막장드라마에 갇혀버렸다 [Magjangdrama'e Gadhyeobeoryeossda]

by Salgoo Kim, 김살구

막장드라마에 빙의했다.
여주를 살해하려다 남주들에게 파멸당하는 악역, 신세라에게.

살아남기 위해 납작 엎드려 보지만….

“눈에 안 띄는 데서 죽든가, 죽은 듯 닥치고 살아.”
나를 증오하는 후계 경쟁자, 이로운.

“결혼만 해주면 바닥이라도 기겠달 땐 언제고, 이 상황이 장난처럼 느껴집니까?”
인간 취급도 하지 않는 약혼자, 차재언.

“눈시울 붉어진 것도 이렇게 예쁜데, 우는 얼굴은 또 얼마나 예쁠까.”
가학적 욕망을 드러내는 극 중 최고 지뢰, 서정원까지.

차라리 악역답게 전략적으로 살아남아야겠다.
하지만 너무 열심히 노력해 버린 탓일까.

“네가 원하는 걸 준다해도 그 결혼, 감행해야겠어?”
이로운은 낯선 열망을 드러내기 시작하고.

“지금부터라도 약혼자의 의무를 다하는 게 낫지 않을까, 그런 생각이 들어서요.”
차재언은 한참 늦은 관심을 내비치며 다가온다.

“네 관심을 얻을 수만 있다면 기꺼이 발이라도 핥고 싶은데, 나는.”
심지어 서정원은 집착적 순애보를 드러내기까지 하는데.

이 인성 터진 남주들과 얽혀도 괜찮은 거 맞나?

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First published August 7, 2021

Reviews

[Kaitlynne]

7.1.25
Ch. 52

Dumb cliffhanger

The most tragic thing is how slow chapters release 😭


Update 5.8.25
Chapter 49

This is wild. Trapped in a soap opera indeed.


Update: 2.10.25

I let it marinate for 5 months and have only gotten to chapter 41. What a tragedy. Things are definitely getting more interesting. I forgot how creepy this can be. Especially some of the characters. Clearly not creepy enough to stop me from reading.

I thought that this was going to give me my first real proper cry over fictional characters in a while instead of beautiful kpop boys, but alas it did not. It came close though, I could feel the tears trying to escape.

Ummm but yeah. Of course there was a cliffhanger. Now I have to let it marinate another 5 months.

Up to chapter 29

Official English Name according to Webtoon: Trapped in a Soap Opera

Y'all they weren't lying when they said Soap Opera 🤣 it's craaazy and I kind of love it. The characters all look so sleepy looking and are a little unhinged.

I gotta let it marinate for a while now though

[cy! · Rating 3 out of 5]

over-the-top melodrama level cliche tropes and scenes. obsessive and aggressive male leads. cunning and manipulative female main character. a sprinkle of business talks. if any of these tick your boxes, read the novel.

the mc suddenly had a heart attack one day and got transmigrated into a crappy contemporary romance drama she had watched. she ends up possessing the body of the main villainess of the drama. mc has to work hard and strategise plans for the three male leads who were responsible for the main villain's bad endings. however, due to her working hard to mend the relationships and to gain back her ruined reputation, the male leads seem to perceive her in a new light. will the entanglement of the male leads be a cheat code or a hindrance to her survivability?

the whole drama was a MESS. when i first started the novel, the male leads were irredeemable to me. the obnoxious characters were hard to sympathize for (aside from the fmc). admittedly, i poured a lot of frustrations into this novel because of injustices our fmc faced and the aggression she endured from ml candidates. what i didn't like about fmc's character was that she was easily swayed by the mls when mls showed their vulnerable side, literally after pushing past her boundaries and doing something without the fmc's consent. though the ml candidates' groveling arc was satisfying.

the plot twists made me shit myself—not in an amazing way but rather in between a line of "what?" and "wtf?". but im not going to lie, i was gagged. it was funny enough to think bout the root cause of the problem.

what made me stay throughout the disaster was to see mc's happy ending. i had grown attached to the fmc along the journey. she had the grievances and the desire to survive and a dream. witnessing her resiliency and perseverance paid off was something made me content and maybe not hate too much the novel

favorite dynamic: the friendship between 2nd male lead and fmc after reconciliation arc / mc and her deadbeat father's right hand man father-daughter relationship

favorite character except fmc: a controversial take, but 3rd male lead (had a crazy tension with mc, is funny, deprecating humor is his breakfast)