Kill The Villainess

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“You… who are you?”

She was possessed by the villainess in the novel. When her fiancé, the crown prince, married their childhood sweetheart, Helena, she poisoned her to death. From the moment she realized she was possessed, “I” have only one goal: to escape the world in this novel. She tried to escape this world, even if it meant dying, but the world wouldn’t let her. But when she refused to follow the path of ‘Eris’ in the original story, the men who had ignored and persecuted her began to beg for her attention and affection.

“Who are you?”

Asked the priest who brought Helena back to life, and the hero who swore her eternal love.

“You have changed.”

And the Crown Prince who won Helena’s heart.

It was a new question. They didn’t even care about Eris.

She ‘the new Eris’ didn’t feel attached as time passed. She had no confidence in loving this world.

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octoons
octoons rated it
June 21, 2021
Status: --
I don't understand why some ppl doesn't like Eris. Does they think that surviving in a world where it's not real and everyone hates her is easy?

I don't hate stories where MC isekai then adapts immediately, I like stories like that. But, think about it, isn't it natural to wish to return to the original world??? And also, about Helena. Why did Eris have to be so kind to Helena? There is no rule to always be nice to everyone, I know Helena is also struggling. But at least she... more>> should be aware of her position, the crown prince whose Eris's fiancé prefers her than Eris, and Helena shamelessly ask Eris to be friends with her. Is she s*upid or what?

I'm not saying that being powerless like Helena is a despicable act, I think she should stop crying, is all she can do is cry? Just because you are weak doesn't mean all your actions are justified

It sucks to see Eris get into trouble because the people around her always blaming her meanwhile Helena can only cry in front of the crown prince because she doesn't know what to do

Everyone blames Eris even when she doesn't do anything, I really didn't expect her to be such a positive person (being a positive person isn't bad). There are times when a person gets fed up with everything and chooses to stop being close to people, too tired to even try. No one know which is the right choice, should she live here or return to her original world?, but that doesn't matter, Eris will choose, and whatever the decision she hope she choose. I hope Eris will get happy ending <<less
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Chaku
Chaku rated it
May 25, 2021
Status: --
I love the manhwa, so this review is based on that. Reincarnated into a novel the MC has single-minded determination to return to her world, at no point does she try to adapt to this world setting other than to secure a way home, she only interacts with others if she has too, she will follow any route that leads to her goal of returning home.

She finds herself in conflict often, not by her will but due to circumstances, she is completely indifferent to this world and people, but will... more>> on occasion show some consideration to others, she doesn't go out if her way to be problematic without reason.

Her actions are entirely disingenuous, so, she will be callous, cruel, selfish, self indulgent, willing to help others for benefits and be indifferent, because this world and its people mean nothing to her.

I find this so refreshing, too often stories like this end up with the MC giving up and living in that world, but not this MC, she wants to return sooner rather than later, her determination is absolute.

I have read the single star review, they are not wrong, but the mindset of that reader is judging her on her actions, certainly she comes across as they described, the problem with that is the MC doesn't care about anyone other than herself, which is fine. Her feelings her thoughts her desires are all that matter, she's not there to earn the humanitarian award she wants to leave, she doesn't care how either, if that reviewer was hoping for a relatable kindhearted selfless MC then you're definitely reading a story you won't like. <<less
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soysuva
soysuva rated it
June 25, 2021
Status: Completed
Love the female lead and Male lead, hate the other characters (well, except for a few minor characters). I've read the novel already (mtl), so I know how the story ends. Let me just say, you'll depise the imperial family down to the ground. They can't be redeemed, no matter what.

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Crown Prince:
crown prince is not the male lead. I hate this narcissist man the most! He tried to r*pe the FL because she didn't want to marry him anymore. And the sad thing was, only she lived with those memories of trauma while he got away with it because of the time rewind she had to do for killing him to escape being r*ped. He's not redeemable no matter what! He's a spoiled disgusting tr*sh! This a** only gets tired of his "toys" (he sees FL as an object) easily if they show him interest. When they don't show him interest anymore, he gets pissed as to why they don't like him anymore. He has a deep dark obsession with FL, which is not love because he wants to be in control in their relationship and doesn't like when things don't go his way. This dude got pissed when he found out FL held no feelings for him anymore. And thought it was his right to gate keep who she could like or not. He even admitted in his POV that he wanted her "to love him like crazy for life, even if she couldn't have him". F'N sick narcissist!!
The Priest:
2nd disgusting person that I hate in this novel/manhwa is the priest (one of the og ML from og story). This dude is the HALF-BROTHER of Eris. His mother was a mistress of Eris father. Anyways, this dude wanted to commit in*est with Eris because of his obsession with her. It's disgusting. I also hate that like the other terrible characters, he also never received retribution for the harm he caused on Eris. *Sighs*

Jake: (another a**)
He also just as twisted as the rest of the OG male leads from the original story. Just like the other two men, he doesn't know how to accept denial and has no respect for Eris.

Original Female Lead:
The OG heroine is on a neutral side for me. I don't like her and I don't hate her either. Her actions are annoying though and she is hella naive to the point that her "miss who only knows good" attitude rubs me off the wrong way. It's sickening. She gives me the Cinderella-syndrome vibes.

Male lead:
Male Lead is her personal knight she hires. What I like about him is that he respects her boundaries and personal space. He's caring and looks out for her.

Eris and Transmigration FL:
FL personality stayed consistent through out the story, which was a good thing because they usually flip flop in these type of genres. But there was one flaw I hated about plot and it is how the soul switching was handled by the author. FL dies in the world she was brought in and her soul eventually travels back to her OG world. Although the soul switching was done better in this story than some others I've read, it always leaves a distasteful after math for the author to just throw away Eris body and og soul away like that. Their was really no one who truly mourned for her. I just felt empathy and pity for her. She was really just used up like that as a stepping stone for the plot. That's probably why I sometimes dislike soul swapping back and fourth stories because all of these authors just really be doing the OG body and soul dirty. I think the only soul switching that was done right without me feeling irritated for the soul swapping is from a chinese novel called " Refuse to be a Supporting Character" (completely translated and has official translations on kindle and other ePUB services). Don't get me wrong, I liked that she wanted and returned to her original world. I just didn't like how it was handled at the cost of an innocent soul and body (Eris) as the stepping stone (as I mentioned before) to get there. Honestly I think if the author wanted to use the OG body of the transmigatration FL as the end game, they should have just stuck with using her body to time travel at the beginning instead of using this whole "villianess body" plot. Because now it doesn't even feel like a villainess plot, just feels like a normal soul swapping plot. Which makes it mediocre.


Another thing I was not satisfied or disliked, which was the whole "god" controlling people plot. Although it may seem like these gods got retribution, it didn't feel like it at all. They were still controlling innocent lives to make a play for their entertainment. This is prob why I prefer stories where the MC defies "heaven" and "gods" and these people who call themselves god end up getting brought down by the MC from there pedestal. *Sighs* Seems only Xianxia and Xuanhuan stories do better at plots like that.

Ending is HEA. It was on okay read, not the best though.

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Grinsekatze
Grinsekatze rated it
May 22, 2021
Status: --
I really dislike the MC. She is coldhearted, self-centred and acts like she has it the worst in the world. Threatening commoners and thinking she is "different from the other nobles" because she thinks everyone is a sub human instead of just looking down on commoners like the nobles do she looks down on everyone (cause this is just a novel not real life in her eyes). Great, MC you are even worse than the nobles. Also that commoner was right to say that she thinks that commoners are worthless,... more>> she does in fact think so. She also feels that being hit by the prince is so incredibly tragic and nobody understands her pain or has to suffer such an unjustice. Yes, someone who is in the body of a noble lady complained about the suffering of getting an undeserved slap and having to bear with it. Truly, nobody else has suffered such injustice. How tragic. It will go down in history as the greatest injustice anyone has ever suffered. Then in the palace she is running after that priest love interest of the protagonist to talk to him and shock, she stumbles! She gets really upset because: "This would have never happened to Helena (the protagonist) whom people are drawn to." Oh, no! Woe is me, I'm not getting treated like a main character just like all the other people who don't get MC treatment, how tragic! She wants to commit mu*der to see if this means she can leave the novel. Nevermind that the prince only slapped her and that's not a crime worthy of death. When a knight talked about whether she was going to appoint a personal knight, the MC scolded him in her head for being superficial for wanting to serve a beautiful lady. You see he is superficial because he would not want to serve someone not beautiful. It is weird she as a modern woman sees no issue with the actual problem in this scenario: Social classes, aristrocacy and why in the world is a lady worthy of having a human serve them like they are their betters. This MC is the superficial one if the first thought that pops into her head is about how people care about beauty. MC only thinks about herself. The author also acts like she is great because she tells the knight to live for himself. Excuse me author, but that is nothing special. The MC is from modern times, I expect her not to think that she is a superior human as a noble and deserves servitude from those of lower status as her due. I loathe this novel. The MC reads like an edge lord. Woe is me I'm the most pitiful, I'm completely apathetic about life, I'm so cool and special, different from the rest! The absolute cringe. <<less
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thefabulouspotato
thefabulouspotato rated it
March 29, 2022
Status: Completed
I will say this to people who are on the fence on reading this.
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The MC will stab an innocent person as the climax.

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But I hope you read my review first before you decide not to read this novel. I feel like some people don't understand the MC Eris so my review is mainly to clear things up, not devalue other's review. There are many of her good points, but I wont be talking about that.

Eris is not a saint, but I wouldn't say she's evil either. She does show empathy to people who help her. The heronine Elena doesnt count. She is nice, but her situation makes Eris the 'bad guy', so shes not obliged to reciprocate tbf. She's cold to Elena, but I wouldn't say she's evil to her.
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Yes, Eris stabbed Elena but she has to. Yes, she still did it so it doesnt justify the crime, and she knows that. That's the point. She needs to be a criminal to get her death flag. That's the only way to return to her old world. I am NOT saying Elena deserved to be stabbed, and Eris feels the same way. Eris do feel regret for her biased opinion towards Elena and how this came to be. Elena will also have character growth!

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I'd say Eris is gray. And she had to keep up with her "villainess" act to
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progress towards her bad ending, but she never did more than necessary. She's simply apathetic or bites back. Take note. And the whole thing about her "looking down on people"? That's just her only defense as a noble lady against the people who shouldn't even be allowed to be rude to her in that society. She's not the one who set the social rules, but she will use it as a weapon. She also uses it against Elena because her ignorance is harmful to Eris.

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Eris actions are only for her end goal: home. It is her objective. Unwanted situations come to her. And those situations are Elena's three male leads. I personally hate them.
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They will be obsessed with her, but it is not love and there is no respect. It is one sided and this is not a harem, so rest asured.

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Anakin is the only male lead. He is loyal and respectful. Some may say he doesnt have any presence, but I adore him (especially in the manhwa because you can see his expressions a little). The side stories have more of his POV.

I feel like my review is not helping, but I want you to know what you will be signing up for: Eris is NOT a saint (I adore her though, cough). Reading this novel will make you feel 'unfair'. At some point, you may even feel pity for the antagonists like the Empress. I saw the tragedy tag so I was up for it, ofc.

(Honestly I've seen worse MCs who did worse things, but simply because their personality is more 'likeable', theyre okay. Im just bitter, sorry)
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Tequila Sunrise
Tequila Sunrise rated it
January 29, 2022
Status: Completed
I'll start of by saying that the team that worked on this is really good - the translation is smooth and easy to understand. However, this novel is definitely not everybody's cup of tea.

Why I am giving this 4 stars:

  1. The novel features the perspective of not just Eris, but Helena, Emma (the maid), the 3 original MLs Jason, Hubris and Alecto. And it even touched on the past of the imperial family and Marquis of Miserian and his deceased wife through the recounts/stories of others.
  2. The pacing is fine to me - 90 chapters for main story and another 17 for side stories is good.
  3. The way it's written. Some parts were hauntingly beautiful. You could just feel the anguish and despair of Eris. And the will yet helplessness of Helena.
  4. Some people don't like Helena. Since this novel is based off Eris' perspective, in the beginning, I can understand why. Original Eris or current Eris both weren't a fan of Helena at the start, so of course their perspective of her will be skewed. For a woman with no family, no education, no money... just how can you expect her to be like other typical "strong female leads"? Though later on, you'll see she's still strong in another sense, mentally.
This was going to be a 5 stars for me, but frankly, halfway... more>> through, I just got really tired and frustrated of Eris' constant moaning. I get that she couldn't fit in this world (granted, the world never gave her much of a chance either) but it's just tiring for me to read it. My mood just goes down.

While the women in this story were pretty well-developed, the men......... I don't have much to say. Even for Anakin. But hey, he isn't meant to be an OP character in the first place.

From the start, I knew Eris was going to get a happy ending because this is now her story, the only question is how. Still, I do wish that Helena will have a story of her own where she can find real happiness. <<less
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Fathom
Fathom rated it
November 3, 2022
Status: c90
Can't say that I liked the series, because I was very ambivalent about the FL and the rest of the character's weren't created that 3-dimensional.

From beginning to end, the FL stays indifferent to the world and tries to not get attached to anyone or thing in the Novel. Her whole mission is to return to her original world. If she needs to lie, trick, su*cide, or mu*der to do so, she will do it.

It's a little strange that while she didn't live that happy of life in her original world,... more>> she's still desperate to return to it, even if she has to kill the innocent heroine and leave the only guy who she loved in the novel world. Since she found love in this world, and had the opportunity to have her own power, why didn't she just stay and live her life freely? In addition, she resented her parents preferences over the son of the family, and the various things that forced her into an unhappy life, so she s**ked it up and just sort of closed down her feelings. With this attitude, her personality in the Novel World, seems to be a whole 180. She became somewhat, vicious, sly, selfish and etc. It just seemed to different from her original personality. The entire time she was either whining about the bad luck to get transmigrated, and using other peoples to accomplish her mission in dying to return to her original world without any gratitude or care for the people that helped her.

While she did get her HEA at the last chapter, not much was resolved in terms of plot twists at the end of the series. What was her deal with the witches? What did the witches want with her that only she can provide them. Were the witches able to create a new God? Did the novel world collapse when the FL returned?

As for the Novel world and the various characters. Each of the main characters how their angst background stories, that they were represented like caricatures of greed, violence, vanity, arrogance, envy, and etc. Not to mention the ML, he was the stereotype of loyalty, even though his personality was like an indifferent dead wood.

The romance itself seemed to be a bit forced. It only felt that she loved the ML because he was seriously loyal and subservient to her, his sworn master. He never has much opinion of anything, and just helps her regardless of what she asks, no questions asked.

In any case, I didn't really feel like the ends justifies the means. She returned at a heavy cost. But the world she returned to didn't really give her any happiness. So what was the point?

The novel is written well, but is messily organized. It jumps from scene to scenes or flashbacks with different POV's suddenly. Overall, it's a short story and on the mediocre side. I do wish there were at least an epilogue on how the FL and ML lived in the future. Maybe it's in the side stories that I couldn't find the translations for.

I would recommend "I’m a Villainess, Can I Die?" over this story. <<less
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Bolovis
Bolovis rated it
December 19, 2021
Status: c44
I can finally read this one, after starting the manwha.

So this one is right up there in my tastes for a series of reasons, but the principal point would be the fact that the MC first and foremost just wants to go back to her world. This point is of the utmost importance as it justifies how she deals with most of the other characters, as someone that was suddenly thrown into a new world where she is treated as smelly crap by almost everyone and shunned, but this is... more>> taken from the point of view from an outsider that is not the one that deserves it (and most of all, the original MC persona too did not deserve it, but that is another interesting take that is kind of a spoiler, that I must not spoil as it explains and justifies the apparent reason why she is so shunned by almost everyone, and this point was an amazing surprise to me, as it brings realism and ugliness to the world-building that got me really interested, more so than before).

The second point of my love for this is the MC poison tongue. Brutal does not even begin to describe her. She utterly destroys the characters (at this point at least the ones she can actively do it with words, the ones that she can not she at least does it indirectly). She must be one of the most honest and real characters I have read, as you can really understand why she is so fed up with it all, and how she deals with all the crap thrown at her in a relatable manner, at least to me. No human being (of the modern world) would take the sh*t that happens with her much differently, she is cunning and composed, so she can deal with it all (at least superficially) well. But even so, you can feel how bad she gets it, as someone that is shamed and slandered and who does not deserve it, and how she suffers from all of this shit, but even so, returns it when she can. Just from this point, it turns this novel up so much for me that I can not recommend it more.

The "bad" part is the constant su*cide point. I get it that it is part of the plot (and kind of justified), but it is really depressing. At least she somewhat understands that it does not work and she must deal with it some other way. And for that, the world mechanic is explained to justify why she is shackled in this situation, which is a nice touch.

Lastly the fact that this world is a book, and she is a character of the book whose past and reasoning is not detailed, but that has a past and development that is integral to the tale and does not appear in the main story of the novel but explain all the original novel plot, is a special positive point that turns this isekai in a specially good one.

I can not recommend it enough. If you like a silver-tongued related character and interesting "vengeance" in the form of, mostly, shame and berating, this one is for you. Just be ready to see some despicable and utter ugliness (if some spoilers I had read are true it gets very dark at one point, really). <<less
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Maki_Fujimoto
Maki_Fujimoto rated it
March 16, 2022
Status: c90
Heol, if you're here for ROMANCE GENRE, it is almost non-existent (only a sprinkle here and there) and if you wanna see proper romance developing, it will not happen. I came here to see retribution and also a blooming romance of two strong leads! But this novel won't give that to you instead if you wanna read heavy angst, obsession, tragedy, and deep negative character development then this is the book for you!

***Just letting y'all know. The romance theme here is basically not romance but rather realistically: obsession.

In... more>> the first half of the novel, the author introduces a lot of random things and a lot of non-sensible characters do exist. However, because most of the first half is all about shocking everyone from the sudden change of MC's character, it was mostly fun to read! Unfortunately, it seemed as if the novel was not properly fleshed out by the author in the first half as a lot of interesting and confusing parts arise such as:

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Eris not informing the readers of the existence of the "knight" at the beginning of the novel. She just suddenly says that the real OG Eris had a knight whom was "supposedly" (this was a claim from the readers of the original novel) in love with Eris based on the novel. Then we later find out that she chooses Anakin as the knight, however, I believe, Eris (MC) did not confirm that he was the actual knight of the OG Eris from the novel (he may just well have been a random extra; though the novel justifies and labels him as the OG knight just because FATE had pushed MC into choosing Anakin that day lol). Then, later on, she informs Anakin that he will fall in love with her because that was implied by the people who read the novel. Yeah so, a lot of confusion there. Was the love due to causation of the world or was it actually purely formed, I don't know. But at this point I would like to think, it was the causation of the world as the theme of this story is heavily linked to tragedy.

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The second half is just pure angst and this goes on until the end of the novel. At this point, I skimmed through the descriptions and only read the "dialogue" marks of the characters. The placing of the character justification in my opinion was not proper but does fit the tragedy and heavy theme. You would expect such character descriptions would have appeared in the first half but no, the author introduces each negative character during the whole angst arc. This makes it very hard to read for me, as I developed no sympathy for any of the characters and I mentally could not be asked to learn about their reasonings when in the first place, none of the characters properly acted out morally during the whole novel. NONE. OF. THEM. Because the book is all about, everyone against Eris from the beginning till the end. That is until the author suddenly brought about the very unbelievable obsession the characters had towards Eris, which was disgusting to read. I would have them all rather stay the same, being evil lol. But again if you think about it, I guess a villainess would always be treated like this due to the world causation, but I would like to believe that proper and nicer character development could have been brought about since,
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the existence of witches was introduced (which apparently was never part of the real OG novel storyline lol). You would expect that due to the introduction of an "anomaly" then perhaps a different and nicer ending would have been procured but no, lol. The witches were only there to give Eris a method to kill, and to save Eris to enable the growth of her trauma and thus throwing the plot into disarray and confusion (which is understandable given the very traumatic event, though I do wish the author did not go to that extent because I still believe Eris could have either screamed hard for Anakin or even better kept him strongly at her side when she was already warned by the witch or kicked the perpetrator in the shins hard which is known to be great pain, or perhaps, the freaking witch could have provided her with a sort of mechanism to save herself but no, Eris clearly needs to be traumatized)

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The character development was quite depressing. You would expect most characters to develop for better however, this novel portrays everyone as the MCs enemy, and thus, everyone except most female characters develop in such a negative light and thus these characters are harder to sympathize with.

The romance did not bloom as naturally as it could've instead they are only mentioned in a few paragraphs or sentences in probably 10 chapters out of the whole 90 chapters.

I am still giving this novel 4 out of 5 due to the intense tragedy and angst it provides. Because I believe this angst and disappointment I feel towards the story of our villainess Eris, was the purpose the author wrote this. I can see that they went for the hardcore "what if, no matter what you do, the novel will almost stick hard to the storyline towards your death" and "what if because you are the villainess, even if you breathe innocently, everyone will still look at you and think of you in disdain and that you will always be evil". So, I would like to say this would be a kind of realistic novel if someone does get transmigrated to another universe into the body of the villainess.

Sadly, I picked up this book for the wrong assumptions and it has now left me with immense disappointment overall. But yeh, if you want tragedy, heavy angst, unsatisfactory revenge which can't be really called revenge, and dark themes (mostly dark thoughts) then this is the book for you!

some other afterthoughts:

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It's so sad that no one even bothered "helping" the 'stranger' Eris even though they knew she was not from the world. To be honest, this novel doesn't really justify the actions as well. As we all know, MC had to fake being Eris and did not at ALL knew anything about OG Eris which begs the question. If there are people of power such as the high priest, who are aware of such a phenomenon of "strangers" appearing, SHOULDN'T THERE BE SOME KIND OF PROTOCOL TO FOLLOW? The whole aspect of soul transferring would be something everyone should be worried about. Imagine if suddenly the King had a soul of a woman? A child? What would the kingdom do then? Stare into the distance and watch as the whole country falls down due to chaos

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Also,
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Weirdly enough, Eris' father is known to be powerful yet, Eris had no proper supporting characters like her own batch of weird minions following her around in high society.

Apparently, her family was hated by everyone in the nation, but how was her family alive when no "supporting" character for them was introduced? Like where are the minions? We just have to take into a fact that her father was rich and powerful? Kinda lacking in my opinion. Yeah sure he had the magic engineering academy but like, that's it? It's an academy, which in the end did not even introduce any characters as minions as well? Also, it doesn't make sense that he is the only man clinging and using evil means to get power. Like, no one else? Does no one politically want to backstab him by working with the King? How is this man so weirdly untouchable and yet Eris is? Everyone out for Eris but not the dad really? You'd expect to see more Royal family vs Evil father but no. No sarcastic remarks from anyone. None at all. Only sarcastic remarks for Eris lol

THOUGH, He did overthrow the first prince alongside other politicians but, in the end, he had no other enemies but the King and Queen?

Basically, why was the father portrayed so all high and mighty when his daughter was suffering, and in public as well, which would mean his standing would go down and public opinion would go down? He was obsessed with Eris' mother who looks almost EXACTLY like Eris, but he didn't care about Eris? Kinda sus if you see the woman you love almost reincarnated through your daughter but you don't care and yet you still keep the mother's stuffed body in your mansion.

The King being his frienemy was, in my opinion, the weakest justification.

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Shiiru
Shiiru rated it
February 16, 2022
Status: ss5
Well, honestly speaking, the romance in this novel is a bit badly developed, the feelings come too suddenly, though considering all characters have some sorts of mental issues, it’s still relatively logical. There’s not much to say about the male characters. Their loves are sad, desperate, and purely crazy. The female characters are better written, and I love how Helena isn’t just some kind and naive girl but actually a strong person who was never given chances to grow and the power to stand up for herself. I must admit... more>> that this novel isn’t the best out there, being full of tension yet no relief nor clear solution. And the translation of the first few chapters is a bit bad, with the pronouns messing up here and there. But it’s a nice read, with the characters trying to live sincerely, even in the darkest of time. <<less
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chande
chande rated it
February 10, 2022
Status: Completed
I feel complicated about this novel (btw, I'm not reading the manhua version yet). This story is so depressing. Even a few moments of not-so-sweet romance between ML and MC can't salvage it.

I couldn't bring my self to like any character in this story till the end, including MC. Ugh, the hypocrisy almost made me dropped this novel if not for the sake of giving a fair review. On the other hand, I also could understand how she behaved like that. Unlike other transmigrator who chose to stay in the... more>> novel world, MC did her best to go back to her original world. It's understandable though because she really had a hard time in the novel world.

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Almost everyone hated her (including her own fiance, the crown prince) just because she was a daughter of a black-hearted aristocrat even though she already did her best to be a perfect lady. They couldn't wait to see her fall and became a laughingstock. The crown prince whom she loved, acted lovey dovey with other woman in front of her without any care of her feeling. The original Eris finally couldn't bear it again and wished desperately to disappear from this world (that's when MC came to occupy her body).

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As for ML, he was so bland and boring that made me a bit puzzled as to why MC could fall in love with him. Well, to be fair, I also don't know why ML could fall in love with MC. She was always bitter and full of negative energy almost everyday. It's really surprising that ML didn't suffocate while he was by her side.

The other MLs weren't that likeable either. They were cruel to the original MC and while they did fell in love with the current MC, the feelings were born from their twisted mind.

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The crown prince wanted to always have Eris who loved him unconditionally by his side. It's laughable because he didn't care with the original Eris who desperately wanted to be loved by him in the past. But when he lost her, he began to miss her and wanted to have her back no matter what.

Jason desperately clinged to MC after he lost his purpose of life. He saw himself in the current MC and he believed that they're made for each other. He ignored MC's rejection and kept bothering her again and again.

Hubris saw her deceased mother's shadow in MC. He wanted to save MC's life because he faild to save his mother back then. Even when he knew that MC was his half-sister, he didn't mind doing in*estuous relationship with her with the reason that MC wasn't exactly his half-sister.

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And what made me dislike them more is:

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They didn't get their retribution after what they've done to the original Eris, especially the crown prince who finally managed to ascend the throne after the emperor's death. Instead, it was Helena who sacrificed herself willingly so MC could go back to her world.

Speaking of Helena, I felt complicated about her. She was genuinely a nice and kind person but I still don't like how naive she was. I agree with the emperor that it must be hard for her to survive living as an empress with her personality. I think she was more suitable to live a simple life with a simple guy.

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Iuningning
Iuningning rated it
June 10, 2022
Status: c90
This is such a nice story as it is very different from your typical reincarnation/transmigration story. The protagonist actually seeks to return to her original self (modern life before transmigration) and does all things possible to achieve so. Also, she doesn’t seek to win any of the supposedly og MLs in the novel she read but just wanted to go back to her real family in korea. The love story between her and the knight didn’t feel forced and that they are both level-headed, sensible people. It’s realistic compared to... more>> other transmigration stories and I love that it’s not your cliched isekai love story. Also, the ending is just amazing! It’s very emotional and bittersweet as I have to end this novel but she got what she wanted and was able to be finally be happy with her man. I love it so much. 5 stars! <<less
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KeyDi
KeyDi rated it
May 28, 2022
Status: Completed
A small review because I feel the need to do so. Perhaps this will help someone decide whether to read or not. I apologize in advance for my English.

This is an absolutely unique novel. It stands out from other isekai, if only because of the main character, who stays true to her desire to return home and does not run into the sunset with the song "Let It Go". In fact, there are many such refreshing details.

The MC is shown here almost like a living person. She has flaws, complexes... more>> and dark sides, she can break down psychologically and develops as the story progresses. I see a few reviews here that think MC is disgusting for various reasons (probably these people love MC like "I'm so good, I'll think of everyone but myself", and also have no irl complexes at all, huh), so I'll say: almost for every bad deed or word of the MC we are given an explanation. Not an excuse, but an explanation. To see this, you just need to think about what you read and be able to connect the dots.

This novel becomes very, VERY emotionally heavy and dark in the second half. And there is literally no one mentally healthy character. NO ONE. Literally every character has a frankly sucky childhood and trauma from there... or just trauma. Keep this in mind.

The only real downside for me is that all the male characters here are shown to be hideous (well, except for ML, but his situation is a bit different and you have to read the extras to better understand him). Perhaps this is part of the author's irony over the cliché (as in the first chapter, where the MC literally thinks "someone would dream about it and decide to stay in this world, but I don't want to"), but I'm not sure.

Well, I really would like to write more and disprove some of the statements from other reviews, but I don't feel comfortable with my English. So I will stop here and recommend reading this story. It's imperfected in many ways, so there's no guarantee you'll love it in the end (although for me it's become a gem in my personal golden collection of novels), but it's should be read, because it's a whole new take on the isekai theme. <<less
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Glenn27
Glenn27 rated it
March 26, 2022
Status: Completed
Reading the 1star review I must say.... are we reading the same book? You seem to misunderstand the whole thing.

Rather then a review ill be explaining each character and justifying Eris.

Kill the Villainess is a unique book about the MC, wanting to return to her world. I'm sure most of us dreams of being transmigrated into a world and enjoying life despite the role we might wake up to. But lets admit none of us want to wake up and find themself in Attack on titan even for Levi.

Imainge waking... more>> up in a world knowing nobody but the whole world hates you. From the way you speak to the expensive items you wore. You would be lable as manipulative and arrogant. Everything you do is wrong and everyone hates you. Would you stay there? or would you go back to the world where you had some form of love.

Eris had never denied that she was good. But just like what Anakin say she shouldnt have to suffer from this.

The 3 male lead, Alecto. Jason and Hubris. Why shouldn't Eris be mean to them? The 3 of them never cared for Eris and I don't see them actually liking Helena as well. Helena seems more of a pet, since they dont allow her to reject. They mention they like Helena because she see 'them' and not their status. Well Helena doesnt even know their status because they hid the fact from her. In the OG book, they disregarded Eris all because she hurt Helena. I understand that people change and they care for the MC seen on most transmigration stories. But the three of them 'care' for Eris in a way Hubris care for Eris because he have a savious complex. Jason projecting himself onto Eris. Alecto losing something that has always been with him. None of them love her. That's why they pushed her around according to their wishes. When all she wanted to do was die.

I love how they talk about the other minor character. The empress and Emma. Though it would be so much better if they talk about the first prince. <<less
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cas_ciel21
cas_ciel21 rated it
February 10, 2022
Status: ss5
I haven't finished the side stories yet cause I'm waiting for the translation but as I've already finished the main story, I wanted to give 4 stars but wanted to give others a chance to read this. Thank you for fourseasonsforest for the translation!

Trigger Warning: this novel has su*cide and r*pe in it

Review: This is really refreshing and entertaining for me, I am aware that there is a manhwa but I was introduced first of the novel, and I think the novel has a little more details and depth compared... more>> to the manhwa.

I really like the MC but I feel that its an acquired taste for some cause, she really wants to return to her world, and I haven't read a lot of main characters with this kind of decisiveness. I did have low expectations but the characters here especially the women are so colorful. I really like the romance as a subplot and the back and forth of POVs. Its really interesting. This is not a novel for you if you are looking for something romantic, it has darker tones about life, purpose, goals, family relationship, self worth, pride and prejudices.

I feel the need to defend the MC though.... cause the MC treats the world as a novel, like a video game, the people in the novel aren't real to her, the important thing is to get out of it. She isn't that cold hearted and if she was, it was a defense mechanism and her character setting is a villain?! what do you expect her to do?

Though I know in my bones, the
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men who were nothing but s*upid and problem makers to the MC needed more suffering, especially the Crown Prince and Hubris, Jason was just annoying though

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Mespinosa01
Mespinosa01 rated it
August 28, 2021
Status: Completed
Umm. Okay first of all the story is great other than that the male leads goes psycho and changing the theme from romance to yandere-ish.

You guys can read the summary of ending and pov of the characters in the forum. They had translated/summarize the story based on the characters POV.

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The ending though nice since MC and anakin were together in her world. (For reference it's like fushigi yuugi ending where Mikamet tamahome in the real world)

But, before she returned to her world she has to be mutilated in order for the 3 male leads to not revive her. At this point those male leads has become psychiatric patients ready to do anything to keep her.

I like tear jerking stories but this has evolved to a different light.......... And I like it. Hahahaha

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scarlett__
scarlett__ rated it
February 20, 2023
Status: c90
I've loved this so much. Being the characters or the plot, it was all amazing. And the best part of it was not the plot itself but the characters. The whole novel

was an emotional rollercoaster, and I've cried so much reading this.
    • the MC. It's so rare to see a character that

      instead of wanting to save their own lives knowing that they'll gonna eventually die actually wanting and trying to die at all costs. I've loved the fact that she was such a well written character. Not only how reasonably and logically she acted trough the whole story (which is

      not always granted in novels), but how she actually acted like a real human. When bad things happened she didn't just accept what was happening to her thinking it was not big deal, but she was actually traumatized, and the author was so good at conveying how she felt. When
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      the crown prince SA her, the whole scene was written so well that I could actually experience the pain she was feeling in that moment. How she slowly went crazy trough the last parts of the novel was so relatable and it made so much sense, and that she actually went to a therapist after the ending.

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      . I've never loved so much an MC.
    • Anakin. He broke my heart in every way possibile. A quiet character, yet he felt like the loudest of all of them if it makes any sense. He reminded me of how love should be like, the healthy kind. He followed the MC trough all the novel without ever judging her (it was his duty, but the fact that he didn't even THINK anything about what she was doing, it was so comforting). He was always there, but always giving her space. He was probably the only person that she felt comfortable with and the only one that understood her (and even when he didn't, he just accepted everything she did without questions, thinking to himself that one day he would understand). He didn't have any reason to live (not that he didn't want to live, but he was just surviving without a specific purpose), and when she became his reason, he never made her feel pressured by it. How there was always this mutual understanding without having to say anything, I've loved it.
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      Even when she was SA, he didn't think about revenge or some sh*t like this like all ML usually do, he just quietly comforted her and never asked anything about it to not pain her.

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      It may sound weird, but to me, how they fell in love made so much sense. It wasn't sudden, it wasn't love at first sight. He wasn't a prince or a duke of the north, and he never cared about her identity either. They were just two souls that fell slowly in love.
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      When she was going to die he didn't stop her, he even helped her. He put aside his own feelings and put her happiness and his duty first. Not only he respected her wish to die and didn't even try to stop her, but he got rid of her body as she asked him and fought till death to accomplish her wish. And even when he was actually dying, the only thing he thought about was to actually go find her. And even about going to find her, he would have never done it if she didn't give him permission, he was ready to accept the fact that she was leaving him and that he could no longer see her again. And to me this was the biggest proof of how much he loved her, it completely broke my heart.

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      , it was definitely bittersweet. He's definitely my favorite and comfort character, no doubt.
    • the MLs. Why did they all have to be so obsessed with her? I'll never get it. Either way, they were all f*cked in the head.
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      And it was so satisfying when Anakin actually called them out one by one at the end.

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      are always so romanticized and justified.
    • The witches. Literal queens. I've loved them and their roles in the story.
    • The OG main character. At first she annoyed me, but slowly I've come to understand her character more. Almost the typical Mary Sue, but it was interesting how clear it was that she actually had no choice but to accept passively what was happening to her, since she was just a commoner and all the characters surrounding her were nobles. I liked her overall.
Too bad that the side stories aren't here, I've had to search a lot to find them and I still haven't found all of them. Sorry for any mistakes, english is not my first language
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superstar
superstar
August 16, 2022
Status: c90
This is by far the best web novel I have ever read. I love the josei-transmigration-into-a-noble-villainess genre but I have always wondered what a story would look like if the MC actually wanted to return home. This completed title delivers on that entirely, and the story is very well developed and told in a concise, but beautiful manner (only 90 chapters!). The ending is wonderfully satisfying, but the tragedy tag comes out in full force there for sure.

BTW: The ML, Anakin, can seem a bit dimensionless in the web novel... more>> because he is very quiet, but if you read the comic and come back to this you may get a whole new appreciation for him. Eris and Anakin are probably my favorite couple from any novel I've read. <<less
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Rere Yap
Rere Yap rated it
April 21, 2022
Status: Completed
I love love this novel/manhwa. Came across the manhwa then the novel. The MC is so realistic. She is so humane, not the overall typical MC which is like a goddess or villian. Her character is so well written. In this novel, I cant come to hate Helena. She is just naive and she doesn't hold grudges which people may find it annoying. As for the ML, owh how I love him, so devoted, loyal and simple. As for the other 3 male char, the one that disgusted me the... more>> most is the prince cause of what he did to the MC. Even though the priest thinking is corrupted, I dont hate him that much. As for Jason, I find him rather pitiful, he seems to just want to have a meaning to live. Frankly speaking, all the character had quite a pitiful, sad life that's why they grew to become how they are. The strong ones seems to be the one that stays sane, the MC, ML and Helena.

It will be good if this novel has a drama but I don't think they will be able to depict the same coz of the timeline. So better not, don't wanna feel disappointed.

Thanks to the translator for translating this novel! Appreciate it! I'm hoping to read more novels written by this author. Do let me know if there's other novel written by this writer. Thank you :) <<less
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Cielheart
Cielheart
February 7, 2022
Status: c40
Really nice story... This is the first novel I'm reading which MC is so determined to comeback to her world, unlike others whom usually just taking it as a fact that cant be change. She's even not hesitate to dirtying her hand.
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