Guiltythree
I'm actually a big fan of this twist. Well depending on who it's handled later. If it's just pointless drama then I might be a bit upset. But I enjoy stories where characters have to struggle constantly for every small victory. If people want a story where everything is given to the protagonist and everything goes their way read any of the literal THOUSANDS of other stories on here with the same tired plot. it's like some of the people here have never heard the phrase character development where the character actually has to struggle first to thrive. Most of the stories where the MC has really "struggled" usually just wrap up and summarize his whole life struggle in the first chapter and then after that everything is Sunshine's and rainbows as everything after that goes their way for 99.99% of the book.
Okay, yeah. I might drop this novel. I don't know. I'm just tired of the unending masochistic beatdown. I just... don't find it very satisfying to watch him get clobbered over and over and over and over while he cowers and whines like a little incel Beta-boy. I want my MC's to be likable. And I just... don't like Sunny (at least, as is). I was hoping book 2 would turn things around... but here we are, first chapter, and it's already more of the same. So much time is devoted into beating him up instead of progressing the plot. And yes, I do realize the author is maybe going for a *very* slow character growth thing, I get it. I do. But this getting frustrating to read. Just my 2 cents though.