I understand it's mostly due to the original plot's control over the characters but it's still hard to read. Like for example when MC gets accused of staging her own poisoning. ML barged in and accuse her then sidesteps (maybe due to guilt) but in the end do nothing while MC writhe in pain.

She tried to kill MC like 10 times and literally committed a mu*der! But guess what?

HE LITERALLY LEFT MC TO DIE JUST BECAUSE HE BELIEVED OGFL AND GOT CONVINCED MC WAS A TRAITOR THEN PROCEEDS TO BE MORE OF A tr*sh BY GETTING MC ARRESTED WHILE SHE WAS f*ckING INJURED

only to get disappointed

I understand the ML had little to no agency early on. I still don't like him, but perhaps we say he's a pass. It still absolutely makes no sense that the FL would love him. She even thinks later that if she hadn't met ML first she would've fallen for the butler. The ML who she met first was awful to her while the butler was always nice or neutral. For both characters it seemed like they liked each other because they were physically attracted to each other versus for their personalities. ML slept with FL early on for seemingly no reason when he was still disgusted by her due to plot.

The fact that she still had the idea that no one truly loved her and that Killian only felt pity for her makes me grieve so much and I'm so glad she was able to have her happy ending. Once she realized that people were on her side she truly gave them so much love and it makes me fall in awe at how many people she didn't realize were on her side since the beginning of the novel.

In the side stories it is fully confirmed that Lizzy had complete control over ML in the beginning Once Edith started to charm ML, Lizzy started to lose control of Killian. I would say she started losing control when Killian found the bruises on FL (Around chapter 30). Must I also say, around the end of the novel when FL and her family are being accused of kidnapping Lizzy, he had no doubts about FL at all. She didn't say anything, not even a whisper about her not being involved but he immediately knew she would never do this, especially with her wicked family. He did everything to protect her in every way possible and it honestly makes me a bit sad to see people give it 1-2 stars because of how "horrible" he is.

She ended up marrying OGML which disappointed me a lot. However, I will also say that it is confirmed later on that Cliff and her end up divorcing because he is sick of her showing her true self (hanging out with other men, bullying others, etc...) and she is sent away somewhere. This was a great thing to read about but it still astonished me how Cliff still loved her after all she did to Edith.

I hated the ML on how he doted the OG FL and the bad things that he said to our FL. Like, he judged her based on the rumors the he heard from the society and her fam background instead of getting to know her, but I learned to like him because he eventually became kind to our FL.

You WILL cry. This one has a big emotional wallop.

It is very well written, with an interesting take on the isekai experience. The FL does not have godlike powers of detail via plot knowledge; some things change and wind up surprising her. There's some mystery about how things work, and we figure it out alongside her, in a way that is fun and not frustrating.

The characters, especially the FL and the villain, are psychologically nuanced and complex. And it's just fun and dramatic, but in a not-t00-stressful way.

Has many scenes you'll want to read and re-read.

I enjoy being a dramatic little B, and this lets me without going overboard.

The world building is well done, and not in a 'let me write a 5 page essay on this world I designed' way.

The entire concept and plot only really works and is made possible because the FL was horrifically ab*sed and neglected in her life before getting isekaied.

She spent the majority of her youth sick and suffering, then her adulthood being overlooked and taken advantage of. Because of this, she is thrilled at any attention her grumpy husband gives her, and perfectly content to be fully ignored.

Being treated like garbage is her normal, so their treating her like garbage doesn't phase her, and this is the magic formula for getting the chemistry to work.

Plus, bonus! she at least gets good food, a healthy-ish body, and nice, fancy things to enjoy while they keep her under house arrest and surveillance yet again. So she's just having a grand old time, since the hell scape she wound up in is marginally better than her regular life.

Any normal, well-adjusted, mentally healthy woman would protest 99.9% of the garbage treatment she is required to put up with, and she doesn't even seem phased because she doesn't realize this is not a normal or good way to treat people.

There's a lack of the 'you go girl' female-becoming-empowered triumph in favor of the FL finding the happy home life she wants. So, instead of demanding a divorce, torching her POS in-laws' family reputation to the ground, and running off with the hot private secretary guy while we all cheer.... she and her husband work through everything and wind up happy together. Which is lovely, but I wanted castles burned to the ground and groveling.

While she and her husband do work and have the natural chemistry of a pair well-written to match each other, he is sex-motivated and that's a bit of a yucky mouth feel. The main reason he likes her is her s*x appeal, because she's got a seductress bod and flashy looks, and his emotions tend to be physically-based. It takes him a long time to acknowledge the rest of her stellar qualities, like her personality and intelligence, and he just comes across like one of those guys whose main priority in a relationship, which outweighs the combined total of all the other characteristics of his partner, is s*x. Which, I get was needed to get him to like her before he actually liked her, and she is a willing and happy participant (a rarity in these stories) but c'mon, this was written for women, can't we get a better guy? This one has a bit of a blecky aftertaste.

He's also got a drop of a v*rginity obsession which is very unappealing: he's always had to compete with his older brother, Cliff, so he is thrilled to death to realize he gets to be many of his wife's 'firsts', from first gift to first bouquet to first outing, to more physical firsts and likes how innocent she is... while still having a killer bod and being DTF only him. Yuck.