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Murderous Lewellyn's Candlelit Dinner #1
살인� 르웰� 씨의 낭만적인 정찬 1
2020� 6월부� 2022� 2월까지, 리디에서 많은 독자분들� 사랑 속에 연재� 웹툰《살인마 르웰� 씨의 낭만적인 정찬》이 완결 � 종이책으� 출간되었�. � 6� 완결이며, 묵부 작가님의 섬세� 작화와 영리� 작가님의 흥미진진� 연출� 종이� 페이지 안에 새롭� 재구성되�, 독자분들� 웹툰과는 � 다른 신선함과 즐거움� 선사� 것이�.
빈민가 이라 스트리트� 떠들썩하� 만든 연쇄살인 사건� 셰본� � 앞에 쪽지� 붙이� 스토� 그리� 매일 계단에서 양파� 까는 수려� 외모� 미청� � 반전� 반전� 거듭하는 미스터리� 사건들로 가득한─ 오싹하지� � 이면� 애절하고 아름다운 진실� 담긴《살인마 르웰� 씨의 낭만적인 정찬》을 종이책으� 다시 한번 만나 보자.
빈민가 이라 스트리트� 떠들썩하� 만든 연쇄살인 사건� 셰본� � 앞에 쪽지� 붙이� 스토� 그리� 매일 계단에서 양파� 까는 수려� 외모� 미청� � 반전� 반전� 거듭하는 미스터리� 사건들로 가득한─ 오싹하지� � 이면� 애절하고 아름다운 진실� 담긴《살인마 르웰� 씨의 낭만적인 정찬》을 종이책으� 다시 한번 만나 보자.
296 pages, Paperback
Published September 8, 2023
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March 24, 2025
Ahh yes, I too hate it when I just want to do my job as a ghostwriter and my neighbor keeps sticking notes with atrocious spelling onto my door and he is always peeling onions in the hallway, and he also might be a serial killer, how annoying. Anyway, this is what the main character Shavonne has to keep up with in this manhwa, and he is also broke and currently having a rough time altogether, for the last 28 years or so. Enter his handsome but super weird and murderous neighbor Lewellyn who seems to have a more than usual interest in Shavonne. The manhwa explores their relationship and while this was really only the beginning, I couldn't look away. I shamefully have to admit that I kinda ship it, and I especially liked the approach that all people are inherently bad, but is someone specifically bad to you? I'm very interested in how their relationship develops and how much of a dark and toxic romance this will be.
The art was fine but nothing special, and the color palette was mostly grey and brown. While that may fit the story, it was also a little dull and it might be disappointing if you pay for the full color volume. But it would be interesting to see if more colors are added as the story continues. I also didn't love that every other character than Shavonne and Lewellyn was almost comically rude, and all authority like the police or the homeowner was incompetent and unhelpful. And there was a moment when Shavonne was super dumb (when he couldn't possibly know who sent the letters at the end), and I hope that whole situation isn't drawn out for too much longer. Anyway, I see a lot of potential with this story, and I think I'm going to continue at some time. It's only six volumes in total, so it's not never-ending like many other manhwa / webtoons, and that sounds good to me too.
Huge thanks to NetGalley and Yen Press for providing a digital arc in exchange for an honest review.
The art was fine but nothing special, and the color palette was mostly grey and brown. While that may fit the story, it was also a little dull and it might be disappointing if you pay for the full color volume. But it would be interesting to see if more colors are added as the story continues. I also didn't love that every other character than Shavonne and Lewellyn was almost comically rude, and all authority like the police or the homeowner was incompetent and unhelpful. And there was a moment when Shavonne was super dumb (when he couldn't possibly know who sent the letters at the end), and I hope that whole situation isn't drawn out for too much longer. Anyway, I see a lot of potential with this story, and I think I'm going to continue at some time. It's only six volumes in total, so it's not never-ending like many other manhwa / webtoons, and that sounds good to me too.
Huge thanks to NetGalley and Yen Press for providing a digital arc in exchange for an honest review.
February 3, 2024
he’s a 10 but he’s blonde and potentially a serial killer who loves cutting onions outside your apartment and in dire need of a manicure
October 14, 2023
pls for the love of god give this man a manicure
November 25, 2024
In Murderous Lewellyn´s Candlelit Dinner lernen wir erstmal Shavonne kennen. Er ist Ghostwriter, allerdings momentan ziemlich pleite. Er bewegt sich am Existensminimum und sieht momentan kein Vorankommen. Deswegen will er sich nur aufs Schreiben konzentrieren. Als dann irgendwelche Botschaften immer wieder an seiner Tür erscheinen, will er diese erst einmal ignorieren. Aber dann sitzt auch noch sein geheimnisvoller Nachbar immer wieder im Treppenhaus an seiner Wohnungstür und schält Zwiebeln!
Irgendwann lädt ihn der Fremde zu sich zum Candlelit Dinner ein, Shavonne, der irgendwie von ihm fasziniert ist und sich angezogen fühlt, kann dem nur zusagen. Allerdings geht im Elendsviertel Southbunch ein Serienmörder um und versetzt die Stadt in Angst und Schrecken. Kann man da wirklich Fremden vertrauen?
Ich gebe zu, anfangs war ich ein wenig verwirrt, aber einmal in die Geschichte gefunden, war ich mehr und mehr fasziniert davon. Es war sehr mysteriös und lebte eigentlich hauptsächlich von Kopfkino. Nach dem Motto: Was wäre wenn... und immer wieder habe ich gewartet, dass etwas ganz spannendes geschieht, aber das war leider nicht so. Und trotzdem hat mich irgendwas an der Geschichte begeistert und eigentlich will ich trotz allem wissen, wie es mit Shavonne und Lewellyn weiter geht.
Die Zeichnungen fand ich super, sie erzählten viel von der Geschichte mit. Manches fand ich ziemlich undurchsichtig � ist aber sicher dem geschuldet, dass die Geschichte ja noch weiter geht. Und auch mit Shavonne hatte ich manchmal meine Probleme. Hallo, er macht eine gruselige Entdeckung und schweigt????
Da fragt man sich schon warum. Oder war es gar nicht, wie es schien? Ich sag ja � manchmal etwas verwirrend. Und eben dies ist der Grund, weshalb ich jetzt unbedingt wissen möchte, wie es weiter geht!
Irgendwann lädt ihn der Fremde zu sich zum Candlelit Dinner ein, Shavonne, der irgendwie von ihm fasziniert ist und sich angezogen fühlt, kann dem nur zusagen. Allerdings geht im Elendsviertel Southbunch ein Serienmörder um und versetzt die Stadt in Angst und Schrecken. Kann man da wirklich Fremden vertrauen?
Ich gebe zu, anfangs war ich ein wenig verwirrt, aber einmal in die Geschichte gefunden, war ich mehr und mehr fasziniert davon. Es war sehr mysteriös und lebte eigentlich hauptsächlich von Kopfkino. Nach dem Motto: Was wäre wenn... und immer wieder habe ich gewartet, dass etwas ganz spannendes geschieht, aber das war leider nicht so. Und trotzdem hat mich irgendwas an der Geschichte begeistert und eigentlich will ich trotz allem wissen, wie es mit Shavonne und Lewellyn weiter geht.
Die Zeichnungen fand ich super, sie erzählten viel von der Geschichte mit. Manches fand ich ziemlich undurchsichtig � ist aber sicher dem geschuldet, dass die Geschichte ja noch weiter geht. Und auch mit Shavonne hatte ich manchmal meine Probleme. Hallo, er macht eine gruselige Entdeckung und schweigt????
Da fragt man sich schon warum. Oder war es gar nicht, wie es schien? Ich sag ja � manchmal etwas verwirrend. Und eben dies ist der Grund, weshalb ich jetzt unbedingt wissen möchte, wie es weiter geht!
December 10, 2024
A walking red flag~
Shavonne ist verarmt und Ghostwriter, dem nichts gutes im Leben gegönnt ist, und dann bekommt er noch seltsame Zettel an seine Tür geklebt - aber niemand will ihm gegen den Perversen helfen, immerhin ist er ein Mann, da gibt es sowas nicht.
Dann lernt er Lewellyn kennen, seinen Nachbarn, der die Zettel hinterlässt und ständig Zwiebeln schält und sowieso ominöse ist. Bei einem Dinner zu zweit in lewellyns Wohnung findet Shavonne einen Toten in einem Abstellraum....
:D Und dann fängt das Katz-und-Maus-Spiel erst an.
Shavonne weiß, dass sein Nachbar ein Mörder ist, versucht aber so zu tun, als wüsste er es nicht.
Lewellyn weiß, dass Shavonne weiß, das er ein Mörder ist, und weiß auch, dass Shavonne denkt, Lewellyn wüßte es nicht. Verwirrt? Sehr gut.
(Ich kann die Zeit, in der es spielt übrigens nicht einordnen. Ich vermute irgendwo im 19. Jahrhundert?)
Schließlich handelt der Band davon, wie sich Lewellyn immer mehr in Shavonnes Leben einschleicht, durch verschiedene Dinge - aber immer unfassbar freundlich zu ihm ist. Es ist soooo gut, weil es immer wieder Szenen gibt, wo Lewellyns echtes Naturell hervorkommt und diese Szenen sind so fucking hot ~ ich bin sehr gespannt, wie es weiter geht :D einige Plottwists waren auch schon dabei, weil man automatisch denkt, dass Lewellyn die Psychospielchen treibt, oder doch nicht?
Allerdings ist das Cover SEHR irreführend. Der Zeichenstil im Manga ist nicht schlecht, aber definitiv nicht auf dem gleichen Level wie das Cover - ich weiß nicht, ob es ein anderer Zeichner ist, oder ob das Cover so neu ist, dass sich der Zeichenstil so sehr geändert hat.
Für alle die Dark Gay Romance mögen, Serienkiller, Obsession etc. mögen.
Smut ist übrigens noch überhaupt nicht enthalten.
Shavonne ist verarmt und Ghostwriter, dem nichts gutes im Leben gegönnt ist, und dann bekommt er noch seltsame Zettel an seine Tür geklebt - aber niemand will ihm gegen den Perversen helfen, immerhin ist er ein Mann, da gibt es sowas nicht.
Dann lernt er Lewellyn kennen, seinen Nachbarn, der die Zettel hinterlässt und ständig Zwiebeln schält und sowieso ominöse ist. Bei einem Dinner zu zweit in lewellyns Wohnung findet Shavonne einen Toten in einem Abstellraum....
:D Und dann fängt das Katz-und-Maus-Spiel erst an.
Shavonne weiß, dass sein Nachbar ein Mörder ist, versucht aber so zu tun, als wüsste er es nicht.
Lewellyn weiß, dass Shavonne weiß, das er ein Mörder ist, und weiß auch, dass Shavonne denkt, Lewellyn wüßte es nicht. Verwirrt? Sehr gut.
(Ich kann die Zeit, in der es spielt übrigens nicht einordnen. Ich vermute irgendwo im 19. Jahrhundert?)
Schließlich handelt der Band davon, wie sich Lewellyn immer mehr in Shavonnes Leben einschleicht, durch verschiedene Dinge - aber immer unfassbar freundlich zu ihm ist. Es ist soooo gut, weil es immer wieder Szenen gibt, wo Lewellyns echtes Naturell hervorkommt und diese Szenen sind so fucking hot ~ ich bin sehr gespannt, wie es weiter geht :D einige Plottwists waren auch schon dabei, weil man automatisch denkt, dass Lewellyn die Psychospielchen treibt, oder doch nicht?
Allerdings ist das Cover SEHR irreführend. Der Zeichenstil im Manga ist nicht schlecht, aber definitiv nicht auf dem gleichen Level wie das Cover - ich weiß nicht, ob es ein anderer Zeichner ist, oder ob das Cover so neu ist, dass sich der Zeichenstil so sehr geändert hat.
Für alle die Dark Gay Romance mögen, Serienkiller, Obsession etc. mögen.
Smut ist übrigens noch überhaupt nicht enthalten.
April 1, 2025
ARC provided by Netgalley and the Publisher.
This was very weird, tonally. It was just a strange reading experience. I can't really pin down why it was weird, but I think it has something to do with nothing being too much. Everything in here was mild, no one was being creepy enough for me to call them out on it, no one was scarry enough to be frightening, and nothing was romantic enough for me to get those vibes either. Everything was just there and happened. The description hypes the story up way more than is dementated here and I'd be curious to see how volume two escalates things but right now there is kind of just nothing.
This was very weird, tonally. It was just a strange reading experience. I can't really pin down why it was weird, but I think it has something to do with nothing being too much. Everything in here was mild, no one was being creepy enough for me to call them out on it, no one was scarry enough to be frightening, and nothing was romantic enough for me to get those vibes either. Everything was just there and happened. The description hypes the story up way more than is dementated here and I'd be curious to see how volume two escalates things but right now there is kind of just nothing.
April 1, 2025
I read an ARC of this story.
Shavonne is a poor ghostwriter who dreams of getting out of a bad neighborhood. After breaking up with his current FWB, he starts running into a neighbor named Lewellyn, who he finds off-putting immediately. The author/artist did a wonderful job making the tension palpable in the scenes with Lewellyn. I was in a constant state of anxiety reading this, as Lewellyn’s demeanor would change on a dime.
This was a super fun (and tense) read and I’ll absolutely be reading the next volume!
Shavonne is a poor ghostwriter who dreams of getting out of a bad neighborhood. After breaking up with his current FWB, he starts running into a neighbor named Lewellyn, who he finds off-putting immediately. The author/artist did a wonderful job making the tension palpable in the scenes with Lewellyn. I was in a constant state of anxiety reading this, as Lewellyn’s demeanor would change on a dime.
This was a super fun (and tense) read and I’ll absolutely be reading the next volume!
January 26, 2025
Oooh this is fascinating
Read
January 27, 2025I'm not sure how I feel about this
February 23, 2025
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March 12, 2025
Happy new yeer 0:)
January 12, 2025
happy new yeer 😞😞
March 4, 2025
The storytelling and the build up have me giggling, it's just so good. It's playing with the reader, keeping me guessing and on the edge of my seat, letting me assume something only to throw out a hint that maybe things aren't what they seem. Or are they? I love it.
Shavonne is down to earth, takes little shit, but has a brain and knows there are some battles he can't win.
Lewellyn is delightful, in all of his facets.
But what is it about all the onions???
Shavonne is down to earth, takes little shit, but has a brain and knows there are some battles he can't win.
Lewellyn is delightful, in all of his facets.
But what is it about all the onions???
October 21, 2023
5.0�/5.0
Sencillamente es de mis manhwas favoritos.
Sencillamente es de mis manhwas favoritos.
May 28, 2024
i cried so much
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November 19, 2024
Genre: Horror/Mystery, Boys-Love
Ghostwriter Sahvonne steht knapp vorm Existenzlimit und kann sich grade noch so über Wasser halten. Plötzlich trifft er auf seinen Nachbarn, der im Treppenhaus sitzt und Zwiebeln schält. Eigentlich will sich Shavonne auf seine Arbeit konzentrieren und hat kein Interesse an neuen Kontakten. Doch der Fremde fasziniert ihn. Als dieser ihn zu einem Candlelite Dinner einlädt, kann er die Einladung nicht ausschlagen. Allerdings treibt in Southbunch ein Serienmörder sein Unwesen, und was Shavonne dann in der Wohnung seines Nachbars entdeckt, lässt ihm die Haare zu Berge stehen.
Klingt alles ziemlich spannend und mysteriös. Leider hat mich der erste Band nicht ganz abholen können und fand ich ihn statt gruselig und spannend eher langweilig.
Das Setting fand ich hingegen richtig cool! Es wird keine Jahreszahl preisgegeben, aber für mich fühlte es sich irgendetwas um die 30er Jahre herum an, von der Mode und dem ganzen Erscheinungsbild her. (Ob das stimmt, weiss ich nicht, war nur mein persönlicher Eindruck, bin aber auch nicht die Beste beim Schätzen von sowas 🙈 Also bitte ohne Gewähr 😆)
Die Zeichungen fand ich auch richtig gelungen und stimmungsvoll.
Allein das Tempo der Story und die Charaktere konnten mich nicht ganz überzeugen.
Die Backstory von Shavonne, die hier und da mal aufgegriffen wird, fand ich ein bisschen dürftig. Mein größtes Problem mit Shavonne war aber, dass ich ihn als sehr durchsetzungsschwach wahrgenommen habe und mich das im Laufe der Geschichte immer mehr gestört hat.
Shavonne macht in der Wohnung seines Nachbarn eine schreckliche Entdeckung und alles in ihm schreit danach, sich von seinem Nachbran fernzuhalten. Er lässt sich aber immer wieder um den Finger wickeln, zieht seine Idee nicht durch zur Polizei zu gehen und kann zu Nichts „Nein� sagen. Das hat mich ab einem gewissen Punkt nur noch genervt. Außerdem fand ich, dass sich die Story sehr langsam entwickelt und sich ganz schön zieht. Für mich hätte da im ersten Band noch mehr passieren müssen, dass ich anbeiße. So werde ich die Reihe wohl nicht weiterverfolgen.
Ghostwriter Sahvonne steht knapp vorm Existenzlimit und kann sich grade noch so über Wasser halten. Plötzlich trifft er auf seinen Nachbarn, der im Treppenhaus sitzt und Zwiebeln schält. Eigentlich will sich Shavonne auf seine Arbeit konzentrieren und hat kein Interesse an neuen Kontakten. Doch der Fremde fasziniert ihn. Als dieser ihn zu einem Candlelite Dinner einlädt, kann er die Einladung nicht ausschlagen. Allerdings treibt in Southbunch ein Serienmörder sein Unwesen, und was Shavonne dann in der Wohnung seines Nachbars entdeckt, lässt ihm die Haare zu Berge stehen.
Klingt alles ziemlich spannend und mysteriös. Leider hat mich der erste Band nicht ganz abholen können und fand ich ihn statt gruselig und spannend eher langweilig.
Das Setting fand ich hingegen richtig cool! Es wird keine Jahreszahl preisgegeben, aber für mich fühlte es sich irgendetwas um die 30er Jahre herum an, von der Mode und dem ganzen Erscheinungsbild her. (Ob das stimmt, weiss ich nicht, war nur mein persönlicher Eindruck, bin aber auch nicht die Beste beim Schätzen von sowas 🙈 Also bitte ohne Gewähr 😆)
Die Zeichungen fand ich auch richtig gelungen und stimmungsvoll.
Allein das Tempo der Story und die Charaktere konnten mich nicht ganz überzeugen.
Die Backstory von Shavonne, die hier und da mal aufgegriffen wird, fand ich ein bisschen dürftig. Mein größtes Problem mit Shavonne war aber, dass ich ihn als sehr durchsetzungsschwach wahrgenommen habe und mich das im Laufe der Geschichte immer mehr gestört hat.
Shavonne macht in der Wohnung seines Nachbarn eine schreckliche Entdeckung und alles in ihm schreit danach, sich von seinem Nachbran fernzuhalten. Er lässt sich aber immer wieder um den Finger wickeln, zieht seine Idee nicht durch zur Polizei zu gehen und kann zu Nichts „Nein� sagen. Das hat mich ab einem gewissen Punkt nur noch genervt. Außerdem fand ich, dass sich die Story sehr langsam entwickelt und sich ganz schön zieht. Für mich hätte da im ersten Band noch mehr passieren müssen, dass ich anbeiße. So werde ich die Reihe wohl nicht weiterverfolgen.
August 17, 2024
Actual rating: 3.5 stars
This review covers S1 of the webtoon.
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😭 this is so sad. Shavonne and Lewellyn aren’t merely just neighbours turned lovers, their past goes way back and unfortunately only Lewellyn remembers it. I don’t know what happened to make Shavonne lose his memories but it must’ve been so painful for Lewellyn, who transformed from a “dog� into a human just to look for Shavonne. To think that Lewellyn was named by Shavonne, because before the name Lewellyn he had no name. He was a prisoner or an experiment, never knowing anything outside the four walls of his cell. And Shavonne was the only person who had given him warmth, so he clung onto Shavonne, loved him and was afraid of being abandoned by him. Lewellyn was moulded into life by Shavonne. Alas� what they had could never last and when Shavonne said that he had never loved Lewellyn, the moment Lewellyn gave up resisting the guards was heartbreaking.
The pacing is good and the oddities surrounding Shavonne and Lewellyn’s current relationship were explained one by one as we learned about their shared past. There are still unanswered questions such as, just how exactly did Lewellyn get out of prison? Why was he even there in the first place? Why did Shavonne’s doctor “friend� keep tabs on him? So many more loose ends. I hope the author will be able to answer all these in the next season.
This review covers S1 of the webtoon.
O:)
😭 this is so sad. Shavonne and Lewellyn aren’t merely just neighbours turned lovers, their past goes way back and unfortunately only Lewellyn remembers it. I don’t know what happened to make Shavonne lose his memories but it must’ve been so painful for Lewellyn, who transformed from a “dog� into a human just to look for Shavonne. To think that Lewellyn was named by Shavonne, because before the name Lewellyn he had no name. He was a prisoner or an experiment, never knowing anything outside the four walls of his cell. And Shavonne was the only person who had given him warmth, so he clung onto Shavonne, loved him and was afraid of being abandoned by him. Lewellyn was moulded into life by Shavonne. Alas� what they had could never last and when Shavonne said that he had never loved Lewellyn, the moment Lewellyn gave up resisting the guards was heartbreaking.
The pacing is good and the oddities surrounding Shavonne and Lewellyn’s current relationship were explained one by one as we learned about their shared past. There are still unanswered questions such as, just how exactly did Lewellyn get out of prison? Why was he even there in the first place? Why did Shavonne’s doctor “friend� keep tabs on him? So many more loose ends. I hope the author will be able to answer all these in the next season.
April 6, 2025
Thank you NetGalley and the publishers for this digital ARC
This review is only for the English translation of Volume 1 of Murderous Lewellyn's Candlelit Dinner
I did not know about this being already published and I went into this story expecting a mystery thriller as it was tagged as such. The mystery element is pretty low and most of the story revolves around 2 characters Shavonne, a broke ghost writer struggling to earn money and Lewellyn, possibly a serial killer who is obssessed with onions.
Now, most of my issue stems from not knowing this is a series leading to romance between these two characters and maybe we will get more backstory and reasons for the characters' behaviour in next volumes, based on what we have got here it was uncomfortable. This could be something that works for others who wouldn't mind weird dynamics and characters who ignore every red flag. If this was only a thriller, i could see how the book successfully creates a creepy unlikeable character but volume 1 still fails to create a dynamic start to a series with most of it's settings all being on the apartment floor of the two characters.
This review is only for the English translation of Volume 1 of Murderous Lewellyn's Candlelit Dinner
I did not know about this being already published and I went into this story expecting a mystery thriller as it was tagged as such. The mystery element is pretty low and most of the story revolves around 2 characters Shavonne, a broke ghost writer struggling to earn money and Lewellyn, possibly a serial killer who is obssessed with onions.
Now, most of my issue stems from not knowing this is a series leading to romance between these two characters and maybe we will get more backstory and reasons for the characters' behaviour in next volumes, based on what we have got here it was uncomfortable. This could be something that works for others who wouldn't mind weird dynamics and characters who ignore every red flag. If this was only a thriller, i could see how the book successfully creates a creepy unlikeable character but volume 1 still fails to create a dynamic start to a series with most of it's settings all being on the apartment floor of the two characters.
December 2, 2024
Worum geht es?
Ein grausamer Serienkiller treibt in Ira Street, Southbunch sein Unwesen. Die Polizei tappt im dunkeln und die Bürger sind in Angst und Schrecken versetzt. Der verarmte Ghostwriter Shavonne trifft eines Tages vor seiner Wohnung plötzlich auf seinen mysteriösen Nachbarn Lewellyn, den er von diesem Tage an jeden Tag auf der gleichen Stelle sitzen und Zwiebeln schälen sieht. Als der besagte Nachbar Lewellyn Shavonne zum Abendessen einlädt, macht dieser eine schrecklich Entdeckung�
Ein toller Auftakt der Reihe! Das Setting war düster und passend zur mysteriösen Geschichte. Von Anfang an war es spannend und ich konnte es kaum aus der Hand legen. Einen Stern Abzug bekommt es von mir, da ich noch nicht weiß was ich von Lewellyn halten soll und da es noch einige Fragen gibt, die mich verwirren. Doch ich denke die werden in den nächsten Bänden aufgeklärt. Die Geschichte hat definitiv potenzial und ich bin sehr gespannt auf Band 2!
Fazit
Für jeden zu empfehlen der gerne Boys love und Horrorgeschichten liest!
Ein grausamer Serienkiller treibt in Ira Street, Southbunch sein Unwesen. Die Polizei tappt im dunkeln und die Bürger sind in Angst und Schrecken versetzt. Der verarmte Ghostwriter Shavonne trifft eines Tages vor seiner Wohnung plötzlich auf seinen mysteriösen Nachbarn Lewellyn, den er von diesem Tage an jeden Tag auf der gleichen Stelle sitzen und Zwiebeln schälen sieht. Als der besagte Nachbar Lewellyn Shavonne zum Abendessen einlädt, macht dieser eine schrecklich Entdeckung�
Ein toller Auftakt der Reihe! Das Setting war düster und passend zur mysteriösen Geschichte. Von Anfang an war es spannend und ich konnte es kaum aus der Hand legen. Einen Stern Abzug bekommt es von mir, da ich noch nicht weiß was ich von Lewellyn halten soll und da es noch einige Fragen gibt, die mich verwirren. Doch ich denke die werden in den nächsten Bänden aufgeklärt. Die Geschichte hat definitiv potenzial und ich bin sehr gespannt auf Band 2!
Fazit
Für jeden zu empfehlen der gerne Boys love und Horrorgeschichten liest!
January 17, 2025
O:) < 양파 🧅 )
started off this story and almost dropped it because of the fucking nail fungus and weird ass plot 😭 straight up felt like a fever dream.
However, I’m so glad I stayed for post chapter 30ish, because after the baseline is set up, this Webtoon becomes a heart wrenching tale and really goes for your heart.
I now see why all the reviews and comments were raving about this. I’m not even bothered by the nails anymore 🥹 (mainly bc the author stopped drawing it like a fucking disease 😭 thank you for changing it to black nails, I already got the point�)
I know this seems like a shitpost in the beginning but PLEASE give this Webtoon an honest chance if you want a good revenge story and want to root for two tragic and broken characters who find hope in their dark worlds with each other.
The setting of the world is so grim and both of them were born into extreme unfortunate circumstances. There is no traditional sense of a “hero� or a saviour. It’s literally two lost souls finding a home within their bond. Both characters have a strong backbone and I like that MC wasn’t a damsel in distress and could fend for himself.
Anyways. Wow, this was a tragic story throughout, I’m a little shocked that this ended up with a and I was totally not prepared for it lol. that was the real plot twist all along haha but I’m glad for it, because this would’ve ended up in a “depression in a book� bookshelf otherwise 😭
I will say though, I do think the possible alternative ending being left on that open note aka a
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(A bit of a language review rant, because I’m learning Korean at the moment and I’m genuinely learning whenever I read webtoons in Korean lol)
So I read the Webtoon version, not novel version, in both English and Korean (swapped between the two pending on my understanding of the Korean lol).
The English translations were done extremely well. The tones and implied subtexts were translated and rephrased well, even slang and certain phrases from the Korean version would use an English equivalent rather than a direct translation and it makes it flow more naturally.
Because this setting is like fictional 1800-1900s Europe, I find the English version more fitting to the setting, however I do enjoy being able to read the story in the native language.
Small details like how the MC would speak in polite/formal grammar to the ML when he first met “the dog� (ML) while all the other guards spoke immediately in 반말 (informal) already showed how MC viewed ML as a human and not a “dog� right off the bat. It was only once the MC felt like he gained ML’s trust properly, that he switched into informal and even then, he never used swears at him and would still often speak to him with respect.
Something like this in unfortunately not translated well into English, both from a grammar perspective but also from a social-culture perspective on how Asian hierarchy is. But I do appreciate this detail a lot as it’s reflective of how the characters view each other.
The change in the grammar is also shown with the difference in Lewellyn being illiterate in the beginning, where he only knows how to swear and speak informally because that is how his abusers spoke to him, vs later, when he gets more educated (taught by the MC of course). He speaks to Shevon in a polite tone most of the time, even throughout the Webtoon and after they got together, indicating his level of respect for him.
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Another detail I appreciate is how details that may seem insignificant get brought up later, and just when you think you’ve been wounded emotionally enough those details come back to rub the salt in your wound 💀
Side note I really appreciate the English translators giving TLDRs and summaries (and theories lol) at the end of the chapters, it really makes you view the whole story and how you interpret it in a different light.
Anyway I really enjoyed this Webtoon, I’m curious to see how true it stuck to the novel it was adapted from, although the chapters are much longer than an average webtoon’s, I felt like 90 chapters wasn’t enough to really cover everything the story wanted to set out nor tie up the loose ends and plot holes. I may read the novel another time, when I feel like I’m emotionally ready to deal with tragedy again 😅
started off this story and almost dropped it because of the fucking nail fungus and weird ass plot 😭 straight up felt like a fever dream.
However, I’m so glad I stayed for post chapter 30ish, because after the baseline is set up, this Webtoon becomes a heart wrenching tale and really goes for your heart.
I now see why all the reviews and comments were raving about this. I’m not even bothered by the nails anymore 🥹 (mainly bc the author stopped drawing it like a fucking disease 😭 thank you for changing it to black nails, I already got the point�)
I know this seems like a shitpost in the beginning but PLEASE give this Webtoon an honest chance if you want a good revenge story and want to root for two tragic and broken characters who find hope in their dark worlds with each other.
The setting of the world is so grim and both of them were born into extreme unfortunate circumstances. There is no traditional sense of a “hero� or a saviour. It’s literally two lost souls finding a home within their bond. Both characters have a strong backbone and I like that MC wasn’t a damsel in distress and could fend for himself.
Anyways. Wow, this was a tragic story throughout, I’m a little shocked that this ended up with a and I was totally not prepared for it lol. that was the real plot twist all along haha but I’m glad for it, because this would’ve ended up in a “depression in a book� bookshelf otherwise 😭
I will say though, I do think the possible alternative ending being left on that open note aka a
�
(A bit of a language review rant, because I’m learning Korean at the moment and I’m genuinely learning whenever I read webtoons in Korean lol)
So I read the Webtoon version, not novel version, in both English and Korean (swapped between the two pending on my understanding of the Korean lol).
The English translations were done extremely well. The tones and implied subtexts were translated and rephrased well, even slang and certain phrases from the Korean version would use an English equivalent rather than a direct translation and it makes it flow more naturally.
Because this setting is like fictional 1800-1900s Europe, I find the English version more fitting to the setting, however I do enjoy being able to read the story in the native language.
Small details like how the MC would speak in polite/formal grammar to the ML when he first met “the dog� (ML) while all the other guards spoke immediately in 반말 (informal) already showed how MC viewed ML as a human and not a “dog� right off the bat. It was only once the MC felt like he gained ML’s trust properly, that he switched into informal and even then, he never used swears at him and would still often speak to him with respect.
Something like this in unfortunately not translated well into English, both from a grammar perspective but also from a social-culture perspective on how Asian hierarchy is. But I do appreciate this detail a lot as it’s reflective of how the characters view each other.
The change in the grammar is also shown with the difference in Lewellyn being illiterate in the beginning, where he only knows how to swear and speak informally because that is how his abusers spoke to him, vs later, when he gets more educated (taught by the MC of course). He speaks to Shevon in a polite tone most of the time, even throughout the Webtoon and after they got together, indicating his level of respect for him.
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Another detail I appreciate is how details that may seem insignificant get brought up later, and just when you think you’ve been wounded emotionally enough those details come back to rub the salt in your wound 💀
Side note I really appreciate the English translators giving TLDRs and summaries (and theories lol) at the end of the chapters, it really makes you view the whole story and how you interpret it in a different light.
Anyway I really enjoyed this Webtoon, I’m curious to see how true it stuck to the novel it was adapted from, although the chapters are much longer than an average webtoon’s, I felt like 90 chapters wasn’t enough to really cover everything the story wanted to set out nor tie up the loose ends and plot holes. I may read the novel another time, when I feel like I’m emotionally ready to deal with tragedy again 😅
October 26, 2024
Estuvo bien y realmente me tocó el corazón la historia personal de ambos protagonistas (es que es imposible no empatizar con ellos 💔) pero siento que el ritmo de la historia no fue el mejor. Cuanto más se aproximaba el final, más aburrido lo sentía, y yo solo esperaba que pasara algo más que me enganchara, y no sucedió. El enfoque psicológico de la narración, aunque sorprendente e increíble al principio, se volvía repetitivo en cierto modo. Entiendo que el foco principal era la historia de amor de los protagonistas y mostrar lo horrible e injusto que fue el mundo con ellos, pero para ser una historia larga y marcada como “thriller� ofrecía mucho menos de lo que prometía en cuanto a la complejidad de la trama.
January 9, 2025
At first, I didn’t know what to think. I was getting Killing Stalking flashbacks and was hoping it wouldn’t be true. I was not expecting the psychological horror/thriller aspect to be front and centre, but omg was it good. This story really should be marketed as such though since the romance tag being forefront doesn’t fully describe the main plot line and changes initial perceptions of the story going into it blind like I did.
Art was beautiful. Character relations and dynamics were so interesting. Plot twists were *chef’s kiss*. Ending was perfect. I love how everything since the beginning began coming together, tying up all the loose ends and answers all questions .
Art was beautiful. Character relations and dynamics were so interesting. Plot twists were *chef’s kiss*. Ending was perfect. I love how everything since the beginning began coming together, tying up all the loose ends and answers all questions .
March 20, 2025
Thank you to NetGalley and Yen Press for my auto approval!!
This is such a weird and interesting story and I’m invested. I feel like Shavonne is not as freaked out as he should be. Like things just work out for Lewellyn and he just kind of ignores it. Like he seems to be worried about him but not to the degree he needs to me. I have a lot of questions but my number 1 is why do Lewellyn‘s fingernails look so ragged, why does he always peel onions but never smell like them, and why does he get away with everything.
This is such a weird and interesting story and I’m invested. I feel like Shavonne is not as freaked out as he should be. Like things just work out for Lewellyn and he just kind of ignores it. Like he seems to be worried about him but not to the degree he needs to me. I have a lot of questions but my number 1 is why do Lewellyn‘s fingernails look so ragged, why does he always peel onions but never smell like them, and why does he get away with everything.
March 23, 2025
I mean th idea is fine but the whole story is just so messy. I get that the author wanted to build suspense but it just ended up being a badly executed idea with one-dimensional characters that were written to seem deep but really are not.
It was just plain boring.
The artstyle was fine though, no problems on that front.
I'd like to send my thanks to Netgalley, the publisher, and the author for providing a free pdf version of this manga in exchange for an honest review.
It was just plain boring.
The artstyle was fine though, no problems on that front.
I'd like to send my thanks to Netgalley, the publisher, and the author for providing a free pdf version of this manga in exchange for an honest review.
March 24, 2025
Thanks to NetGalley and the author for granting me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Detective Conan grows up to be wooed by a blond devil. I loved every minute.
I worry the translator was unaware of the spelling "Siobhan". But that's okay, it's only the main character's name.
Detective Conan grows up to be wooed by a blond devil. I loved every minute.
I worry the translator was unaware of the spelling "Siobhan". But that's okay, it's only the main character's name.
March 26, 2025
Thank you to NetGalley for this arc.
Ooh okay this was very mysterious! I really liked the characters and the strange onion obsession that kept reoccurring. One volume was not enough! I feel like I only got a taste of something delicious and now I want a whole slice.
Ooh okay this was very mysterious! I really liked the characters and the strange onion obsession that kept reoccurring. One volume was not enough! I feel like I only got a taste of something delicious and now I want a whole slice.
December 23, 2023
Started off really well, kept you on the edge with the mystery. However, as the story progressed into the flashback, plot holes popped up and it just got a bit cliche(?)
March 7, 2024
Me asusta un poco el rubio y me exaspera el de negro
April 28, 2024
Todos los tomos pero me da pereza poner cada uno
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