I don’t wanna feel Blue anymore...
This post was written about half a year ago but was never posted. In the end I still want it to be.
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“I love you, Yunnie-ah,” Jaejoong said, a quiet drop of affection in the sea of black sorrow surrounding them.”
So I’m finally done with On The Red Couch, the forth major installment in the So Much Mine series. It describes the events before the events of Tarnished Angels and ends after . The novel centers on YunJae, Though there’s a lot of MinSe7en and a bit of Yoosu. Yoosu’s the only ones who don’t seem to have any trouble, so they don’t get much airing.
It deals with a number of things. The first two parts mostly concentrate on violence. Sexual and psychological. It’s really not for the faint-hearted (like me). Thought there aren’t many graphic descriptions, some parts were really hard for me to read. Suffering of a character can be difficult to stomach, even more so when it’s about someone you’re emotionally attached to.
But the scariest thing of all is that somehow it resonates with something deep inside of me, even though there’s no reason why it should.
I’d like to include the words from the author:
While this is fiction, the issues that I try to talk about in the SMM universe are real. From hiding what you are because of hatred...to sexual assault... to learning to love yourself for who you are; all of these things are out there and should be talked about.
“We’re Korean, Yunho. Our lives aren’t our own. They never were. Everything we do is for our parents and those around us.”
The 3rd part is mostly dedicated to the problem of dealing with Yunho’s father and parental issues in general. The whole situation seems very relevant for modern Korean society.
“No matter what…” Turning his head, Yoochun let the glisten fill his eyes, weeping silver down his face.“I never want to lose this… them… us. Never, Joongie-ah.”
The whole deal with their manager trying to break them apart, telling Yunho and Changmn they aren’t good enough sounded like a self-fulfilling prophecy since it was written before the real drama began. Even though I found it quite unconvincing.
I’m not too fond of the ending either. Too much sentimental crap, trying too hard to compensate the pain in the first half of the novel. And it felt unnatural.
Then there’s “Love Much Mine”. There’s not much to tell. I suppose all the angst run out in OTRC. Half of it is NC-17 and the other half is R. They either have sex or talk about sex. Especially Yunho and him bottoming issues – but I really think she made a great characterization.
Even though I got used to the sweetness in her style is still makes me laugh sometimes. I can tolerate Yunjae being all lovey-dovey, even Yoosu, but reading Changmin saying those corny words is too much, really. She must’ve been too fond of Shakespeare or something.
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“I love you, Yunnie-ah,” Jaejoong said, a quiet drop of affection in the sea of black sorrow surrounding them.”
So I’m finally done with On The Red Couch, the forth major installment in the So Much Mine series. It describes the events before the events of Tarnished Angels and ends after . The novel centers on YunJae, Though there’s a lot of MinSe7en and a bit of Yoosu. Yoosu’s the only ones who don’t seem to have any trouble, so they don’t get much airing.
It deals with a number of things. The first two parts mostly concentrate on violence. Sexual and psychological. It’s really not for the faint-hearted (like me). Thought there aren’t many graphic descriptions, some parts were really hard for me to read. Suffering of a character can be difficult to stomach, even more so when it’s about someone you’re emotionally attached to.
But the scariest thing of all is that somehow it resonates with something deep inside of me, even though there’s no reason why it should.
I’d like to include the words from the author:
While this is fiction, the issues that I try to talk about in the SMM universe are real. From hiding what you are because of hatred...to sexual assault... to learning to love yourself for who you are; all of these things are out there and should be talked about.
“We’re Korean, Yunho. Our lives aren’t our own. They never were. Everything we do is for our parents and those around us.”
The 3rd part is mostly dedicated to the problem of dealing with Yunho’s father and parental issues in general. The whole situation seems very relevant for modern Korean society.
“No matter what…” Turning his head, Yoochun let the glisten fill his eyes, weeping silver down his face.“I never want to lose this… them… us. Never, Joongie-ah.”
The whole deal with their manager trying to break them apart, telling Yunho and Changmn they aren’t good enough sounded like a self-fulfilling prophecy since it was written before the real drama began. Even though I found it quite unconvincing.
I’m not too fond of the ending either. Too much sentimental crap, trying too hard to compensate the pain in the first half of the novel. And it felt unnatural.
Then there’s “Love Much Mine”. There’s not much to tell. I suppose all the angst run out in OTRC. Half of it is NC-17 and the other half is R. They either have sex or talk about sex. Especially Yunho and him bottoming issues – but I really think she made a great characterization.
Even though I got used to the sweetness in her style is still makes me laugh sometimes. I can tolerate Yunjae being all lovey-dovey, even Yoosu, but reading Changmin saying those corny words is too much, really. She must’ve been too fond of Shakespeare or something.
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15.07.2010 в 09:37