beta
Didn't hate it, but I wouldn't read again. I agree with an earlier commenter that all the angst, jealousy, crazed behavior would have landed better if we had more context and back story. MC clearly has some issues (aloof, socially anxious etc) and it's hinted there is childhood trauma there, but we're mostly left to fill in the blanks. ML, on the other hand, behaves like someone with serious anxious attachment but we hear about this mostly through other the characters as a "shitty personality", so that's all we're left with. All in all, the characters and story would have been more compelling if they had a bit more depth
I loved the depth the author gave to the friendships and redemption beyond just the main characters. While not a perfect story, I rate this a solid 9.5/10 for character development, pace, and storytelling. Small detractor and probably just a translation error, but describing all of her steps with "clomp" was rather hilarious and made me wonder if she secretly had size 11 feet..