I just didn’t like the way the story is written and couldn’t get behind some of the romantic plots. The character arcs were too predictable and like the author was short cutting the characters’ potential by putting them in romantic and/or sexual relationships instead of giving them a whole personality and story. Which is not to say that the characters can’t have both a whole personhood and a romantic subplot but I feel that in this story the romantic subplot was supposed to be the backbones of their self realization which, to me, is boring and uncreative and cheapens the whole of it.

What also bothers me is that the story has the discretion of a semi truck. Instead of showing that Jun is a tyrant or that the group is a found family or that Michael is charismatic it’s said. The reason that telling instead of showing is bad is because it’s much less believable and interesting even if there is some written evidence that the claims are true.

Overall I feel like the story can be interesting to those that pay less attention to detail or aren’t bothered by the things I am. I think it will be a favorite of many readers but I’m just not one of them.