such a wild ride, and so well written. taught me a lot more about f1 and also fit the jjk lore so well. made me so emotional and happy, it was genuinely so bittersweet to finish.
shout out to the final paragraph that made all of the satosugu struggles worth it. they’re soulmates in every universe and i love them w all my heart. “He looks down at Suguru at the barriers, flushed from crying and screaming himself hoarse. He thinks about being able to kiss him later, thinks about going home and giving himself over to him. Thinks about how he doesn’t mind it, that he doesn’t need a seventh to be home and held tight and to hear a heartbeat. For it to be real. He’s never needed it, and he’s only realising now.”
Not sure how to rate this. I guess maybe 3.5 rounded up. I went into this knowing it was a F1 romance but Jesus Christ there was sooooo much fucking driving and like sure it’s cool but god at some point I’m like when will the fucking plot move forward???? Like a slow burn is only a slow burn if it pays off in the end and I really don’t think that the relationships and the romance in this story felt grand enough or deep enough by the end, given that we were forced to wait so long for them. I could really feel the limitations of the author. That being said the racing and world building WAS cool. There was just way too much of it. I feel conflicted… I will never forget this book, but fuck. And the ending??? I feel like I was promised way more than I got.
Genuinely top satosugu read EVER. the depiction of gojo’s POV being ‘present’ and suguru’s is them growing up?? im OBSESSED. the way we slowly learn more and more of satosugu’s complex history through racing anecdotes?? omg. like so well done. writing is so subtle it’s incredibly well done ugh. satoru is WHIPPED DUDE it’s so incredible and heartbreaking how IN LOVE THEY WERE. how can a fic be this good and this well characterized.
im alr obsessed with getou’s character in the past. the way we see his unhealthy thought patterns slowly take over his life💔💔
loved this fic! great satosugu, just wish we had more of them together at the end finally being happy :’) very well written and it was very poetic idk having them finally realise things and how satoru figures out he didn’t need to be the greatest to have a good life with suguru and that he has love outside of being the legend he is in the sport, not needing that 7th championship after all! chef kiss!!!!! and i also learned a lot of f1 jargon lol
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