The ending is happy. Youngwon wakes on Christmas morning in Hohyun's arms and notices an old scar has healed, so he's finally healing too.
Highlights 1. Hohyun's blood draws are the one thing that keeps the outbreak part of the story going. 2. Hohyun says "darling" for the first time. 3. Youngwon's "100 boxes of apples" bit runs throughout. 4. The time-loop is never explained. The book says it's just an unsolved mystery.
The ending is happy. Youngwon wakes on Christmas morning in Hohyun's arms and notices an old scar has healed, so he's finally healing too.
Highlights
1. Hohyun's blood draws are the one thing that keeps the outbreak part of the story going.
2. Hohyun says "darling" for the first time.
3. Youngwon's "100 boxes of apples" bit runs throughout.
4. The time-loop is never explained. The book says it's just an unsolved mystery.