The Paradise Project

I read "Beautiful Girls Are Just Tools for My Leveling Up" before reading "The Devil." Overall, I thought "Beautiful Girls" was alright, but "The Devil" was a complete disaster for me. This book isn't particularly bad, but there are two settings that I found extremely disgusting, the kind of disgust that makes me want to personally attack the author. First, the male protagonist inexplicably rejects women for most of the book, which is utterly baffling and nauseating. He seems like a childish person playing emotional games while feigning superiority. The early chapters fail to provide any convincing or reasonable setup, instead deliberately dragging out the plot, building suspense, and testing the reader's patience – a truly disgusting situation. Secondly, the author devotes considerable space to describing two effeminate men, and coupled with the male protagonist's early display of impotence in rejecting women, it makes one wonder if the author himself has such a peculiar fetish. This constantly keeps readers on edge about the possibility of plot spoilers later on, making it impossible to read the work with peace of mind. This book gives the impression of using the label of "effeminate" to attract readers with special fetishes, but this will disgust more readers with normal preferences. The subtle, unrequited romance between the male and female leads in the early stages acts like a poison that keeps normal readers hooked. Even though the plot is mediocre and nauseating, the large amount of sunk costs in the early episodes forces readers to continue reading despite the disgust. This feeling is even more disgusting, and one might even suspect that the author is playing a trick on the readers. As a reader who paid to read this book, I've described my unpleasant experience. I just had to vent; I was truly disgusted. The slight improvement in the later plot couldn't make up for the awful reading experience of the beginning. #(Vomit) I hope the author's future books will be like "Pretty Girl." #(Blue and sad)