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I Swear I Won't Bother You Again! (Light Novel) #1
I Swear I Won't Bother You Again! (Light Novel) Vol. 1
One noblewoman's attempt to rewrite the past--and avoid her descent into villainy. (And don't miss the manga version, also from Seven Seas!) Violette, daughter of a duke, committed a terrible, jealous crime against her half-sister. As she languishes in prison, something unexpected time is rewound, sending her back to the day her problems began! Armed with the memories of her disastrous first go-round, Violette is determined to live a quiet, unobtrusive life this time...but fate has something else in store!
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First published March 28, 2019
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May 13, 2021
Reina Soratani says in her afterword that she had originally intended this to be a rom-com, but something happened.
Hoo boy, did it ever!
While I thoroughly enjoyed this book 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 average shoujo light novel. Yes, there's a reverse harem aspect, and yes, it's the type of isekai known as yarinaoshi loop (AKA going back in time to fix a mistake), but it also comes with content warnings for emotional (and implied sexual) abuse. Violette's life is a misery thanks to her truly awful parents (the author says she hates Violette's dad), and if it wasn't for Yulan and Marin, the poor girl would be in even worse shape.
So, long story short: this is a good book. But don't go into it expecting fluffy reverse harem rom-com action.
Hoo boy, did it ever!
While I thoroughly enjoyed this book 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 average shoujo light novel. Yes, there's a reverse harem aspect, and yes, it's the type of isekai known as yarinaoshi loop (AKA going back in time to fix a mistake), but it also comes with content warnings for emotional (and implied sexual) abuse. Violette's life is a misery thanks to her truly awful parents (the author says she hates Violette's dad), and if it wasn't for Yulan and Marin, the poor girl would be in even worse shape.
So, long story short: this is a good book. But don't go into it expecting fluffy reverse harem rom-com action.
December 24, 2021
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 too out of line expecting a rom-com from just the cover of I Swear I Won't Bother You 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, particularly the ones sitting on the couch. The title with its exclamation mark.
If you're asking how it turned out like this, I, the author, am the one who knows that answer the least.
But look a little more closely, and only one of them is smiling.
Our main character, Violette, is the somber girl in the center of the composition. The story starts when Violette is suddenly time-jumped from being imprisoned for a terrible, unspecified crime, to the time when she just meets Maryjune, her half-sister who was the victim of the crime. Given a new lease on life, and the possibility of living free, Violette decides she will cut herself off from others and live a solitary life until she is of age to join a religious order.
Needless to say, this doesn't work out as planned. She's a high school student, for one thing, and she's had connections with a number of people up until she was her current age. These include a long-term friendship with a cute underclassman, Yulan, and an unresolved crush on Claudia, a prince and also the school president. There's also her family: her father, 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 background are getting her some "attention" from the girl-bullies of the school.
To be honest, as little as her father cares about her, Violette's family life is better 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 up now and then. An additional element is Yulan himself, who, when we see things from his point of view, is obsessed with Violette to the point of vowing he will destroy anyone who harms her. He even acts belligerently toward Claudia when Claudia simply talks with Violette.
It was interesting reading a light 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 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 date. 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, but the reader's anxiety over her making missteps leading to a reprise of her "bad ending" is a major part 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 in elite schools: Maria-sama ga Miteru, Hana Yori Dango, Dear Brother, etc. There's no indication as to where in Japan, or the world, we might be. There are automobiles--which came as a minor surprise about 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, as 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 one to see where things go next. Three and a half stars, rounded up because it's nice to see something like this in a sea of boy-centric isekai. This is the first light novel I've given more than two or three stars to. Congrats, I Swear I Won't Bother You Again!
June 22, 2021
Content warning for this volume: emotional abuse, , 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-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, but she knows that's impossible. Except suddenly that's exactly what happens - from one moment to the next, time rewinds itself and she finds herself once again being introduced to her father's new wife (his former mistress) and his half-daughter (who was conceived while Violette's mother was still alive).
This time, Violette is determined to make 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 too great for her to contemplate any other future. However, it won't be easy to accomplish her goal. While she no longer blames Maryjune for anything or wants to harm her, she can't will away the pain that Maryjune's presence causes her, and she can't change the kind of person she is. Still, she tries hard to do better this time around, and her efforts don't go unnoticed. If she's lucky, maybe it will be enough.
I had no idea what I was getting into when I started this. The title and cover make it look and sound like at least half a dozen other "villainess trying to make things right/avoid a bad end" romances out there, and apparently the author originally intended it to be a rom-com. I figured this would basically be Accomplishments of the Duke's Daughter without the isekai "reborn in my favorite otome game" 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, and I'm 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 one who always knew how to get Violette to relax. However, And Violette...wow.
Her parents were monstrous. I don't care how Violette's mother 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 sick and twisted woman. When Auld abandoned her in favor of his mistress, she raised Violette as a boy
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 clear that several of them were extremely screwed up. I found myself unable to look away - part of it was a kind of literary rubbernecking, and part of it was that I actually started to get emotionally invested in the characters. Here's hoping the author has other plans for Yulan than to make him Violette's top love interest, because she deserves better. And I really want to know what's going on between Yulan and Claudia (half brothers, maybe?), whether Claudia will manage to grow as a person the way he seems to want to, and whether the painfully naive Maryjune will ever realize the harm she unintentionally inflicts upon Violette.
I'm still not entirely sure this was an enjoyable read, but it was definitely an interesting one. So far there hasn't been much of a plot - I'm hoping that Soratani isn't the sort of author who writes interesting characters but then has no idea what to do with them. At any rate, I definitely plan to continue reading this series, but I'm very nervous about where it might go. It could either be amazing, or a completely horrifying brain bleach-requiring disaster.
Extras:
Black and white illustrations throughout, and a short afterword by the author. She hates Violette's father (yay!) but seems to like Yulan (ehhh). Hopefully she likes his desire to support Violette but recognizes that he'd be an extremely unhealthy love interest for her. Crossing my fingers.
(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
Violette is in prison for a crime she has, out of jealousy, committed against her 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, but she knows that's impossible. Except suddenly that's exactly what happens - from one moment to the next, time rewinds itself and she finds herself once again being introduced to her father's new wife (his former mistress) and his half-daughter (who was conceived while Violette's mother was still alive).
This time, Violette is determined to make 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 too great for her to contemplate any other future. However, it won't be easy to accomplish her goal. While she no longer blames Maryjune for anything or wants to harm her, she can't will away the pain that Maryjune's presence causes her, and she can't change the kind of person she is. Still, she tries hard to do better this time around, and her efforts don't go unnoticed. If she's lucky, maybe it will be enough.
I had no idea what I was getting into when I started this. The title and cover make it look and sound like at least half a dozen other "villainess trying to make things right/avoid a bad end" romances out there, and apparently the author originally intended it to be a rom-com. I figured this would basically be Accomplishments of the Duke's Daughter without the isekai "reborn in my favorite otome game" 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, and I'm 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 one who always knew how to get Violette to relax. However, And Violette...wow.
Her parents were monstrous. I don't care how Violette's mother 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 sick and twisted woman. When Auld abandoned her in favor of his mistress, she raised Violette as a boy
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 clear that several of them were extremely screwed up. I found myself unable to look away - part of it was a kind of literary rubbernecking, and part of it was that I actually started to get emotionally invested in the characters. Here's hoping the author has other plans for Yulan than to make him Violette's top love interest, because she deserves better. And I really want to know what's going on between Yulan and Claudia (half brothers, maybe?), whether Claudia will manage to grow as a person the way he seems to want to, and whether the painfully naive Maryjune will ever realize the harm she unintentionally inflicts upon Violette.
I'm still not entirely sure this was an enjoyable read, but it was definitely an interesting one. So far there hasn't been much of a plot - I'm hoping that Soratani isn't the sort of author who writes interesting characters but then has no idea what to do with them. At any rate, I definitely plan to continue reading this series, but I'm very nervous about where it might go. It could either be amazing, or a completely horrifying brain bleach-requiring disaster.
Extras:
Black and white illustrations throughout, and a short afterword by the author. She hates Violette's father (yay!) but seems to like Yulan (ehhh). Hopefully she likes his desire to support Violette but recognizes that he'd be an extremely unhealthy love interest for her. Crossing my fingers.
(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
July 1, 2025
A deceiving cover considering the story, themes (I will throat punch Vio’s mom and dad), and beginning character exploration. I’m a sucker for a good villainess re-do or redemption story and the hurt/comfort trope so it’s a win for me.
March 13, 2023
I love this alot.
This is the kind of harsh yet captivating drama i like in my light novels.
I like that its not a rom-com like the author hoped it would be.
I also read the first 3 volumes of the manga and must say the light novel is alot better.
Will order the second and third light novel right away!
This is the kind of harsh yet captivating drama i like in my light novels.
I like that its not a rom-com like the author hoped it would be.
I also read the first 3 volumes of the manga and must say the light novel is alot better.
Will order the second and third light novel right away!
October 6, 2021
I enjoyed myself a lot with this! You'll either love or hate this I think, depending on how much the aspects of this book bother you, so I'll try to explain those.
Characters
I love the characters, here's why: they're all secretly messed up! 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 bit of mystery to them. I love this book for their personalities and goals and how messed up they are, because it makes their dynamics and relationships conflict interestingly. And here's the cool part: my favourite character is the MAIN character (gasp). She's seriously messed up, really flawed, but still likeable by doing her best and showing actual intelligence here and there. Her thinking pattern is just screwed from trauma and a terrible upbringing, but it felt like it fit and I could actually 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 you.
We've still got a lot to learn about the characters so a few of them are underdeveloped compared to the rest, but it feels like that is planned and will be rectified later.
The plot
This is a daily life story and a huge redemption character arc, but there's no plot, so you've been warned! Think of this more as slice of life, but the version about messed up aristocrats going to a fancy school. You will see Violette navigating daily aristocrat life, which could be boring for some people.
At the same time, the overarching 'plot' is basically the protagonist's redemption arc and it's written nice and slow. I'd like to actually see flashbacks of the evil things she did, since we only got the bare minimum information from her thoughts now, but the whole book is about her walking on eggshells to not get thrown in jail 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 back in time to redo part of her life, so the question really is if and when she'll forgive herself. What makes it work so well for me is that she's not looking for forgiveness from others and people who have known her to be bad in the past do treat her with caution. And while she's trying to avoid lashing out again, this isn't easy for her because she still struggles with the bitter feelings towards her situation and stepsister that caused her original downfall.
The writing
This is a light novel, so the language is very simplistic. Personally I don't mind it and enjoy the quick pace it brings along! If you like complex prose then this is probably not for you.
Setting
I love the parts where they do some aristocratic worldbuilding through character conflict, showing what is accepted and what can lead to problems, interesting viewpoints.
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This felt like the introduction to something larger. I think it does need to introduce more plot progression in volume two or I might get bored too or it might get too repetitive. But for the first book in this series, I was satisfied with this!
Characters
I love the characters, here's why: they're all secretly messed up! 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 bit of mystery to them. I love this book for their personalities and goals and how messed up they are, because it makes their dynamics and relationships conflict interestingly. And here's the cool part: my favourite character is the MAIN character (gasp). She's seriously messed up, really flawed, but still likeable by doing her best and showing actual intelligence here and there. Her thinking pattern is just screwed from trauma and a terrible upbringing, but it felt like it fit and I could actually 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 you.
We've still got a lot to learn about the characters so a few of them are underdeveloped compared to the rest, but it feels like that is planned and will be rectified later.
The plot
This is a daily life story and a huge redemption character arc, but there's no plot, so you've been warned! Think of this more as slice of life, but the version about messed up aristocrats going to a fancy school. You will see Violette navigating daily aristocrat life, which could be boring for some people.
At the same time, the overarching 'plot' is basically the protagonist's redemption arc and it's written nice and slow. I'd like to actually see flashbacks of the evil things she did, since we only got the bare minimum information from her thoughts now, but the whole book is about her walking on eggshells to not get thrown in jail 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 back in time to redo part of her life, so the question really is if and when she'll forgive herself. What makes it work so well for me is that she's not looking for forgiveness from others and people who have known her to be bad in the past do treat her with caution. And while she's trying to avoid lashing out again, this isn't easy for her because she still struggles with the bitter feelings towards her situation and stepsister that caused her original downfall.
The writing
This is a light novel, so the language is very simplistic. Personally I don't mind it and enjoy the quick pace it brings along! If you like complex prose then this is probably not for you.
Setting
I love the parts where they do some aristocratic worldbuilding through character conflict, showing what is accepted and what can lead to problems, interesting viewpoints.
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This felt like the introduction to something larger. I think it does need to introduce more plot progression in volume two or I might get bored too or it might get too repetitive. But for the first book in this series, I was satisfied with this!
May 21, 2021
Good, but hard to read
I do not mean this was not well-written. In fact, this was very well-written, but the subject matter made it hard to read. I felt myself tearing up multiple times throughout reading this, and it was painful.
The FL has a terribly sad backstory, but it does not 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 it because you just want her to break free from her family and be as happy as she possibly can be.
The love interests are... troublesome. Yulan is obsessive and mildly terrifying, but he truly cares for her. But knowing her backstory, it becomes hard to ship her with someone who is obsessive. Then there is the prince, who pisses off the reader immediately after he appears. He is much more incompetent than I expected him to be.
It was a very good book that was written well, but it might be a tough read mentally.
I do not mean this was not well-written. In fact, this was very well-written, but the subject matter made it hard to read. I felt myself tearing up multiple times throughout reading this, and it was painful.
The FL has a terribly sad backstory, but it does not 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 it because you just want her to break free from her family and be as happy as she possibly can be.
The love interests are... troublesome. Yulan is obsessive and mildly terrifying, but he truly cares for her. But knowing her backstory, it becomes hard to ship her with someone who is obsessive. Then there is the prince, who pisses off the reader immediately after he appears. He is much more incompetent than I expected him to be.
It was a very good book that was written well, but it might be a tough read mentally.
January 4, 2024
A brilliant light novel which I am glad that I picked up on a whim. This book follows Violette, a girl from a wealthy family who is given a second chance to not make the same mistakes twice. She uses her memories from the past to make changes which line up with the title: I Swear I Won't Bother You Again! She avoids making scenes and reprimanding her sister that seems to give her nothing but trouble. Her friend Yulan helps her along the way. It is fun following her story I couldn't help but relate to her through her troubles.
January 15, 2023
voice swapping
There is consistent voice swapping and point of view through the story. Sometimes it took a couple seconds to figure out WHO exactly was talking. Otherwise this is a great story and I hope to read the rest
There is consistent voice swapping and point of view through the story. Sometimes it took a couple seconds to figure out WHO exactly was talking. Otherwise this is a great story and I hope to read the rest
March 19, 2025
Nothing much happens in this volume except establishing the characters, but I like them and I like the theme of someone sincerely regretting their decisions getting a second chance, and being very retrospective about it.
July 3, 2022
One of my fab LNs so far. Can't wait for the second LN.
July 26, 2021
AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!! SOOOOO GOOOOOOD!!!!! I NEED the next one NOW!! 5, wow that was so amazing I have almost no words, stars!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 25, 2021
After getting a second chance to right the wrongs of her past, Violette Rem Vahan vows to never bother anyone again.
Clearly, her pledge did not include extending this kindness to me, the reader.
I picked this up purely based off the cover and the blurb on the back, thinking it was exactly up my alley. I love anything 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 found the prose barely palatable and extremely repetitive. Having to sit through Violette go on and on about the same things in mindlessly cyclic monologues made this such a slog to get through. Her life is tragic, sure, but none of the "dark" or "depressing" stuff in this book had any emotional weight. You know that phrase "It's like watching a car crash"? This was more 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 good 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, you'd better have well-written characters to back it up. Perhaps they're less one-note 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 not exist, Gia is a typical foreigner trope, and our MC is a poor waif of a girl 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 (?), but he had much less page-time than anyone else.
The dialogue in this was especially boring, constantly switching between a character espousing paragraphs of their ideals, to juvenile back and forth mundanities that conveyed no information.
^How did dialogue like this pass the editing stage.
I'll give this book one thing— there are some interesting ruminations on morality and I won't fault it for trying to convey a darker story. But just because something deals with dark subject matter doesn't make it well written. Anything worthwhile is buried under the extraneous prose.
Clearly, her pledge did not include extending this kindness to me, the reader.
I picked this up purely based off the cover and the blurb on the back, thinking it was exactly up my alley. I love anything 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 found the prose barely palatable and extremely repetitive. Having to sit through Violette go on and on about the same things in mindlessly cyclic monologues made this such a slog to get through. Her life is tragic, sure, but none of the "dark" or "depressing" stuff in this book had any emotional weight. You know that phrase "It's like watching a car crash"? This was more 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 good 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, you'd better have well-written characters to back it up. Perhaps they're less one-note 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 not exist, Gia is a typical foreigner trope, and our MC is a poor waif of a girl 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 (?), but he had much less page-time than anyone else.
The dialogue in this was especially boring, 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 about?" Violette asked.
"It's a seeecret."
"Y'know, Yulan, you're a pretty weird guy."
^How did dialogue like this pass the editing stage.
I'll give this book one thing— there are some interesting ruminations on morality and I won't fault it for trying to convey a darker story. But just because something deals with dark subject matter doesn't make it well written. Anything worthwhile is buried under the extraneous prose.
December 4, 2021
When I picked this up I kinda expected the same sort of story as a lot of the other 'villainess gets a re-do' stories, and boy was I wrong! I mean, it is, but the way Soratani writes it is amazing. Violette goes back in time to one year before her attempted murder of her half sister (which she does genuinely regret by the way), and from there we learn her story. It isn't 'I've seen the error of my ways and now I'm going to be a good and wholesome person' (well, she did see the error of he ways) it's 'I've seen the consequences of my natural actions, and it failed to get me what I wanted'. So Violette decides to avoid her half sister and pretty much everyone else. She decides to graduate school and become a nun in a far away monastery and never bother anyone again. What this reveals, though is Violette's deep depression, which I found to be written quite accurately. Violette is the kind of character that you desperately want to see get a happy ending, not because she realized her mistakes and repented, but because she f*cking deserves it! The story reveals Violette's life as an incredibly sad one, so it's no wonder she has depression. Her mother was obsessed with her father in a very unhealthy way, which caused him to abandon Violette and her mother and take up with a mistress, with whom he had a child. Violette is ignored by her father, and her mother, having some kind of psychotic break, forces Violette to 'become' her father instead. So she was abandoned by one parent, and abused by the other, and then, suddenly, her father comes waltzing back in to her life with his mistress-now-wife, and the daughter he actually loves. This isn't even the whole of it, but as you read you find yourself really rooting for Violette to find some way out of the depressing situation that she is in, and to live a happy life, because again, she f*cking deserves it!
June 18, 2021
I am interested with the premise but the writing made it impossible for me to go through with it. I am extremely forgiving when it comes to writing style and have read other light novels that suffers from bad writing, but I just can't read this one without cringing.
October 1, 2024
DNF at 50%
Truthfully, I just couldn't handle the love interest in this. That wasn't my only issue, but it was the most glaring one. That boy is made of red flags!
Truthfully, I just couldn't handle the love interest in this. That wasn't my only issue, but it was the most glaring one. That boy is made of red flags!
May 3, 2023
5⭐️
"She felt so pathetic. She told herself over and over to be different, to be better, as she shoved those swirling, black emotions deeper into her heart. If she couldn't deflect them and couldn't let them out, she'd have to swallow them. Someday, she'd digest them, and they'd be gone. Someday she could stop fighting her own mind. She told herself that, but she somehow doubted it was true."
Eu já tinha lido algumas comics e assistido alguns animes com temáticas de mocinhas reencarnando como as vilãs de alguma história e tentando mudar os eventos, porém nunca havia lido nada no estilo, muito menos no qual é a vilã que volta no tempo para concertar os próprios erros. Logo, estava bem interessada na premissa, e em como a autora iria trabalhar essa vilã e transformá-la em alguém bom.
Na verdade, porém, é impossível ver Violette como uma vilã. Sabemos que ela cometeu um assassinato em algum ponto, e sabemos que ela foi maldosa e humilhou constantemente a irmã, Maryjune, mas uma vez que conhecemos mais sobre sua vida e o ambiente no qual está integrada, é totalmente compreensível o porque de Violette ter tantos ciúmes da irmã.
A história me lembrou um pouco de cinderela, e apesar de ter uma parte de romance, o foco na realidade são as personalidades e ideias dos personagens. Violette, apesar de ser de uma família nobre e popular, é muito solitária e passou grande parte de sua vida sem poder mostrar às pessoas quem realmente era - fosse por questões sociais, fose porque as pessoas ao redor não se importavam realmente. A forma como a sua relação com a família é descrita nos faz entender o quão injusta sua situação é e como ela pode ter chegado no ponto que chegou no futuro. Eu gostaria de saber mais sobre suas ações anteriores - ela cita como praticava bullying contra Maryjune, por exemplo, mas as atitudes e pensamentos dela em relação se desenvolvem de uma forma que é difícil entender como ela foi de alguém tão cega pelo ódio que poderia matar, para alguém apática. Violette é uma pessoa bem deprimida, o que pode explicar, mas eu ainda gostaria de ver lapsos da pessoa que ela foi: por exemplo, ela se sentir vingada quando vê outras pessoas fazendo bullying contra Maryjune, ao invés da resposta ser "preciso protegê-la para que esse problema não chegue em mim". Me ajudaria a entender mais sobre quem foi Violette como vilã, e espero que tenha algo mais sobre nos próximos volumes.
Temos também Yulan, o melhor amigo de Violette, que ironicamente também esconde sua verdadeira personalidade para poder se aproximar mais dela. Ele é um personagem interessante, pois apesar de se mostrar como alguém bobo e brincalhão, sob a superfície é calculista e desinteressado no mundo ao seu redor. O príncipe, Claudia, é alguém que se importa muito com a justiça, mas não consegue perceber nuances ou analisar algumas coisas além do que se vê. Claudia e Yulan parecem ter uma richa, e eu criei teorias e estou curiosa sobre o que pode acontecer.
E por fim temos Maryjune, que teoricamente seria a "mocinha", mas que é extremamente chata. Violette a descreve como alguém bom, gentil, de coração puro, mas tudo que vi foi uma pessoa que se recusava a entender e aceitar o novo mundo no qual vivia, e que estava tão protegida em sua bolha de privilégios que não conseguia ver a situação da irmã. No fim, os verdadeiros vilões são os pais de ambas, mas pelo menos nesse primeiro volume tudo que Maryjune fez foi tornar a vida de Violette mais difícil, mesmo que fosse só por existir.
Por fim, eu amei esse primeiro volume. Mais do que saber como os eventos vão se desenrolar, eu estou curiosa sobre o desenvolvimento dos personagens, em como eles irão agir e ter seus ideais mudados, e acredito que a autora vai fazer isso de forma perfeita. Além disso, essa light novel pegou um tema relativamente clichê e tranformou em algo interessante e único, que eu amei ler.
"She felt so pathetic. She told herself over and over to be different, to be better, as she shoved those swirling, black emotions deeper into her heart. If she couldn't deflect them and couldn't let them out, she'd have to swallow them. Someday, she'd digest them, and they'd be gone. Someday she could stop fighting her own mind. She told herself that, but she somehow doubted it was true."
Eu já tinha lido algumas comics e assistido alguns animes com temáticas de mocinhas reencarnando como as vilãs de alguma história e tentando mudar os eventos, porém nunca havia lido nada no estilo, muito menos no qual é a vilã que volta no tempo para concertar os próprios erros. Logo, estava bem interessada na premissa, e em como a autora iria trabalhar essa vilã e transformá-la em alguém bom.
Na verdade, porém, é impossível ver Violette como uma vilã. Sabemos que ela cometeu um assassinato em algum ponto, e sabemos que ela foi maldosa e humilhou constantemente a irmã, Maryjune, mas uma vez que conhecemos mais sobre sua vida e o ambiente no qual está integrada, é totalmente compreensível o porque de Violette ter tantos ciúmes da irmã.
A história me lembrou um pouco de cinderela, e apesar de ter uma parte de romance, o foco na realidade são as personalidades e ideias dos personagens. Violette, apesar de ser de uma família nobre e popular, é muito solitária e passou grande parte de sua vida sem poder mostrar às pessoas quem realmente era - fosse por questões sociais, fose porque as pessoas ao redor não se importavam realmente. A forma como a sua relação com a família é descrita nos faz entender o quão injusta sua situação é e como ela pode ter chegado no ponto que chegou no futuro. Eu gostaria de saber mais sobre suas ações anteriores - ela cita como praticava bullying contra Maryjune, por exemplo, mas as atitudes e pensamentos dela em relação se desenvolvem de uma forma que é difícil entender como ela foi de alguém tão cega pelo ódio que poderia matar, para alguém apática. Violette é uma pessoa bem deprimida, o que pode explicar, mas eu ainda gostaria de ver lapsos da pessoa que ela foi: por exemplo, ela se sentir vingada quando vê outras pessoas fazendo bullying contra Maryjune, ao invés da resposta ser "preciso protegê-la para que esse problema não chegue em mim". Me ajudaria a entender mais sobre quem foi Violette como vilã, e espero que tenha algo mais sobre nos próximos volumes.
Temos também Yulan, o melhor amigo de Violette, que ironicamente também esconde sua verdadeira personalidade para poder se aproximar mais dela. Ele é um personagem interessante, pois apesar de se mostrar como alguém bobo e brincalhão, sob a superfície é calculista e desinteressado no mundo ao seu redor. O príncipe, Claudia, é alguém que se importa muito com a justiça, mas não consegue perceber nuances ou analisar algumas coisas além do que se vê. Claudia e Yulan parecem ter uma richa, e eu criei teorias e estou curiosa sobre o que pode acontecer.
E por fim temos Maryjune, que teoricamente seria a "mocinha", mas que é extremamente chata. Violette a descreve como alguém bom, gentil, de coração puro, mas tudo que vi foi uma pessoa que se recusava a entender e aceitar o novo mundo no qual vivia, e que estava tão protegida em sua bolha de privilégios que não conseguia ver a situação da irmã. No fim, os verdadeiros vilões são os pais de ambas, mas pelo menos nesse primeiro volume tudo que Maryjune fez foi tornar a vida de Violette mais difícil, mesmo que fosse só por existir.
Por fim, eu amei esse primeiro volume. Mais do que saber como os eventos vão se desenrolar, eu estou curiosa sobre o desenvolvimento dos personagens, em como eles irão agir e ter seus ideais mudados, e acredito que a autora vai fazer isso de forma perfeita. Além disso, essa light novel pegou um tema relativamente clichê e tranformou em algo interessante e único, que eu amei ler.
May 18, 2025
Well, i'm learning that "Fancy aristocrat girl who redoes a bad future she knows is coming by reverting back in time" is actually a subgenre considering how many of these i've seen at this point. it seems to be broken into two that i've noticed. 1 being isekai'ed to an otome game as the villainess ala "My next life as a villianess" or "The villainess who will go down in history" or she will go back in time in her own body ala "Tearmoon Empire". This light novel series happens to be the latter. The girl is from this universe, but she's in prison but ends up reverting in her own timeline back in time to give her a chance to undo her screw ups. And to be honest, i like both of these tropes.
This story is completely different from Tearmoon in the fact that, the main girl in this one Violette is an aristocrat but unlike Mia from tearmoon, isn't the princess, but a noble who doesn't necessarily want to FIX everything she did wrong, she just wants to lay low and not be an evil bitch and instead just let life pass her by until she can be old enough to become a nun and have everyone leave her alone.
Unfortunately this is an anime-ish world filled with hot people, so, that's not going to happen.
You really do feel kind of bad for her in this story. Her family completely ignores her because her mom was crazy and now that the mom's dead, the father dotes on his mistress (now wife's) daughter leaving now love for Violette. The only real people who care about her are her maid and her childhood friend (who is obsessed with her, but she thinks of him as a younger brother).
The prince, who, in the previous timelines hated her because....well she was a crazy angry bitch, now seems to be taking a liking to her. I have no idea where that's going to go but at least he's better than the prince from "My next life as a villainess".
The story is very very aristocrat politics heavy. If you are expecting some wacky fun shenanigans like in Tearmoon or Next life you're not going to find it here. There's no real comedy to speak of and it's much more subdued. Imagine like an anime version of "Downton Abbey" or "Upstairs downstairs". Like that's essentially what you're looking at here. It's the kind of story that if there wasn't time travel regression i probably would have no interest in it. But, that being said, i'm actually quite glad i picked it up.
For a story that really doesn't have a.....well PLOT persay, it's actually quite good. Despite just being about girl who's a noble just kind of....doing stuff and trying to avoid making scenes, i ended up plowing through the entire light novel in a day. I really had a hard time putting it down and that in itself is quite extraordinary.
Do i absolutely ADORE it? No. The younger sister is annoying, and the friend who's obsessed with her is a bit creepy, and the MC isn't the most charismatic person on the planet, but it was still a very good read. I really do like her maid as she's probably my favorite character. She's devoted to the MC but not in a creepy way like the male best friend.
Overall, i'm quite interested to see where this goes and have already ordered volume 2.
Good times were had by all. 4 out of 5.
This story is completely different from Tearmoon in the fact that, the main girl in this one Violette is an aristocrat but unlike Mia from tearmoon, isn't the princess, but a noble who doesn't necessarily want to FIX everything she did wrong, she just wants to lay low and not be an evil bitch and instead just let life pass her by until she can be old enough to become a nun and have everyone leave her alone.
Unfortunately this is an anime-ish world filled with hot people, so, that's not going to happen.
You really do feel kind of bad for her in this story. Her family completely ignores her because her mom was crazy and now that the mom's dead, the father dotes on his mistress (now wife's) daughter leaving now love for Violette. The only real people who care about her are her maid and her childhood friend (who is obsessed with her, but she thinks of him as a younger brother).
The prince, who, in the previous timelines hated her because....well she was a crazy angry bitch, now seems to be taking a liking to her. I have no idea where that's going to go but at least he's better than the prince from "My next life as a villainess".
The story is very very aristocrat politics heavy. If you are expecting some wacky fun shenanigans like in Tearmoon or Next life you're not going to find it here. There's no real comedy to speak of and it's much more subdued. Imagine like an anime version of "Downton Abbey" or "Upstairs downstairs". Like that's essentially what you're looking at here. It's the kind of story that if there wasn't time travel regression i probably would have no interest in it. But, that being said, i'm actually quite glad i picked it up.
For a story that really doesn't have a.....well PLOT persay, it's actually quite good. Despite just being about girl who's a noble just kind of....doing stuff and trying to avoid making scenes, i ended up plowing through the entire light novel in a day. I really had a hard time putting it down and that in itself is quite extraordinary.
Do i absolutely ADORE it? No. The younger sister is annoying, and the friend who's obsessed with her is a bit creepy, and the MC isn't the most charismatic person on the planet, but it was still a very good read. I really do like her maid as she's probably my favorite character. She's devoted to the MC but not in a creepy way like the male best friend.
Overall, i'm quite interested to see where this goes and have already ordered volume 2.
Good times were had by all. 4 out of 5.
August 8, 2021
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 finish the book. Romance/ rom-com (mixed with time travel, which is an interesting add on) is not usual go to genre, but I figured I’d give it a chance. I’m quite pleased to not be disappointed. I will do my best to not make this spoiler free…
The first thing that should be said is this book 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 be weary. For those that 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 be too flat going forward.
Violette, the main character is super introspective, and very much aware of herself. She’s well aware of her flaws, even 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 thing, so far, about this book.
Violette’s maid is amazing! 10/10. Get yourself a friend and confidant like this woman. That’s 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 sweet and caring to the MC, but he can be kind of possessive over her to. Again, it’s not exactly bad, but hoo-boy, it could be (I hope not, because I genuinely like him).
Violette’s younger sister is, in my opinion, cloyingly sweet, and naively oblivious. It’s not bad, but 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 think he’s the only character I genuinely dislike (and the MC’s mother, but she’s not in the story long, and it’s only flash backs). He is not a badly written character, but his character is just unpleasant.
Even the side characters that aren’t often seen are pretty well fleshed out (with the exception of the MC’s step mother, who really isn’t introduced at all, other than being the Duke’s second wife). It’s fantastic, and not something I’m used to for background characters (we need more of this! Background characters can help move the story along to!)
It has been a while since I found a book 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 second one to come out now.
Side note, and then I’m done. Don’t skip out on the afterword from the author. It’s pretty entertaining to read the thoughts from Soratani.
The first thing that should be said is this book 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 be weary. For those that 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 be too flat going forward.
Violette, the main character is super introspective, and very much aware of herself. She’s well aware of her flaws, even 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 thing, so far, about this book.
Violette’s maid is amazing! 10/10. Get yourself a friend and confidant like this woman. That’s 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 sweet and caring to the MC, but he can be kind of possessive over her to. Again, it’s not exactly bad, but hoo-boy, it could be (I hope not, because I genuinely like him).
Violette’s younger sister is, in my opinion, cloyingly sweet, and naively oblivious. It’s not bad, but 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 think he’s the only character I genuinely dislike (and the MC’s mother, but she’s not in the story long, and it’s only flash backs). He is not a badly written character, but his character is just unpleasant.
Even the side characters that aren’t often seen are pretty well fleshed out (with the exception of the MC’s step mother, who really isn’t introduced at all, other than being the Duke’s second wife). It’s fantastic, and not something I’m used to for background characters (we need more of this! Background characters can help move the story along to!)
It has been a while since I found a book 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 second one to come out now.
Side note, and then I’m done. Don’t skip out on the afterword from the author. It’s pretty entertaining to read the thoughts from Soratani.
August 1, 2022
I think the whole whole 'live your life over again' trope is close to my heart only second to Danmei. So, Violet wakes up the next morning to find out that she is back in the past before she tried to murder her half-sister. After having lived as the quintessential 'I'm the full-blooded child that resents and is out to murder my bastard sibling' villain role and having it backfire miserably, she decides to do anything to avoid repeating that fate. By - *drumroll*
- deciding she is going to join a monastery and become a nun. lol! I guess it makes sense for the times, but it was so random I had to laugh. It is a Victorian setting, so aside from marriage, I suppose there aren't many other options. I love how she's like 'no screw that, nun.'
But before that can happen she has to make sure her formerly despised commoner sister actually succeeds at being a noble.
I also like that the male characters have s backstory other than just being two guys that like the protagonist. Seeing a main male character introspect on whether some of his preconceived notions about people have been flawed, and actually apologizing for being a jerk was nice too.
Another thing that sealed my like for the main character was that it challenges this trope of 'the more I harass my crush no matter how little they are interested in charming and cute'. No, it's not. It's annoying, self-serving, and infuriating and I'm glad the main character looks back on her actions and realizes it. Too many novels and movies try to play this off as harmless and funny. I know I'm a little bit on a soap box about it, but I was so glad to see this subverted.
- deciding she is going to join a monastery and become a nun. lol! I guess it makes sense for the times, but it was so random I had to laugh. It is a Victorian setting, so aside from marriage, I suppose there aren't many other options. I love how she's like 'no screw that, nun.'
But before that can happen she has to make sure her formerly despised commoner sister actually succeeds at being a noble.
I also like that the male characters have s backstory other than just being two guys that like the protagonist. Seeing a main male character introspect on whether some of his preconceived notions about people have been flawed, and actually apologizing for being a jerk was nice too.
Another thing that sealed my like for the main character was that it challenges this trope of 'the more I harass my crush no matter how little they are interested in charming and cute'. No, it's not. It's annoying, self-serving, and infuriating and I'm glad the main character looks back on her actions and realizes it. Too many novels and movies try to play this off as harmless and funny. I know I'm a little bit on a soap box about it, but I was so glad to see this subverted.
July 18, 2023
This was really interesting (in a good way!).
Usually the manga and light novel adaptations are rather similar (for good reason), the main difference being that the light novels will be able to hold more story than the manga, telling in one volume of novel what would take 2-3 to accomplish in manga. This series is surprisingly different in a few ways.
For one, the novel was unexpectedly introspective. We see some really deep characterisation, motive explorations and deep emotions across several characters. They also act like teenagers in a lot of ways, which shouldn’t be a surprise but is. These are not bad things, just somewhat surprising. Additionally, the tone seems different? More somber I suppose?
For another, this series is the first time a manga volume has progressed the story past the point of the first novel volume - while there’s a bit of restructuring, for the most part the novel doesn’t even cover the first half of the manga, which is a real surprise. Again, not a bad thing, just different.
Considering all of that, it feels like the novel and manga versions are two different stories. Again, in a good way. I feel like they’re leaning into the conventions of the respective mediums and telling the best story for each format. I’m really interested to see where this series (in both formats) will go next.
As a side note, it’s really cool that the artist who did the character illustrations in the light novel is also the artist in charge of the manga - from my experience that’s pretty rare. So shout out to Haru Harukawa.
Usually the manga and light novel adaptations are rather similar (for good reason), the main difference being that the light novels will be able to hold more story than the manga, telling in one volume of novel what would take 2-3 to accomplish in manga. This series is surprisingly different in a few ways.
For one, the novel was unexpectedly introspective. We see some really deep characterisation, motive explorations and deep emotions across several characters. They also act like teenagers in a lot of ways, which shouldn’t be a surprise but is. These are not bad things, just somewhat surprising. Additionally, the tone seems different? More somber I suppose?
For another, this series is the first time a manga volume has progressed the story past the point of the first novel volume - while there’s a bit of restructuring, for the most part the novel doesn’t even cover the first half of the manga, which is a real surprise. Again, not a bad thing, just different.
Considering all of that, it feels like the novel and manga versions are two different stories. Again, in a good way. I feel like they’re leaning into the conventions of the respective mediums and telling the best story for each format. I’m really interested to see where this series (in both formats) will go next.
As a side note, it’s really cool that the artist who did the character illustrations in the light novel is also the artist in charge of the manga - from my experience that’s pretty rare. So shout out to Haru Harukawa.
January 21, 2023
Plot - 5 💔
Character - 5 💔
Writing Style - 5💔
World Building - 5 💔
Art - 5 💔
Cover - 5 💔
Overall - 5 💔
In the early chapter we meet Violet, a young girl who was thrown into a dungeon because she attempted to murder her younger step-sister.
During her last moment in the dungeon, she keep repeating saying, "I'm sorry...I'm sorry..." till her last breath...
Once she open her eyes, Violet found out that she was alive! And it's seem she was back to the timeline before everything happen. Thus, she will do anything to avoid the fate by avoiding her step-sister.
During the proses, we get to know Violet's life, how and why she dare to kill her step-sister. It's quite tragic...Violet was born from a parents who never love each other. Once Violet was born, her father is a having a fair with his mistress. And her mother wished that Violet was born as a boy insted a girl. Eversince from a young age, Violet never felt the love from a parents. Once her mother passed away, her father introduce his mistress and soon to be his wife, along with her step-sister into the family...
Just imagine...with this kind of dysfunctional family...no wonder Violet attempt to murder her step-sister out of rage and despair...
But thank god she was given a second chance to save her life.
Character - 5 💔
Writing Style - 5💔
World Building - 5 💔
Art - 5 💔
Cover - 5 💔
Overall - 5 💔
In the early chapter we meet Violet, a young girl who was thrown into a dungeon because she attempted to murder her younger step-sister.
During her last moment in the dungeon, she keep repeating saying, "I'm sorry...I'm sorry..." till her last breath...
Once she open her eyes, Violet found out that she was alive! And it's seem she was back to the timeline before everything happen. Thus, she will do anything to avoid the fate by avoiding her step-sister.
During the proses, we get to know Violet's life, how and why she dare to kill her step-sister. It's quite tragic...Violet was born from a parents who never love each other. Once Violet was born, her father is a having a fair with his mistress. And her mother wished that Violet was born as a boy insted a girl. Eversince from a young age, Violet never felt the love from a parents. Once her mother passed away, her father introduce his mistress and soon to be his wife, along with her step-sister into the family...
Just imagine...with this kind of dysfunctional family...no wonder Violet attempt to murder her step-sister out of rage and despair...
But thank god she was given a second chance to save her life.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 8, 2026
“Violette didn't know if Maryjune's purity could have survived Violette's life. But even if she'd been raised like Maryjune, she wouldn't have turned out that way.”
I enjoyed how the book kept reiterating scenes from different characters perspectives, since so many of them rely on politeness and masks to navigate. It portraits a very realistic view of the aristocratic world. However it kept reminding me how every other character is so much more interesting than the mc.
Despite the novel hinging on her past mistakes, she doesn’t spend a lot of time changing her mind to behave differently. It’s like she suddenly decided that hey, maybe acting out and wanting to kill my step sister isn’t the best idea. As if this wasn’t a difficult internal struggle she had to overcome, but just something she chose to move past. Which made it a little less impactful. Being awkward and not wanting to spend time with Maryjune is very far from attempting to kill her.
I loved the other characters though, I loved how two faced and conflicted they were about their aristocratic background and the debate about power and justice.
I enjoyed how the book kept reiterating scenes from different characters perspectives, since so many of them rely on politeness and masks to navigate. It portraits a very realistic view of the aristocratic world. However it kept reminding me how every other character is so much more interesting than the mc.
Despite the novel hinging on her past mistakes, she doesn’t spend a lot of time changing her mind to behave differently. It’s like she suddenly decided that hey, maybe acting out and wanting to kill my step sister isn’t the best idea. As if this wasn’t a difficult internal struggle she had to overcome, but just something she chose to move past. Which made it a little less impactful. Being awkward and not wanting to spend time with Maryjune is very far from attempting to kill her.
I loved the other characters though, I loved how two faced and conflicted they were about their aristocratic background and the debate about power and justice.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 20, 2022
this has got a bit more psychological realism then your average villainess rebirth story. our girl starts off in prison about to be tried for trying to kill her half-sister and is sent back in time. rather than the malicious empress type plot of using her future knowledge to pre-emptively get revenge on her enemies she regrets her actions and basically just wants to be left alone. i feel really bad for her tbh. this is not one of those stories where the protagonist just misunderstood her circumstances -- her father genuinely does not give a shit about her and her sister is either the most unthinkingly cruel person on earth or is a green tea type who's actively rubbing in that she's loved when violette isn't. i don't blame her for snapping the first time around.
happily, she does have a friend-to-would-be-lover male lead around so she's not completely without support! i ship it. good luck to you yuran!
4 stars
happily, she does have a friend-to-would-be-lover male lead around so she's not completely without support! i ship it. good luck to you yuran!
4 stars
October 13, 2022
Not sure if i’m just feeling some type of way today especially but this ln really broke my heart today. Violette has been through so much, it makes my heart hurt for her… I thought i would be reading some romance and funny stuff but here we are. I don’t regret it, i just really hope our Violette gets a happy ending in some way. I wish it could’ve been with Marin, as we know Marin would if she could, but there’s too much at play in this world. I can’t say i hate Vio’s step-sister, I understand her pov as well, she grew up loved and all, but my heart still hurts for Vio 😭Well, as long as Yulan can also stay by her side as her support i’ll be happy.
As for prince Claudia and Mila, i liked them, i hope the price can grow some more as well.
As for how this was written, i liked it more or less, i just wish we didn’t have the ‘hee hee, nngh, augh’ etc sounds, and the dragging of words, it was kinda weird or i guess it’s more suited for a manga style than something to read like this. Maybe i’m just not used to it a lot hah.
As for prince Claudia and Mila, i liked them, i hope the price can grow some more as well.
As for how this was written, i liked it more or less, i just wish we didn’t have the ‘hee hee, nngh, augh’ etc sounds, and the dragging of words, it was kinda weird or i guess it’s more suited for a manga style than something to read like this. Maybe i’m just not used to it a lot hah.
January 29, 2023
One of my favorite light novels I've read so far! The melancholy, moody atmosphere reminds me a lot of My Happy Marriage and Under the Oak Tree. I'm very interested to see how Yulan in particular develops as a character—I feel like his relationship with Violette is really going to reach a breaking point soon because of his inability to let her see his true self. Definitely reading volume 2!
Note: As an editor and translator, I couldn't help but notice the editing and QA fell short here. There were ~three big mistakes (one possibly a translation mistake, though I didn't check) and many places where the editor could have smoothed things out, added dialogue tags, etc., to read more comfortably for English readers and to heighten a scene's impact. Particularly there was a struggle with tenses, with flashbacks during ordinary scenes remaining in the same tense as the rest of the scene. That said, I still definitely think it's much less clunky than many other light novels I've read, and it doesn't detract too heavily from the story.
Note: As an editor and translator, I couldn't help but notice the editing and QA fell short here. There were ~three big mistakes (one possibly a translation mistake, though I didn't check) and many places where the editor could have smoothed things out, added dialogue tags, etc., to read more comfortably for English readers and to heighten a scene's impact. Particularly there was a struggle with tenses, with flashbacks during ordinary scenes remaining in the same tense as the rest of the scene. That said, I still definitely think it's much less clunky than many other light novels I've read, and it doesn't detract too heavily from the story.
June 7, 2021
A dark and depressing subversion of the 'Reincarnated as a Villainess' genre
Probably owing to the success of My Next Life as a Villainess, there have been a number of other series with same basic premise. Unlike the vast majority of those however, this is not a comedy. 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 so much emotional and physical (possibly even sexual) abuse at the hands of her parents that she was literally driven insane. Seriously, it's a wonder this girl can even function. All of the other characters are also flawed in their own ways. This makes for a very interesting story, and I look forward to later volumes in this series.
Probably owing to the success of My Next Life as a Villainess, there have been a number of other series with same basic premise. Unlike the vast majority of those however, this is not a comedy. 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 so much emotional and physical (possibly even sexual) abuse at the hands of her parents that she was literally driven insane. Seriously, it's a wonder this girl can even function. All of the other characters are also flawed in their own ways. This makes for a very interesting story, and I look forward to later volumes in this series.
July 8, 2021
A very interesting story from the point of view of a girl who has thus far lived through a life of neglect and abuse from her parents. The first time around, she snapped, and gave into her rage and hurt when her father presented her with his "Happy Family" (his mistress and affair child) the same week her abusive mother died. A family she clearly is not a part of. Now that time has rewound she realizes that all that rage and lashing out got her nowhere. Her parents never loved her, nor will they ever, so she's given up and is just trying to survive until she can escape them.
I found Violette incredibly relatable in her pain, and like Marin & Yulan, hope to see her find a happy future. One free of her horrible family. Her coming to terms with her younger sister not being at fault for their parent's actions, but still not being able to love her or want to be around her is also relatable and I understand those complicated feelings.
Looking forward to reading the second book.
I found Violette incredibly relatable in her pain, and like Marin & Yulan, hope to see her find a happy future. One free of her horrible family. Her coming to terms with her younger sister not being at fault for their parent's actions, but still not being able to love her or want to be around her is also relatable and I understand those complicated feelings.
Looking forward to reading the second book.
June 6, 2022
I enjoyed the story, though I hope it won't continue to be terribly bleak throughout. Her interactions with Yulan was my favorite just because he is such a happy little ray of sunshine in her life. I want him to just steal her away from her family or even suggest for her to live on campus.
The story was pretty light (nothing really deep revealed about any characters, just simple facts) so a lot of the conflicts aren't revealed unless we shift out of Violette's POV. But even so, I find it still focuses on Violette despite anything else happening in the scene. Violettes POV is very narrow (cause she wants to avoid) and pessimistic, so having a different POV should have allowed us to see more clearly the situation around her, but sadly no. We just get to look at Violette from a different angle.
Overall I did enjoy the first book. I do want to know what happens with Violette and Yulan.
The story was pretty light (nothing really deep revealed about any characters, just simple facts) so a lot of the conflicts aren't revealed unless we shift out of Violette's POV. But even so, I find it still focuses on Violette despite anything else happening in the scene. Violettes POV is very narrow (cause she wants to avoid) and pessimistic, so having a different POV should have allowed us to see more clearly the situation around her, but sadly no. We just get to look at Violette from a different angle.
Overall I did enjoy the first book. I do want to know what happens with Violette and Yulan.
December 20, 2021
This book doesn't really have a story arc. No rising action, climax, and resolution. No character arcs other than sort of one for one of the secondary characters (the prince, in how he learns to get along with the MC). It's just a series of things that happen that the MC is involved in. Some of the other characters are barely introduced. If this was part of a longer, full story that was already available, and which didn't cost $15 per section, I'd probably keep reading it. But at full price, given that I was left with the impression that little to nothing actually happened in the whole book, I can't recommend it. (And bear in mind, I say this as someone who enjoys and understands the slice of life genre, so I'm judging it on those terms, not on some kind of 'constant action all the time story' terms. Even by slice of life standards, basically nothing happens.)
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