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Hoo boy, did it ever!
While I thoroughly enjoyed this book and its honest and at times all-too-real depiction of the emotional trauma heroine Violette has gone through, it is much darker than the average shoujo light novel. Yes, there's a reverse harem aspect, and yes, it's the type of isekai known as yarinaoshi loop (AKA going back in time to fix a mistake), but it also comes with c
Reina Soratani says in her afterword that she had originally intended this to be a rom-com, but something happened.Hoo boy, did it ever!
While I thoroughly enjoyed this book and its honest and at times all-too-real depiction of the emotional trauma heroine Violette has gone through, it is much darker than the average shoujo light novel. Yes, there's a reverse harem aspect, and yes, it's the type of isekai known as yarinaoshi loop (AKA going back in time to fix a mistake), but it also comes with content warnings for emotional (and implied sexual) abuse. Violette's life is a misery thanks to her truly awful parents (the author says she hates Violette's dad), and if it wasn't for Yulan and Marin, the poor girl would be in even worse shape.
So, long story short: this is a good book. But don't go into it expecting fluffy reverse harem rom-com action.
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I started serializing this story thinking I wanted to write a rom-com, but suddenly it turned serious.To be honest, a reader wouldn't be too out of line expecting a rom-com from just the cover of I Swear I Won't Bother You Again!. Gentle colors of rose, beige, brown. An assembly of attractive or cute characters of whom at least some seem to be in some stage of attraction to each other, parIf you're asking how it turned out like this, I, the author, am the one who knows that answer the least.
I started serializing this story thinking I wanted to write a rom-com, but suddenly it turned serious.To be honest, a reader wouldn't be too out of line expecting a rom-com from just the cover of I Swear I Won't Bother You Again!. Gentle colors of rose, beige, brown. An assembly of attractive or cute characters of whom at least some seem to be in some stage of attraction to each other, particularly the ones sitting on the couch. The title with its exclamation mark.If you're asking how it turned out like this, I, the author, am the one who knows that answer the least.
But look a little more closely, and only one of them is smiling.
Our main character, Violette, is the somber girl in the center of the composition. The story starts when Violette is suddenly time-jumped from being imprisoned for a terrible, unspecified crime, to the time when she just meets Maryjune, her half-sister who was the victim of the crime. Given a new lease on life, and the possibility of living free, Violette decides she will cut herself off from others and live a solitary life until she is of age to join a religious order.
Needless to say, this doesn't work out as planned. She's a high school student, for one thing, and she's had connections with a number of people up until she was her current age. These include a long-term friendship with a cute underclassman, Yulan, and an unresolved crush on Claudia, a prince and also the school president. There's also her family: her father, stepmother, and Maryjune herself, a sweet young girl who is new to life as a nobleman's daughter, and whose naïve blunders and commoner's background are getting her some "attention" from the girl-bullies of the school.
To be honest, as little as her father cares about her, Violette's family life is better than it was with her deceased mother. Her past family life is a major source of what I consider a thread of psychological horror that shows up now and then. An additional element is Yulan himself, who, when we see things from his point of view, is obsessed with Violette to the point of vowing he will destroy anyone who harms her. He even acts belligerently toward Claudia when Claudia simply talks with Violette.
It was interesting reading a light novel where the story isn't full of action, or even events, to speak of. Scenes largely consist of fairly ordinary school days things--well, some of them are more ordinary for a posh school--like intimate teas, or Violette sitting on a bench in a garden on campus thinking about things, or meeting a friend after school for a shopping date. The characters' emotions are in the forefront and are the major source of suspense. At times the emotions are over-elaborated, in my opinion, or sometimes Violette's conclusions don't quite make sense, but the reader's anxiety over her making missteps leading to a reprise of her "bad ending" is a major part of what makes the book tick.
The setting is somewhat indefinite, but it adds to the otherworldly effect that I sometimes get from anime set in elite schools: Maria-sama ga Miteru, Hana Yori Dango, Dear Brother, etc. There's no indication as to where in Japan, or the world, we might be. There are automobiles--which came as a minor surprise about a third of the way through the book--but no hint that these kids have cell phones (or that there are phones at all?). This could be taking place anytime between 1960 and today, as far as I can tell.
This is quite a unique light novel, in my admittedly limited experience, both in subject matter and mood. I will definitely be picking up the next one to see where things go next. Three and a half stars, rounded up because it's nice to see something like this in a sea of boy-centric isekai. This is the first light novel I've given more than two or three stars to. Congrats, I Swear I Won't Bother You Again!
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Violette is in prison for a crime she has, out of jealousy, committed against her half-sister Maryjune. She has come a long way and now deeply regrets her actions. She wishes she could go back in time and live a quiet life, bothering no one, but she knows that's impossible. Except suddenly that's exactly what h
Content warning for this volume: emotional abuse, (view spoiler)[possibly sexual as well (hide spoiler)], and a potential love interest who displays manipulative and controlling qualities.Violette is in prison for a crime she has, out of jealousy, committed against her half-sister Maryjune. She has come a long way and now deeply regrets her actions. She wishes she could go back in time and live a quiet life, bothering no one, but she knows that's impossible. Except suddenly that's exactly what happens - from one moment to the next, time rewinds itself and she finds herself once again being introduced to her father's new wife (his former mistress) and his half-daughter (who was conceived while Violette's mother was still alive).
This time, Violette is determined to make it through the next two years without causing harm. After she graduates, she wants to join a convent and spend the rest of her life quietly atoning for the sins she committed in her other timeline. Her feelings of guilt are too great for her to contemplate any other future. However, it won't be easy to accomplish her goal. While she no longer blames Maryjune for anything or wants to harm her, she can't will away the pain that Maryjune's presence causes her, and she can't change the kind of person she is. Still, she tries hard to do better this time around, and her efforts don't go unnoticed. If she's lucky, maybe it will be enough.
I had no idea what I was getting into when I started this. The title and cover make it look and sound like at least half a dozen other "villainess trying to make things right/avoid a bad end" romances out there, and apparently the author originally intended it to be a rom-com. I figured this would basically be Accomplishments of the Duke's Daughter without the isekai "reborn in my favorite otome game" element.
What I got instead was an introspective character-focused drama that was more concerned with the characters' various emotional wounds and insecurities than with romance (although I absolutely expect future volumes to focus on romance more, and I'm very nervous about the direction the series might take).
I assumed Prince Claudia would the cold and arrogant type who'd gradually warm up to Violette. Instead, he was surprisingly awkward and lacking in self-confidence. Yulan appeared to be the cute younger brother type, the one who always knew how to get Violette to relax. However, (view spoiler)[this turned out to be an act - the real Yulan was kind of horrifying, and reminded me strongly of Toma in the otome-game based anime Amnesia. (For those who haven't played the game or watched the series: Toma is a reassuring childhood friend-type love interest whose obsession with the heroine reaches the point where he literally drugs and cages her. Yulan actually thinks to himself that he'd like to lock Violette up so that he can keep her to himself, so my fears are not unjustified.) (hide spoiler)] And Violette...wow.
Her parents were monstrous. I don't care how Violette's mother behaved towards Auld, her father, it didn't excuse the way he neglected her and then treated her like one of Maryjune's accessories. And Violette's mother was a sick and twisted woman. When Auld abandoned her in favor of his mistress, she raised Violette as a boy (view spoiler)[in order to have a mini-Auld by her side - there were indications that her behavior towards Violette was possibly sexually as well as emotionally abusive (on-page: the way she caressed Violette and made her respond to the name Auld deeply disturbed a character who witnessed it). When Violette hit puberty, her mother cast her off in disgust and then basically willed herself to die in a last-ditch effort to get Auld to care about her. (hide spoiler)]
The writing didn't initially appeal to me, except for the fact that it was third person POV. Lots of descriptions of the characters' feelings with very little action. But then the characters started interacting more, and it became clear that several of them were extremely screwed up. I found myself unable to look away - part of it was a kind of literary rubbernecking, and part of it was that I actually started to get emotionally invested in the characters. Here's hoping the author has other plans for Yulan than to make him Violette's top love interest, because she deserves better. And I really want to know what's going on between Yulan and Claudia (half brothers, maybe?), whether Claudia will manage to grow as a person the way he seems to want to, and whether the painfully naive Maryjune will ever realize the harm she unintentionally inflicts upon Violette.
I'm still not entirely sure this was an enjoyable read, but it was definitely an interesting one. So far there hasn't been much of a plot - I'm hoping that Soratani isn't the sort of author who writes interesting characters but then has no idea what to do with them. At any rate, I definitely plan to continue reading this series, but I'm very nervous about where it might go. It could either be amazing, or a completely horrifying brain bleach-requiring disaster.
Extras:
Black and white illustrations throughout, and a short afterword by the author. She hates Violette's father (yay!) but seems to like Yulan (ehhh). Hopefully she likes his desire to support Violette but recognizes that he'd be an extremely unhealthy love interest for her. Crossing my fingers.
(Original review posted on A Library Girl's Familiar Diversions.)
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Characters
I love the characters, here's why: they're all secretly messed up! Except for the father, he's just very clearly an asshole but also in an interesting way. They all have a clear personality and backstory and some characters still have a bit of mystery to them. I love this book for their personalities and goals and how messed
Characters
I love the characters, here's why: they're all secretly messed up! Except for the father, he's just very clearly an asshole but also in an interesting way. They all have a clear personality and backstory and some characters still have a bit of mystery to them. I love this book for their personalities and goals and how messed up they are, because it makes their dynamics and relationships conflict interestingly. And here's the cool part: my favourite character is the MAIN character (gasp). She's seriously messed up, really flawed, but still likeable by doing her best and showing actual intelligence here and there. Her thinking pattern is just screwed from trauma and a terrible upbringing, but it felt like it fit and I could actually see how she'd have snapped and went to do horrible things in the past. This does mean she's not a very cheerful character and she does think a lot, so keep that in mind if such things irritate you.
We've still got a lot to learn about the characters so a few of them are underdeveloped compared to the rest, but it feels like that is planned and will be rectified later.
The plot
This is a daily life story and a huge redemption character arc, but there's no plot, so you've been warned! Think of this more as slice of life, but the version about messed up aristocrats going to a fancy school. You will see Violette navigating daily aristocrat life, which could be boring for some people.
At the same time, the overarching 'plot' is basically the protagonist's redemption arc and it's written nice and slow. I'd like to actually see flashbacks of the evil things she did, since we only got the bare minimum information from her thoughts now, but the whole book is about her walking on eggshells to not get thrown in jail again; trying not to bother anyone as the title suggests. It's a redemption arc which is only known to the protagonist because she magically finds herself back in time to redo part of her life, so the question really is if and when she'll forgive herself. What makes it work so well for me is that she's not looking for forgiveness from others and people who have known her to be bad in the past do treat her with caution. And while she's trying to avoid lashing out again, this isn't easy for her because she still struggles with the bitter feelings towards her situation and stepsister that caused her original downfall.
The writing
This is a light novel, so the language is very simplistic. Personally I don't mind it and enjoy the quick pace it brings along! If you like complex prose then this is probably not for you.
Setting
I love the parts where they do some aristocratic worldbuilding through character conflict, showing what is accepted and what can lead to problems, interesting viewpoints.
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This felt like the introduction to something larger. I think it does need to introduce more plot progression in volume two or I might get bored too or it might get too repetitive. But for the first book in this series, I was satisfied with this!
...more I do not mean this was not well-written. In fact, this was very well-written, but the subject matter made it hard to read. I felt myself tearing up multiple times throughout reading this, and it was painful.
The FL has a terribly sad backstory, but it does not end there. I don't think the FL has ever had a time in her life where she was truly happy and carefree. It hurts reading it because you just want her to break free from her family and be as happy as she possibly can b
Good, but hard to readI do not mean this was not well-written. In fact, this was very well-written, but the subject matter made it hard to read. I felt myself tearing up multiple times throughout reading this, and it was painful.
The FL has a terribly sad backstory, but it does not end there. I don't think the FL has ever had a time in her life where she was truly happy and carefree. It hurts reading it because you just want her to break free from her family and be as happy as she possibly can be.
The love interests are... troublesome. Yulan is obsessive and mildly terrifying, but he truly cares for her. But knowing her backstory, it becomes hard to ship her with someone who is obsessive. Then there is the prince, who pisses off the reader immediately after he appears. He is much more incompetent than I expected him to be.
It was a very good book that was written well, but it might be a tough read mentally.
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The first thing that should be said is this book does deal with some pretty heavy subjects (child abuse and neglect specificall
I won't lie. I picked this up on a whim. The premise sounded interesting enough to hold my attention, at least for long enough to finish the book. Romance/ rom-com (mixed with time travel, which is an interesting add on) is not usual go to genre, but I figured I'd give it a chance. I'm quite pleased to not be disappointed. I will do my best to not make this spoiler free…The first thing that should be said is this book does deal with some pretty heavy subjects (child abuse and neglect specifically), and hints at potentially worse. Nothing graphic, but it doesn't hide it either. If that is triggering, I'd be weary. For those that can read things with those subjects, I absolutely recommend!
The characters are delightfully varied in their personalities. None of them seem like they're going to be too flat going forward.
Violette, the main character is super introspective, and very much aware of herself. She's well aware of her flaws, even if she isn't sure how to handle them. She also is doing the best she can, while not trying to draw attention to herself. This is probably my favorite thing, so far, about this book.
Violette's maid is amazing! 10/10. Get yourself a friend and confidant like this woman. That's not to say she isn't flawed (all the characters are after all). She is genuinely looking out for the MC though. Her backstory is touched on briefly, and it explains her devotion.
Violette's childhood friend is an amazingly well done character. Super sweet and caring to the MC, but he can be kind of possessive over her to. Again, it's not exactly bad, but hoo-boy, it could be (I hope not, because I genuinely like him).
Violette's younger sister is, in my opinion, cloyingly sweet, and naively oblivious. It's not bad, but it's not great for the MC either. She's learning.
The prince is… awkwardly incompetent. Especially where it counts (which is kind of hilarious to me).
The Duke is… something. I think he's the only character I genuinely dislike (and the MC's mother, but she's not in the story long, and it's only flash backs). He is not a badly written character, but his character is just unpleasant.
Even the side characters that aren't often seen are pretty well fleshed out (with the exception of the MC's step mother, who really isn't introduced at all, other than being the Duke's second wife). It's fantastic, and not something I'm used to for background characters (we need more of this! Background characters can help move the story along to!)
It has been a while since I found a book that I struggled to actually put down. It was a pleasant surprise to find it in an unlikely source. I'm eagerly awaiting for the second one to come out now.
Side note, and then I'm done. Don't skip out on the afterword from the author. It's pretty entertaining to read the thoughts from Soratani.
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Clearly, her pledge did not include extending this kindness to me, the reader.
I picked this up purely based off the cover and the blurb on the back, thinking it was exactly up my alley. I love anything villainess/otome isekai flavored, and naturally I was fully expecting to love this book. I'm genuinely surprised by the positive reception it has because I found the prose barely p
After getting a second chance to right the wrongs of her past, Violette Rem Vahan vows to never bother anyone again.Clearly, her pledge did not include extending this kindness to me, the reader.
I picked this up purely based off the cover and the blurb on the back, thinking it was exactly up my alley. I love anything villainess/otome isekai flavored, and naturally I was fully expecting to love this book. I'm genuinely surprised by the positive reception it has because I found the prose barely palatable and extremely repetitive. Having to sit through Violette go on and on about the same things in mindlessly cyclic monologues made this such a slog to get through. Her life is tragic, sure, but none of the "dark" or "depressing" stuff in this book had any emotional weight. You know that phrase "It's like watching a car crash"? This was more like watching a fender bender. The constant back and forth between characters wasn't entertaining enough to be called melodramatic, and their personalities are so trite as to be completely forgettable. That'd be all well and good if this was a comedy, but trying to grapple intense subject matter through such blank slates is ineffectual. If you want to explore trauma through a literary lens, you'd better have well-written characters to back it up. Perhaps they're less one-note to someone who hasn't played a single otome game, but Yulan is just such a distilled and boring yandere trope without even having the decency to be entertaining in his obsession. Mila might as well not exist, Gia is a typical foreigner trope, and our MC is a poor waif of a girl who spends the entire book woe-is-me-ing herself in and out of unpleasant situations. Unpleasant for her to experience and unpleasant for me to read about. I really felt no connection with her. I think Claudia was the only character I kind of sort of liked (?), but he had much less page-time than anyone else.
The dialogue in this was especially boring, constantly switching between a character espousing paragraphs of their ideals, to juvenile back and forth mundanities that conveyed no information.
"Hee hee," Yulan snickered.
"Hm? What was that about?" Violette asked.
"It's a seeecret."
"Y'know, Yulan, you're a pretty weird guy."
^How did dialogue like this pass the editing stage.
I'll give this book one thing— there are some interesting ruminations on morality and I won't fault it for trying to convey a darker story. But just because something deals with dark subject matter doesn't make it well written. Anything worthwhile is buried under the extraneous prose.
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Probably owing to the success of My Next Life as a Villainess, there have been a number of other series with same basic premise. Unlike the vast majority of those however, this is not a comedy. The MC (before reincarnating) did not become a villainess because she was spoiled by loving parents like those other series. She became that way because she was subjected to so much emotional and physical (possibly even sexual) ab
A dark and depressing subversion of the 'Reincarnated as a Villainess' genreProbably owing to the success of My Next Life as a Villainess, there have been a number of other series with same basic premise. Unlike the vast majority of those however, this is not a comedy. The MC (before reincarnating) did not become a villainess because she was spoiled by loving parents like those other series. She became that way because she was subjected to so much emotional and physical (possibly even sexual) abuse at the hands of her parents that she was literally driven insane. Seriously, it's a wonder this girl can even function. All of the other characters are also flawed in their own ways. This makes for a very interesting story, and I look forward to later volumes in this series.
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I found Violette incredibly relatable in her pain, and like Marin & Yulan, hope to see her find a happy future. One free of her horrible family. Her coming to terms with her younger sister not being at fault for their parent's actions, but still not being able to love her or want to be around her is also relatable and I understand those complicated feelings.
Looking forward to reading the second book.
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I went into this expecting it would be similar to the majority of other Villainess titles. Instead I was surprised to find that this is a much more serious take on the material. It doesn't feature much of the over the top Shoujo elements, instead getting really heavy at points.
In particular, the protagonist shows multiple signs of depression. Despite getting to go back and relive a part of her life, the ramifications and effects of the old one have still ta
A serious take that explores depressionI went into this expecting it would be similar to the majority of other Villainess titles. Instead I was surprised to find that this is a much more serious take on the material. It doesn't feature much of the over the top Shoujo elements, instead getting really heavy at points.
In particular, the protagonist shows multiple signs of depression. Despite getting to go back and relive a part of her life, the ramifications and effects of the old one have still taken their toll on her (and her mental state).
I'm really interested for the next volume.
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(view spoiler)[ I wonder what happened to Yulan and Marin in the past. As devoted as they are to Violette, there's no way they took her life sentence lightly. Either they were planning a jailbreak in the background, or they were out of the picture somehow. I don't know if there's an answer in the later volumes, or if we're just supposed to suspend our disbelief here. I hope for the former. (hide spoiler)]
I like this a lot. The publication date for volume 2 is so far away!(view spoiler)[ I wonder what happened to Yulan and Marin in the past. As devoted as they are to Violette, there's no way they took her life sentence lightly. Either they were planning a jailbreak in the background, or they were out of the picture somehow. I don't know if there's an answer in the later volumes, or if we're just supposed to suspend our disbelief here. I hope for the former. (hide spoiler)]
...more Started off with her in prison apologizing and being sorry. Never telling who she hurt what harm (kill or hurt) she caused to end up in prison. So far the story is interesting, the only problem is the next book takes to long to come out sometimes. I hope that things get a little better for her in the next book and that she starts to like her sister better.
Full disclosure, I'm pretty sure I read a version of this as an unpublished light novel. If not I read a story remarkably similar, with poorer grammar and much better story setup. This seems to be missing bits, or it rambles... like this review.
Short version it is a solid 3 stars
Full disclosure, I'm pretty sure I read a version of this as an unpublished light novel. If not I read a story remarkably similar, with poorer grammar and much better story setup. This seems to be missing bits, or it rambles... like this review.
Short version it is a solid 3 stars
Its not all roses though - we do have some sad parts especially in relation to Violet and her family, but these parts are few and far between, encompassed by the cute clumsiness of a second chance life and blooming teenage romance.
So like I said...cute🤷🏾♀️
Entertaining and full of depth. The story does not disappoint. Each new price of information leads to a deeper understanding of the different characters making a very rich story so far!
I enjoyed the story and can't wait to see how the characters grow and continue to change. Especially can't wait to see if Vio keeps her promise to never bother anyone again.
Can't wait to see what happens nextI enjoyed the story and can't wait to see how the characters grow and continue to change. Especially can't wait to see if Vio keeps her promise to never bother anyone again.
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My kiddo's review: This book is by far one of the best I've read in a while, the main character is complex and conflicted, she's done terrible things but you still want to route for her. The way she realized her wrong doings is realistic and sympathetic. Every character has their own idea of what's right and wrong, making each unique and interesting. The book does get a bit heavy at times, but I mean this as a compliment, I believe they hand
Amazing characters with an interesting take on moralityMy kiddo's review: This book is by far one of the best I've read in a while, the main character is complex and conflicted, she's done terrible things but you still want to route for her. The way she realized her wrong doings is realistic and sympathetic. Every character has their own idea of what's right and wrong, making each unique and interesting. The book does get a bit heavy at times, but I mean this as a compliment, I believe they handle the whole story very well. Highly recommend to any fan of the "Reincarnated Villainess" trope, even if this situation is a bit different.
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Violette, our heroine has reincarnated into her past self after dying wretchedly from the consequences of her villainous actions against her stepsister. She resolves that in this life she'll turn over a new leaf and never bother her stepsister again.
It starts with a t
I've read both the manga and the light novel and this serves as a review for both. Content-wise, both mediums are about the same. There's a little more on the POV of Yulan in the novel which I liked but it's more or less the same.Violette, our heroine has reincarnated into her past self after dying wretchedly from the consequences of her villainous actions against her stepsister. She resolves that in this life she'll turn over a new leaf and never bother her stepsister again.
It starts with a typical villainess trope but it stands out from the rest in that Violette is truly not villainous at heart. Her actions mostly stem from the emptiness she feels, from the sadness and anger of her circumstances and from her stepsister who seemingly has all the important things she wanted. From the beginning, she hasn't had an easy life and when fate gives her a chance to start over, she takes it and tries to be better.
The characters here have quite complex personalities. The author has a really great way of showing the depth of their thoughts and complexes of their hearts. Not much has happened event-wise in this volume, but the introduction of the main players alone makes you want to read more.
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