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Hoo boy, did information technology ever!
While I thoroughly enjoyed this book and its honest and at times all-too-real delineation of the emotional trauma heroine Violette has gone through, it is much darker than the average shoujo light novel. Yep, there's a reverse harem attribute, and yes, it's the type of isekai known as yarinaoshi loop (AKA going dorsum in time to fix a fault), just it also comes with c
Reina Soratani says in her afterword that she had originally intended this to exist a rom-com, only something happened.Hoo male child, did it e'er!
While I thoroughly enjoyed this volume and its honest and at times all-too-real depiction of the emotional trauma heroine Violette has gone through, it is much darker than the boilerplate shoujo calorie-free novel. Yes, there'due south a reverse harem aspect, and aye, it's the type of isekai known equally yarinaoshi loop (AKA going back in fourth dimension to fix a mistake), but information technology besides comes with content warnings for emotional (and unsaid sexual) abuse. Violette'southward life is a misery thanks to her truly atrocious parents (the author says she hates Violette'due south dad), and if it wasn't for Yulan and Marin, the poor girl would be in even worse shape.
And then, long story short: this is a good book. But don't go into it expecting fluffy contrary harem rom-com activity.
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I started serializing this story thinking I wanted to write a rom-com, but suddenly it turned serious.To be honest, a reader wouldn't be besides out of line expecting a rom-com from but the encompass of I Swear I Won't Bother You Once again!. Gentle colors of rose, beige, brown. An assembly of attractive or cute characters of whom at least some seem to be in some stage of attraction to each other, parIf you lot're request how it turned out like this, I, the author, am the one who knows that answer the to the lowest degree.
I started serializing this story thinking I wanted to write a rom-com, but suddenly information technology turned serious.To exist honest, a reader wouldn't be too out of line expecting a rom-com from just the cover of I Swear I Won't Carp You Once more!. Gentle colors of rose, beige, brown. An associates of attractive or beautiful characters of whom at least some seem to be in some stage of attraction to each other, particularly the ones sitting on the couch. The championship with its exclamation marking.If you're asking how information technology turned out like this, I, the writer, am the i who knows that answer the least.
Just look a little more than closely, and only one of them is smile.
Our chief character, Violette, is the somber girl in the center of the limerick. The story starts when Violette is all of a sudden time-jumped from being imprisoned for a terrible, unspecified crime, to the time when she but meets Maryjune, her half-sis who was the victim of the offense. Given a new charter on life, and the possibility of living free, Violette decides she will cut herself off from others and live a lonely life until she is of historic period to join a religious order.
Needless to say, this doesn't work out as planned. She'southward a loftier school student, for 1 matter, and she's had connections with a number of people up until she was her current historic period. These include a long-term friendship with a beautiful underclassman, Yulan, and an unresolved trounce on Claudia, a prince and too the schoolhouse president. There's also her family unit: her male parent, stepmother, and Maryjune herself, a sweet young girl who is new to life as a nobleman's daughter, and whose naïve blunders and commoner's groundwork are getting her some "attending" from the girl-bullies of the school.
To be honest, as lilliputian as her begetter cares about her, Violette's family unit life is meliorate than it was with her deceased mother. Her past family life is a major source of what I consider a thread of psychological horror that shows upwards at present and then. An additional element is Yulan himself, who, when nosotros see things from his indicate of view, is obsessed with Violette to the point of vowing he volition destroy anyone who harms her. He even acts belligerently toward Claudia when Claudia simply talks with Violette.
It was interesting reading a lite novel where the story isn't full of action, or even events, to speak of. Scenes largely consist of fairly ordinary school days things--well, some of them are more than ordinary for a posh school--like intimate teas, or Violette sitting on a bench in a garden on campus thinking about things, or meeting a friend after school for a shopping engagement. The characters' emotions are in the forefront and are the major source of suspense. At times the emotions are over-elaborated, in my opinion, or sometimes Violette's conclusions don't quite make sense, only the reader's feet over her making missteps leading to a reprise of her "bad ending" is a major office of what makes the book tick.
The setting is somewhat indefinite, but it adds to the otherworldly effect that I sometimes get from anime set up in elite schools: Maria-sama ga Miteru, Hana Yori Dango, Dear Brother, etc. There's no indication equally to where in Japan, or the globe, we might be. There are automobiles--which came as a minor surprise nearly a third of the way through the book--but no hint that these kids have cell phones (or that there are phones at all?). This could be taking place anytime between 1960 and today, every bit far as I can tell.
This is quite a unique light novel, in my admittedly limited experience, both in subject matter and mood. I will definitely be picking up the next i to see where things become side by side. 3 and a half stars, rounded upwardly considering it'south nice to run into something like this in a ocean of male child-centric isekai. This is the first calorie-free novel I've given more than than two or three stars to. Congrats, I Swear I Won't Carp Yous Once more!
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Violette is in prison for a crime she has, out of jealousy, committed confronting her one-half-sister Maryjune. She has come a long way and now deeply regrets her actions. She wishes she could go back in time and live a quiet life, bothering no one, simply she knows that'due south impossible. Except of a sudden that's exactly what h
Content warning for this book: emotional abuse, (view spoiler)[possibly sexual as well (hide spoiler)], and a potential love interest who displays manipulative and controlling qualities.Violette is in prison for a crime she has, out of jealousy, committed against her half-sis Maryjune. She has come a long style and at present securely regrets her actions. She wishes she could become back in fourth dimension and live a tranquillity life, bothering no one, but she knows that'southward impossible. Except suddenly that'south exactly what happens - from ane moment to the next, fourth dimension rewinds itself and she finds herself once again being introduced to her father'due south new wife (his quondam mistress) and his half-daughter (who was conceived while Violette's mother was yet live).
This time, Violette is determined to brand it through the next two years without causing harm. After she graduates, she wants to join a convent and spend the rest of her life quietly atoning for the sins she committed in her other timeline. Her feelings of guilt are likewise great for her to contemplate any other future. However, it won't exist piece of cake to accomplish her goal. While she no longer blames Maryjune for anything or wants to harm her, she can't will abroad the pain that Maryjune's presence causes her, and she tin't change the kind of person she is. Notwithstanding, she tries hard to exercise better this time around, and her efforts don't go unnoticed. If she'southward lucky, peradventure it volition be plenty.
I had no thought what I was getting into when I started this. The title and cover brand it expect and audio like at least one-half a dozen other "villainess trying to make things right/avoid a bad finish" romances out at that place, and apparently the author originally intended information technology to exist a rom-com. I figured this would basically be Accomplishments of the Duke'southward Daughter without the isekai "reborn in my favorite otome game" chemical element.
What I got instead was an introspective character-focused drama that was more concerned with the characters' various emotional wounds and insecurities than with romance (although I absolutely expect future volumes to focus on romance more than, and I'chiliad very nervous about the direction the series might take).
I assumed Prince Claudia would the cold and arrogant type who'd gradually warm up to Violette. Instead, he was surprisingly awkward and lacking in self-confidence. Yulan appeared to be the cute younger brother type, the ane who always knew how to get Violette to relax. However, (view spoiler)[this turned out to exist an act - the real Yulan was kind of horrifying, and reminded me strongly of Toma in the otome-game based anime Amnesia. (For those who haven't played the game or watched the series: Toma is a reassuring childhood friend-type beloved interest whose obsession with the heroine reaches the point where he literally drugs and cages her. Yulan actually thinks to himself that he'd like to lock Violette up then that he can keep her to himself, then my fears are non unjustified.) (hide spoiler)] And Violette...wow.
Her parents were monstrous. I don't care how Violette's female parent behaved towards Auld, her father, it didn't excuse the way he neglected her and then treated her like one of Maryjune's accessories. And Violette's mother was a ill and twisted woman. When Auld abandoned her in favor of his mistress, she raised Violette every bit a boy (view spoiler)[in order to accept a mini-Auld by her side - there were indications that her behavior towards Violette was perchance sexually as well equally emotionally abusive (on-page: the fashion she caressed Violette and made her respond to the name Auld deeply disturbed a character who witnessed it). When Violette hit puberty, her mother cast her off in cloy and then basically willed herself to dice in a last-ditch effort to get Auld to care about her. (hide spoiler)]
The writing didn't initially appeal to me, except for the fact that it was third person POV. Lots of descriptions of the characters' feelings with very little action. But then the characters started interacting more, and it became articulate that several of them were extremely screwed up. I institute myself unable to await abroad - role of it was a kind of literary rubbernecking, and part of it was that I actually started to go emotionally invested in the characters. Here's hoping the author has other plans for Yulan than to make him Violette's pinnacle love involvement, considering she deserves improve. And I actually desire to know what's going on between Yulan and Claudia (half brothers, perchance?), whether Claudia will manage to grow equally a person the way he seems to want to, and whether the painfully naive Maryjune will ever realize the impairment she unintentionally inflicts upon Violette.
I'm still not entirely certain this was an enjoyable read, only it was definitely an interesting ane. Then far there hasn't been much of a plot - I'm hoping that Soratani isn't the sort of writer who writes interesting characters but then has no idea what to do with them. At whatsoever charge per unit, I definitely program to continue reading this serial, just I'grand very nervous about where it might get. It could either be amazing, or a completely horrifying encephalon bleach-requiring disaster.
Extras:
Black and white illustrations throughout, and a short afterword by the author. She hates Violette's male parent (yay!) but seems to like Yulan (ehhh). Hopefully she likes his desire to back up Violette but recognizes that he'd exist an extremely unhealthy love involvement for her. Crossing my fingers.
(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
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Characters
I dearest the characters, hither's why: they're all secretly messed upwardly! Except for the father, he's just very clearly an asshole but also in an interesting way. They all have a clear personality and backstory and some characters still have a flake of mystery to them. I dear this book for their personalities and goals and how messed
Characters
I love the characters, hither's why: they're all secretly messed upwards! Except for the begetter, he'south but very clearly an asshole but besides in an interesting way. They all have a clear personality and backstory and some characters notwithstanding take a bit of mystery to them. I love this book for their personalities and goals and how messed up they are, considering information technology makes their dynamics and relationships conflict interestingly. And here's the cool office: my favourite character is the Primary character (gasp). She'south seriously messed upward, really flawed, just still likeable past doing her all-time and showing actual intelligence hither and there. Her thinking pattern is merely screwed from trauma and a terrible upbringing, but it felt similar it fit and I could really see how she'd have snapped and went to do horrible things in the past. This does mean she's not a very cheerful character and she does think a lot, so keep that in mind if such things irritate y'all.
We've all the same got a lot to acquire about the characters so a few of them are underdeveloped compared to the rest, but it feels like that is planned and volition be rectified later.
The plot
This is a daily life story and a huge redemption character arc, but there'due south no plot, and so you've been warned! Think of this more than as slice of life, simply the version near messed upwardly aristocrats going to a fancy school. You volition encounter Violette navigating daily aristocrat life, which could be tiresome for some people.
At the aforementioned time, the overarching 'plot' is basically the protagonist'south redemption arc and it's written overnice and deadening. I'd like to actually see flashbacks of the evil things she did, since nosotros only got the blank minimum information from her thoughts at present, merely the whole book is about her walking on eggshells to not get thrown in jail once again; trying not to bother anyone as the title suggests. It's a redemption arc which is only known to the protagonist because she magically finds herself dorsum in fourth dimension to redo part of her life, then the question really is if and when she'll forgive herself. What makes it piece of work then well for me is that she'south not looking for forgiveness from others and people who have known her to be bad in the past do treat her with circumspection. And while she's trying to avoid lashing out over again, this isn't like shooting fish in a barrel for her because she however struggles with the biting feelings towards her situation and stepsister that caused her original downfall.
The writing
This is a calorie-free novel, so the language is very simplistic. Personally I don't mind information technology and enjoy the quick pace it brings forth! If you like complex prose then this is probably not for y'all.
Setting
I love the parts where they do some aloof worldbuilding through grapheme conflict, showing what is accepted and what tin lead to problems, interesting viewpoints.
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This felt like the introduction to something larger. I recollect it does demand to introduce more plot progression in volume ii or I might become bored also or it might become too repetitive. Merely for the offset book in this serial, I was satisfied with this!
...more I practise not mean this was non well-written. In fact, this was very well-written, simply the discipline matter made information technology hard to read. I felt myself tearing up multiple times throughout reading this, and it was painful.
The FL has a terribly sad backstory, simply it does non end there. I don't think the FL has ever had a time in her life where she was truly happy and carefree. It hurts reading information technology because you just desire her to interruption gratuitous from her family and be as happy equally she mayhap can b
Good, but hard to readI do not mean this was not well-written. In fact, this was very well-written, but the field of study matter made information technology hard to read. I felt myself tearing up multiple times throughout reading this, and it was painful.
The FL has a terribly sad backstory, merely it does not terminate at that place. I don't think the FL has always had a time in her life where she was truly happy and carefree. Information technology hurts reading information technology considering yous just want her to break costless from her family and exist as happy as she peradventure tin be.
The love interests are... troublesome. Yulan is obsessive and mildly terrifying, only he truly cares for her. Merely knowing her backstory, it becomes difficult to ship her with someone who is obsessive. Then there is the prince, who pisses off the reader immediately later he appears. He is much more incompetent than I expected him to be.
It was a very good volume that was written well, but it might be a tough read mentally.
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The first thing that should be said is this volume does deal with some pretty heavy subjects (child abuse and neglect specificall
I won't lie. I picked this up on a whim. The premise sounded interesting enough to hold my attention, at least for long enough to terminate the volume. Romance/ rom-com (mixed with fourth dimension travel, which is an interesting add together on) is not usual go to genre, merely I figured I'd give it a risk. I'chiliad quite pleased to non be disappointed. I volition do my all-time to not make this spoiler gratis…The kickoff matter that should be said is this volume does deal with some pretty heavy subjects (child abuse and neglect specifically), and hints at potentially worse. Nothing graphic, but it doesn't hide it either. If that is triggering, I'd exist weary. For those that tin can read things with those subjects, I absolutely recommend!
The characters are delightfully varied in their personalities. None of them seem like they're going to exist as well flat going frontwards.
Violette, the main character is super introspective, and very much enlightened of herself. She's well aware of her flaws, fifty-fifty if she isn't sure how to handle them. She also is doing the best she can, while not trying to draw attention to herself. This is probably my favorite affair, so far, well-nigh this book.
Violette's maid is amazing! x/ten. Get yourself a friend and confidant like this woman. That'south not to say she isn't flawed (all the characters are after all). She is genuinely looking out for the MC though. Her backstory is touched on briefly, and it explains her devotion.
Violette's childhood friend is an amazingly well done character. Super sweetness and caring to the MC, but he tin be kind of possessive over her to. Over again, information technology'due south not exactly bad, only hoo-male child, it could exist (I hope non, because I genuinely like him).
Violette'south younger sister is, in my opinion, cloyingly sugariness, and naively oblivious. It's slap-up, merely it's not great for the MC either. She's learning.
The prince is… awkwardly incompetent. Especially where it counts (which is kind of hilarious to me).
The Duke is… something. I remember he'due south the simply graphic symbol I genuinely dislike (and the MC'south mother, just she's not in the story long, and it's simply flash backs). He is non a desperately written character, but his character is but unpleasant.
Even the side characters that aren't often seen are pretty well fleshed out (with the exception of the MC'southward stride mother, who really isn't introduced at all, other than being the Duke'due south second wife). It's fantastic, and not something I'm used to for background characters (we need more of this! Groundwork characters can aid move the story along to!)
Information technology has been a while since I found a volume that I struggled to actually put down. It was a pleasant surprise to find it in an unlikely source. I'm eagerly awaiting for the 2d one to come out at present.
Side note, and and then I'one thousand done. Don't skip out on the afterword from the author. It'southward pretty entertaining to read the thoughts from Soratani.
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Clearly, her pledge did non include extending this kindness to me, the reader.
I picked this upward purely based off the cover and the blurb on the back, thinking information technology was exactly upwardly my alley. I love annihilation villainess/otome isekai flavored, and naturally I was fully expecting to love this book. I'm genuinely surprised by the positive reception it has because I constitute the prose barely p
Later getting a 2d chance to correct the wrongs of her past, Violette Rem Vahan vows to never carp anyone once again.Clearly, her pledge did not include extending this kindness to me, the reader.
I picked this upwards purely based off the cover and the blurb on the back, thinking information technology was exactly up my aisle. I dear anything villainess/otome isekai flavored, and naturally I was fully expecting to love this book. I'm genuinely surprised by the positive reception information technology has because I found the prose barely palatable and extremely repetitive. Having to sit down through Violette get on and on well-nigh the aforementioned things in mindlessly circadian monologues made this such a slog to get through. Her life is tragic, certain, but none of the "dark" or "depressing" stuff in this book had any emotional weight. Yous know that phrase "It's like watching a car crash"? This was more than like watching a fender bender. The constant back and forth between characters wasn't entertaining enough to be called melodramatic, and their personalities are so trite as to be completely forgettable. That'd be all well and skillful if this was a comedy, but trying to grapple intense subject matter through such blank slates is ineffectual. If you want to explore trauma through a literary lens, y'all'd better have well-written characters to dorsum information technology upwardly. Peradventure they're less one-notation to someone who hasn't played a single otome game, but Yulan is just such a distilled and boring yandere trope without even having the decency to be entertaining in his obsession. Mila might as well non exist, Gia is a typical foreigner trope, and our MC is a poor waif of a daughter who spends the entire book woe-is-me-ing herself in and out of unpleasant situations. Unpleasant for her to experience and unpleasant for me to read about. I really felt no connection with her. I think Claudia was the only character I kind of sort of liked (?), only he had much less page-time than anyone else.
The dialogue in this was especially slow, constantly switching between a character espousing paragraphs of their ideals, to juvenile back and forth mundanities that conveyed no information.
"Hee hee," Yulan snickered.
"Hm? What was that nigh?" Violette asked.
"It'due south a seeecret."
"Y'know, Yulan, you're a pretty weird guy."
^How did dialogue like this pass the editing stage.
I'll give this volume 1 affair— there are some interesting ruminations on morality and I won't fault it for trying to convey a darker story. Only only considering something deals with nighttime subject area matter doesn't make it well written. Annihilation worthwhile is buried under the extraneous prose.
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Probably owing to the success of My Next Life as a Villainess, in that location take been a number of other series with aforementioned bones premise. Different the vast majority of those however, this is not a one-act. The MC (before reincarnating) did not become a villainess because she was spoiled by loving parents like those other series. She became that way because she was subjected to and then much emotional and physical (possibly even sexual) ab
A dark and depressing subversion of the 'Reincarnated as a Villainess' genreProbably owing to the success of My Adjacent Life as a Villainess, there have been a number of other series with same basic premise. Unlike the vast bulk of those all the same, this is not a comedy. The MC (earlier reincarnating) did not become a villainess considering she was spoiled by loving parents like those other series. She became that manner because she was subjected to so much emotional and concrete (possibly even sexual) abuse at the hands of her parents that she was literally driven insane. Seriously, information technology'southward a wonder this daughter can fifty-fifty function. All of the other characters are besides flawed in their ain means. This makes for a very interesting story, and I look forrad to later volumes in this serial.
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I institute Violette incredibly relatable in her pain, and like Marin & Yulan, promise to see her observe a happy future. Ane free of her horrible family unit. Her coming to terms with her younger sister not being at fault for their parent's deportment, but still not existence able to love her or desire to exist around her is too relatable and I understand those complicated feelings.
Looking forwards to reading the second book.
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I went into this expecting it would be similar to the majority of other Villainess titles. Instead I was surprised to find that this is a much more serious have on the material. It doesn't feature much of the over the elevation Shoujo elements, instead getting actually heavy at points.
In particular, the protagonist shows multiple signs of depression. Despite getting to go back and relive a office of her life, the ramifications and effects of the old one have all the same ta
A serious take that explores depressionI went into this expecting information technology would exist similar to the majority of other Villainess titles. Instead I was surprised to find that this is a much more serious take on the material. It doesn't feature much of the over the top Shoujo elements, instead getting really heavy at points.
In particular, the protagonist shows multiple signs of depression. Despite getting to go dorsum and relive a part of her life, the ramifications and effects of the old one have still taken their toll on her (and her mental country).
I'1000 really interested for the next book.
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(view spoiler)[ I wonder what happened to Yulan and Marin in the past. As devoted equally they are to Violette, at that place's no way they took her life sentence lightly. Either they were planning a jailbreak in the groundwork, or they were out of the picture somehow. I don't know if there'southward an answer in the later volumes, or if nosotros're merely supposed to suspend our atheism here. I hope for the quondam. (hide spoiler)]
I like this a lot. The publication appointment for volume 2 is and so far abroad!(view spoiler)[ I wonder what happened to Yulan and Marin in the past. As devoted as they are to Violette, there's no way they took her life sentence lightly. Either they were planning a jailbreak in the background, or they were out of the picture somehow. I don't know if there'due south an answer in the later volumes, or if we're just supposed to suspend our disbelief here. I promise for the former. (hide spoiler)]
...more than Started off with her in prison house apologizing and beingness deplorable. Never telling who she hurt what harm (impale or injure) she caused to end upward in prison. So far the story is interesting, the only problem is the next book takes to long to come out sometimes. I promise that things become a little better for her in the next book and that she starts to like her sister ameliorate.
Full disclosure, I'm pretty sure I read a version of this equally an unpublished light novel. If not I read a story remarkably like, with poorer grammar and much better story setup. This seems to exist missing bits, or information technology rambles... like this review.
Brusk version it is a solid iii stars
Full disclosure, I'm pretty sure I read a version of this as an unpublished light novel. If not I read a story remarkably similar, with poorer grammar and much ameliorate story setup. This seems to be missing $.25, or it rambles... like this review.
Brusque version it is a solid 3 stars
Its not all roses though - we do have some lamentable parts especially in relation to Violet and her family, just these parts are few and far between, encompassed by the cute clumsiness of a second chance life and blooming teenage romance.
So like I said...cute🤷🏾♀️
Entertaining and total of depth. The story does not disappoint. Each new price of information leads to a deeper understanding of the different characters making a very rich story so far!
I enjoyed the story and can't expect to run into how the characters abound and proceed to change. Especially can't await to see if Vio keeps her promise to never bother anyone again.
Tin can't expect to see what happens side by sideI enjoyed the story and can't wait to see how the characters grow and continue to alter. Especially tin can't wait to run across if Vio keeps her promise to never bother anyone again.
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My kiddo'due south review: This book is past far one of the best I've read in a while, the main character is complex and conflicted, she's done terrible things but yous however desire to route for her. The mode she realized her wrong doings is realistic and sympathetic. Every graphic symbol has their ain thought of what'southward right and wrong, making each unique and interesting. The book does get a fleck heavy at times, but I mean this equally a compliment, I believe they hand
Amazing characters with an interesting have on moralityMy kiddo'south review: This book is by far 1 of the best I've read in a while, the master character is complex and conflicted, she's done terrible things simply you lot still desire to route for her. The mode she realized her wrong doings is realistic and sympathetic. Every character has their own idea of what's right and wrong, making each unique and interesting. The book does get a bit heavy at times, merely I mean this as a compliment, I believe they handle the whole story very well. Highly recommend to any fan of the "Reincarnated Villainess" trope, even if this situation is a bit unlike.
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