsung, or getting his money he earned and never seeing him again. It is an impossible choice, I don't think I would have the strength to make that choice myself. When he called him after his mothers funeral, I would have gone physically in person to see Yoonsung, but then again, would ANYONE have that strength?
When they met again, the guilt he must have felt, and the well of emotions that he had been carrying all those years all by himself, he must've been incredibly scared, I think most of us would be, when placed in either of these sweet boys shoes.
I truly love this story, and the ending for me was bittersweet, because Yoonsung will always live with the fact that he experienced Ha-kyungs death once(fake death of course), as traumatizing as that would be, maybe it would have been better for him to never regain his memories, would his life have been better? Would he find someone else to truly love? Or would he feel hollow inside, with this huge missing piece forever? I think him regaining his memories was soo crucial for him, even though there are a lot of bittersweet moments he would have to remember, he was also given the chance to find his love once again, getting to live his life with his one love.
Sorry for my long post, but this story was hugely impactful for me! Let me know how you felt finishing it. ╮(￣▽￣)╭
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Midway Review: I am in love with this story, how it shifts between present day and past when they are at the lodge, the author lines up moments perfectly, and you 90% of the time you don't expect what's going to come next, which I find is becoming exceedingly rare in literature as a whole. I will say, that I wish Ha-kyung would just tell Yoonsung that he is a man, and that he loves him, and he name and age. But, I also understand why he feels he is stuck in a situation where he is at a literal crossroads, he cannot choose between getting the money he desperately needs for his family, but he also wants to desperately cling to Yoonsung, the man he is growing to love, and care for, but he also feels the strain of keeping his identity a secret the whole time.
It is truly a hard place to be.
Final Review: I WISH WE HAD SIDE STORIES. But I also think that the story had a good ending with all the possible issues resolved and some semblance of a peaceful time for them to both be entered into.
I do whoever have one issue. I cannot but also can grasp why Yoonsung so easily forgave Ha-kyung.
He justs wants to be with the one he loves, and not let his beloved summer go yet again, not let the love of his life disappear again.
Which I cannot blame him. Thinking that the love of your life is dead, and throwing yourself off the literal cliff into the lake, not wanting to live another minute without his beloved summer, it had a huge impact on me. Regaining your memories, and finding out that you have once again found your beloved. I would 100% do the same thing, I would hold on tight and NEVER let go, no matter what barriers stood in my way.
But on the other hand, I find it hard to forgive the type of betrayal Ha-kyung did.
Originally he hid the fact that he was a man, and he had a lot of conditions that had to be met, in order to secure the money at the end of his contract, again his crossroads. After the accident he was given the impossible choice of choosing to go to Yoonsung, or getting his money he earned and never seeing him again. It is an impossible choice, I don't think I would have the strength to make that choice myself. When he called him after his mothers funeral, I would have gone physically in person to see Yoonsung, but then again, would ANYONE have that strength?
When they met again, the guilt he must have felt, and the well of emotions that he had been carrying all those years all by himself, he must've been incredibly scared, I think most of us would be, when placed in either of these sweet boys shoes.
I truly love this story, and the ending for me was bittersweet, because Yoonsung will always live with the fact that he experienced Ha-kyungs death once(fake death of course), as traumatizing as that would be, maybe it would have been better for him to never regain his memories, would his life have been better? Would he find someone else to truly love? Or would he feel hollow inside, with this huge missing piece forever?
I think him regaining his memories was soo crucial for him, even though there are a lot of bittersweet moments he would have to remember, he was also given the chance to find his love once again, getting to live his life with his one love.
Sorry for my long post, but this story was hugely impactful for me! Let me know how you felt finishing it.
╮(￣▽￣)╭