I love that this isn’t a reincarnation, transgression, isekai etc. because it FORCES you to watch Annette “redeem” herself. Like she has to bear the consequences of her ignorance, even though, sometimes it felt like the hate she received was unfair to her. But it’s also unfair to those who had to suffer at the hands of her family, and unfortunately / fortunately shes the only one alive so she has to bear that resentment. And it was interesting having to see how she had to understand that (also the backstory showing her saying “my condolences” after hearing that Hein was the last man standing??? I’m glad the creator had the balls to show us she was that bad and wasn’t a completely misunderstood character.)
Hein was such a complex character where I was swinging between hating the man and wanting to cry for him. And it’s understandable because so many other books in this genre brush over the ML’s trauma to make him “cold” but yeah Hein is “cold” times but it’s NOT a good thing at all. And it’s not shown as a good thing, they show how his past affected him in detail and damn they showed him being genuinely VULNERABLE while it was happening and after. He was a kid when they had him killing other kids, he was a young adult when he was being tortured as an renter boy, he was barely an adult when he had to lead a war, post-Revolution! (Also, I liked how they showed that his motives for the revolution wasn’t necessarily for “the people”. His desire for a revolution was selfish, unheroic in a sense but he fulfilled his duty. Regardless of reason, and the goddess pedestal he put Anne in when she was just a child as well, he served his people and wasn’t on any cowardly bullshit!) And throughout, they showed why thats traumatizing and didn’t just tell us in some backstory!
Even the side characters were interesting, Charlotte, a heart made of gold, the sentiment of the people was understandable at most times, Charlotte (did I mention Charlotte, AGAIN Charlotte and her beautiful family). Even the red haired girl, they didn’t make her some jealous side woman, the marriage proposal made sense and her reaction was refreshing, she didn’t waste time adding to tear Anne down, shes a whole woman’s suffragist she has bigger fish to fry!!
It’s obvious the story borrowed from European history, and it’s entertaining but the accuracy of everything is a bit off (not accuracy to actual history but they timeline of how things unfolded were a bit outrageous, which the creator was less hesitant to age the characters, especially during the war). But I’m not a history fanatic so I can’t explain that very well.
I have so much more I could say but I’m glad she didn’t adopt Joseph. I’m also glad the ending didn’t show her miraculously having children to have some perfect life. They showed her and Hein being content, which isn’t the happiest end but it’s not a bad one at all. And it showed that they will continue to try and be happy.
I love that this isn’t a reincarnation, transgression, isekai etc. because it FORCES you to watch Annette “redeem” herself. Like she has to bear the consequences of her ignorance, even though, sometimes it felt like the hate she received was unfair to her. But it’s also unfair to those who had to suffer at the hands of her family, and unfortunately / fortunately shes the only one alive so she has to bear that resentment. And it was interesting having to see how she had to understand that (also the backstory showing her saying “my condolences” after hearing that Hein was the last man standing??? I’m glad the creator had the balls to show us she was that bad and wasn’t a completely misunderstood character.)
Hein was such a complex character where I was swinging between hating the man and wanting to cry for him. And it’s understandable because so many other books in this genre brush over the ML’s trauma to make him “cold” but yeah Hein is “cold” times but it’s NOT a good thing at all. And it’s not shown as a good thing, they show how his past affected him in detail and damn they showed him being genuinely VULNERABLE while it was happening and after. He was a kid when they had him killing other kids, he was a young adult when he was being tortured as an renter boy, he was barely an adult when he had to lead a war, post-Revolution! (Also, I liked how they showed that his motives for the revolution wasn’t necessarily for “the people”. His desire for a revolution was selfish, unheroic in a sense but he fulfilled his duty. Regardless of reason, and the goddess pedestal he put Anne in when she was just a child as well, he served his people and wasn’t on any cowardly bullshit!) And throughout, they showed why thats traumatizing and didn’t just tell us in some backstory!
Even the side characters were interesting, Charlotte, a heart made of gold, the sentiment of the people was understandable at most times, Charlotte (did I mention Charlotte, AGAIN Charlotte and her beautiful family). Even the red haired girl, they didn’t make her some jealous side woman, the marriage proposal made sense and her reaction was refreshing, she didn’t waste time adding to tear Anne down, shes a whole woman’s suffragist she has bigger fish to fry!!
It’s obvious the story borrowed from European history, and it’s entertaining but the accuracy of everything is a bit off (not accuracy to actual history but they timeline of how things unfolded were a bit outrageous, which the creator was less hesitant to age the characters, especially during the war). But I’m not a history fanatic so I can’t explain that very well.
I have so much more I could say but I’m glad she didn’t adopt Joseph. I’m also glad the ending didn’t show her miraculously having children to have some perfect life. They showed her and Hein being content, which isn’t the happiest end but it’s not a bad one at all. And it showed that they will continue to try and be happy.