What a story. It was a great read, but it felt pretty heavy at times. Seonwoo is the kind of character whose life just felt like it was dragging itself along instead of actually being lived. We only really get to see a healthier, happier version of him toward the end. For most of the story he’s just gloomy, burned out, and depressed.
Yuri’s a totally different type of character, but his life also felt like he was just going through the motions rather than really living it.
I had no idea how the author was going to make these two work together, but somehow they did, and it felt surprisingly natural.
I struggled to connect with Seonwoo at the beginning and found myself getting tired just reading about how he was living. Then it hit me that the author did that on purpose, and honestly, it worked. Seonwoo said it himself, he was living on the edge of a cliff, and you can feel it the whole time you’re following the story.
He’s not suicidal, but he clearly has zero regard for how he treats himself. It was honestly kind of suffocating watching him just keep sinking deeper into that emotional mess without doing anything to pull himself out.
And then there’s Yuri, who knows exactly how to play the bastard and the douchebag whenever it benefits him. Thankfully Seonwoo had him around… and thankfully Yuri found Seonwoo too.
Like the title says, and like Yuri was fully aware of, their love starts from sympathy. They just couldn’t leave each other alone because of it.
The side characters were solid too, they had their own strengths and flaws and didn’t feel like afterthoughts.
Overall it was a really enjoyable read. I would’ve loved some extras set in the future with an older Yuri though.
And in the afterword the author said Yuri would deliberately crash Seonwoo’s bright green car in three years… which honestly just proves how hard he tried to put up with that car lmao.
What a story. It was a great read, but it felt pretty heavy at times. Seonwoo is the kind of character whose life just felt like it was dragging itself along instead of actually being lived. We only really get to see a healthier, happier version of him toward the end. For most of the story he’s just gloomy, burned out, and depressed.
Yuri’s a totally different type of character, but his life also felt like he was just going through the motions rather than really living it.
I had no idea how the author was going to make these two work together, but somehow they did, and it felt surprisingly natural.
I struggled to connect with Seonwoo at the beginning and found myself getting tired just reading about how he was living. Then it hit me that the author did that on purpose, and honestly, it worked. Seonwoo said it himself, he was living on the edge of a cliff, and you can feel it the whole time you’re following the story.
He’s not suicidal, but he clearly has zero regard for how he treats himself. It was honestly kind of suffocating watching him just keep sinking deeper into that emotional mess without doing anything to pull himself out.
And then there’s Yuri, who knows exactly how to play the bastard and the douchebag whenever it benefits him. Thankfully Seonwoo had him around… and thankfully Yuri found Seonwoo too.
Like the title says, and like Yuri was fully aware of, their love starts from sympathy. They just couldn’t leave each other alone because of it.
The side characters were solid too, they had their own strengths and flaws and didn’t feel like afterthoughts.
Overall it was a really enjoyable read. I would’ve loved some extras set in the future with an older Yuri though.
And in the afterword the author said Yuri would deliberately crash Seonwoo’s bright green car in three years… which honestly just proves how hard he tried to put up with that car lmao.