(All-female cast + no male lead + satisfying revenge, no taking abuse + no golden finger + family squabbles)
In her previous life, after her husband married into her family, Wang Sufen struggled to raise three sons (two adopted), put them through school and helped them marry, raised her grandson, sold the old family home, and borrowed money to buy them houses.
Only at the end did she discover that the adopted sons' biological mother was never dead. Now elegant and wealthy, she had come to reap the benefits, living happily with her husband and grandsons as if they were one big, real family.
Just as Wang Sufen was planning her revenge, her scumbag husband and ungrateful sons conspired to kill her. Her husband took out the insurance policy, the third son lured her into a trap, the second son did the deed, and the eldest son kept watch. Then they used her insurance money to make their fortunes.
Reborn, Wang Sufen returns to the year she turned forty, determined to collect everything they owe her, with interest.
Her husband freeloads while acting entitled? She'll leave him penniless, infamous, and bedridden.
The eldest son is devious and two-faced? She'll ruin his prospects, send him to prison for life, and make him a public pariah.
The second son is violent and lawless? She'll goad him into suffering the consequences of his own actions and meeting an early end.
The third son is utterly heartless? She'll watch him lose everyone and end up on the streets.
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Her daughter, who ran away from home in her previous life: “Then let's get divorced! I'll study myself to death if I have to, and support you, Mom!”
Her best friend, who grew apart from her in her previous life: “If I can't be a divorced woman, I can always become a widow.”
Her second daughter-in-law, who was killed by the second son in her previous life: “Mom, if you divorce Dad, I'm definitely on your side!”
Her eldest daughter-in-law, who was driven to suicide by the eldest son in her previous life: “Mom, if you're getting divorced, then so am I.”
The woman engaged to the third son: “If all of you are getting divorced, I'd be such an outsider if I went ahead and married him.”
After the divorce, Wang Sufen and her best friend, daughter, and daughters-in-law find success and fortune at every turn, making their fortunes and giving the scumbag men the ultimate comeuppance!
It's dragging on, so frustrating. The point of the rebirth novel is revenge, rather than crying over and over again about how useless you were in your previous life. You can't grasp the point by doing things in a grinding manner. It doesn't fit the theme of the cool article, so it's a bad review, but it's said to be all-female, so please encourage me.