Reviews of A Villainess Should Be Strong by illeannne - Webnovel

Ok so apparently this is a thing so don't mind if I do 👀👀 I'm the author of this story, of course I'm going to be biased and give it a 5 stars rating! Feel free to use this review as a way of communication, I will try my best to answer questions posted under this. Please give this story a chance!!

Um, so I am very new to reviewing so apologies in advance if my review is confusing or annoying...By the way, read the full review since the good stuff is mentioned in end... So, first of all, I would like to say that I really absolutely loved reading this novel till 100 chapters and after that, it started to go downhill a lot... okay so moving on to writing quality at first, I have noticed a few mistakes on character's names being misplaced or some spacing errors which had been a little bit annoying but overall I don't feel it has lots of mistakes grammatically but since it isn't exactly errorless I can't give 4.5 stars hence 4 stars... now as far as stability of updates is concerned, it shows the last chapter was released months ago? (maybe I'm wrong and I'm really new to webnovel platform) but I won't complain more about this since I was binge reading this novel Story development..this is what I found extremely disappointing. To be fair I had extremely high expectations for this novel. There were some really bad plotholes right from the beginning(hey can a five-year-old can talk like a normal adult, do superhero stuff and her parents would just be a little bit weirded out not actually questioning her or anything) but I assumed they can be possible in the fantasy genre. But somewhere along the 80th to 100th chapter the story started to go awry. extremely sharp changes in themes and settings without a sense of fluidity. almost as if there hasn't been proper planning in its execution. In my opinion, most of the recent plot seems forced. But I will never say it's all bad. there had been some extremely awesome moments that I have never experienced before. I really believe that this novel still hasn't lost its potential and its storyline seems to be getting better as of the 160th chapter onwards? Now I have mixed feelings for character designs. I REALLY REALLY adored the child Estelle in the beginning. But I stopped adoring Estelle and rather started empathizing/pitying with her in the later chapter. I actually loved how her character developed from the beginning till now. Now the other characters also seem to have their own specific traits and characters BUT it's extremely disappointing that some of the characters just get forgotten when I least expected it (welp alan and Noah...). Now the world background...Actually, it's too complicated for me to review. If the author is a high schooler, I say she/he is a genius. You actually made the whole world stuff and magic into a logic which is absolutely brilliant. And I appreciate the huge amount of care you tried putting into the world background but to be honest, in the end, I was just confused to death... and the underworld was nearly forgotten and I guess it would change in upcoming chapters? Now, why do I find this novel stellar? well because it's a gem in itself. To those who have read the first 50 chapters and whines that nowhere Estelle being villainess is shown, the only advice I can give you is that please read the novel completely before whining. The concept is entirely new in itself and to those who are looking for a villainess snatching the crown prince from the heroine of otome novel, you are officially scammed. I loved this novel where the heroine is bold and courageous instead of a wallflower and thank god there is no dumb romance. All in all, I would say try this novel, perhaps your initial expectations from reading the first few chapters of this novel won't be fulfilled by the end but this novel is indeed one of the best novels with a bold female protagonist. Author-san, I hope you don't drop this novel, obviously, I have been harsh on my review but that's because I still feel that this novel is really unique and interesting and that you are really growing as an author since the last few chapters have been getting better. Bye and thanks for patiently reading this!

Another novel that suffers from because I told you so writing. The mc was a genius because I said so and also she hacked fast, stuff like this starts off the novel and doesn't seem to stop even at chapter 40 where I ended up dropping it. Going back to that earlier scene I mentioned, the author makes it very hard to connect or even believe the world in any way, extra details are seldom given and when they are explained the explanations don't hold up to scrutiny, the mc in her past life was a genius in everything and to prove this the author just says she was good and the only example he provides as to allow the reader to measure her skill at anything is with hacking, in which they mention that if the mc and throwaway male character were to compete in hacking she would win by a hairs breadth because the throwaway lost focus. That just ruins the immersion here, tv shows can get away with it because visuals help with this but even then it pains me, here it rips you straight out of the world and makes the mc go from a smart person to be idolized by the reader to a dummy who it's hard to believe was good at anything. If anything the way the mc died was the most believable thing in the novel, killing someone who succeeded more than you and is an absolute buffoon is a motive I can understand. In the fantasy land the mc isn't much better and the author really kicks up their boring confusing over explained writing style making dialogue tedious to follow and world building boring. Things in this novel are that way because they are, the mc was apparently superior to dragons at birth, and then only far ahead in her classes later on, classes which given that the author makes a point of saying the parents are good and reasonable have no point being included. Overall this novel had a nice concept, an overpowered female lead adapts and goes to rule the fantasy world but none of the quality to back it up. The characters are unbelievable as they can only be as smart as the author can write them, and the author seems to have no idea how to write a character that can think more ahead than tomorrow, the world is bland as we just hear about generic fantasy races, and the only interesting concept, a spirit tree is written so confusingly it pains me, where is it, how does it look, can it ever take an active role etc, all questions inadequateley answered. I don't mean to hate but if the author ever writes another story with a character they want to be believably smart, aside from addressing the plethora of writing issues (get here in a bit), the author should outline their arcs and allow for planned bits of info that the reader also gets in order to allow the mc to hone in on them themselves. Finally the writing itself, it feels like the author ran this book through grammarly then added a bunch of marks saying "Insert adjective/verb here" and used thesaurus.com to do so, and ran the entire page through it while they were there the word choice in this novel is appalling, and clunky, to give you a comparison of what this feels like to read, imagine an essay that got a D- in a 9th grade honors English class, and you have it. If the author does read this, I recommend writing a bunch of short stories and developing that way, a 10 page story that you can then post to forums and the like for critique not mindless consumption like seen in sites like webnovel would go leaps and bounds towards helping you understand what makes a good bit of writing, to be clear it's not your story idea here that is at fault overpowered protagonists can be written well take kumo desu ga nani ka, slime, unordinary, worm, blackbloodtales, shoggoth, world keeper, average, etc. Few can be written excellently but it isn't a detractor from a story. My issue with this novel lies in the authors struggle to show not tell and they can work on that.

I like this story! The characters in it is very well create and the plotline is good even though sometimes I will get confused but I still can understand it. Love how deep this story is and the FL's system and magic.

I read this novel back on wattpad before covid hit and saw it on here, I just kind of picked it backed up and continued reading. Good novel, what else can I say honestly? Set up is good, character development is amazing, and the author always leaves ambiguous clues that keep me reading. 10/10 would recommend you read.

So um this is my second time reviewing a fic, my thoughts on it are as follows, though the story is interesting to some extent i find that the villainess aspect of this character to be... kind of redundant, from the first 20 or so chapters I've read the story doesnt seem to be subverting the "Otome game" reincarnation genre, rather a political intrigue plot, maybe i'll change my thoughts on this novel as I read, but so far my thoughts are that, though this story is well written, it doesn't fulfill the "Otome game Villainess" trope

It is a very well-written story, with a couple of misspelled words and grammar mistakes occasionally, but nothing that will denigrate your opinion on the story. The story started out great, MC was a strong decisive type who knew what they wanted, however, as the story goes on, her intellect degrades for the sake of info dumps, she makes illogical choices to force the plot in certain directions, and she has become the rather bland wet-blanket type of mc prevalent in a lot of JP Stories( the type who is always worried about everything yet only does anything when the plot need to change directions). After all said and done, it is just my personal preference towards the character, as I find that type annoying within a story with this many serious things going on, especially since she is only 5 and just time-jumped to 10 now. There are also some glaring plot holes concerning a time paradox issue, it is not story-breaking but if you're a person who can usually see a lot of the variables within those paradoxs', it will jolt ya out of the story a little bit. All in all I suppose you should read it as it is a good story that follows similarly to a FMC rebirth/revenge cultivation story. ( only made it to chapter 58 so not sure if there is an ML or not as romance is non-existent at this point)

[img=recommend][img=recommend][img=recommend][img=recommend] this is a great novel, definitely didnt regret picking it up! have a great read!!!

i really like this type of genre. the story is slow burn but I like it. [img=recommend] I hope the author will continue update the chapter . i really want Alexandra being happy and loved by everyone.

I give 5 stars!!! I like the plot and the characters are great. I just feel like they’re being tortured by the author too much😓😓😓 The MC’s mentality is techinally older than her actual physical age but she’s like 10, ok? She is too young to be tortured like that!!

bom

The story was good untill you hit about chapter 40. From there the story takes a sudden turn and becomes really sad and weird....I enjoyed it at first, however, the plot was sort of slow paced and boring. There was a lot of unnecessary information and events, there was also unexplained mysteries but I guess that's just part of the story? The description and writing was very good though, the way the world view and characters were written was amazing honestly. There were some grammatical errors and missing words from sentences. This story could use a little improvement but in all well done.

LOVE THIS NOVEL! The author is best in her work.. for me this novel brings myself to question about the things going on in my life.. it gives a sense of peace and at the same time to see things in different perspective... I love the writing, I love the background, I love the characters... Keep up the good work Author [img=faceslap][img=faceslap][img=faceslap][img=faceslap]

I really love this novel. I love the writing, the characters, the plot, and the background. It was well written, many unique characters, and the background was described beautifully. I'm giving it a 5 starts. good job authors

Such a beautiful piece of work by a beautiful author. I'm rendered speechless by the storyline and there's just some mysterious aura, dragging my interest to keep going the next chapter. 5/5 well deserved, please accept my love and simp

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I only have one word for this novel, one word only. Are you curious about my one word too? Why so curious? Stop reading to find out my one word man. Omg, please stop being so curious. Curiosity will kill the cat, don't you know this. Fine, seeing how you're so desperate to know my one word. It's collection. What's collection? Obviously, it's adding this novel to your library fool.

Sadly, this novel turned out a rather disappointing read. The start was strong and promising with solid writing and good pacing, but the further the story progresses the worth it gets: the author tries to play around with time gimmicks but ends up messing the timeline, writing gets worth with sentences often left unfinished, characters suddenly exhibit inconsistent behaviours, the scenes often contradict prior ones. The degree may vary from minor details like a character that left the room still participating in a dialogue to major stuff involving the whole plot. There's also an issue with author piling up "mysteries" without ever resolving any of them. Even the titular "villainess" status is made into a mystery and left unaddressed.

Yeah I'm 20 chapters in, the story's good, but the writting sucks. A lot. It's not the grammar, somehow or other people's name are switched, POV messed up, incomplete paragraph or sentence, it's like the manuscript was written on paper, shot at repeatedly, then scanned along with the holes. Some part are simply missing. So yeah I'll leave this for a while and come back later to see if it's fixed. If not then I won't bother continuing, cause it makes less sense than MTLs. My brain cells are not cheap.

Just reached chapter 26 after binge reading the first 25, and i have to say this is a pretty interesting story, I am very curious to see how Estelle’s story will play out and wether or not she actually is the villian or if she is going to be a good person forced to be the villian to take down some bad people. I have no complaints thus far, and questions aplenty but will hold back in case they are already answered.

it's rare to find a novel that well organized and well details... I feel the emotions of the author from the nice plot and the pretty names and the smooth sailing thank you[img=recommend]

Nah. .. It's good😁.. . . . . . . . . . . . Maybe I'm just childish but I hate Yulia😅 I really hate her😒 I don't know what she did to literally made me hate her. Hell fck I really hate her😂 Really want to kill her😏

I don’t actually like this book that much. it’s kind of messy and uncoherent, and the plot and character development are lacking. However, it isn’t terrible either, so the most i would say is that it’s boring.

Like the author, I also am absolutely whipped by the character's name ;) as well their story development. I really like how developed the worlds background is, making it an enthralling ride, which I insist, you go on!

This novel is so good to be true, can't take my eyes away from this. It feels like heaven to read, I wanna read it so much. If this novel got some drive, then thanked God its still alive. This novel is so good to be true, can't take my eyes away from this. I need this novel like it's quite all right. I need this novel to warm my lonely nights. Just read this novel, cause I... say... Shameless Promotion: Check out my novel: Crowning Cruel Crow. Hahaha. https://m.webnovel.com/book/crowning-cruel-crow_18100192205265505

.................................................. overall is good. .. plus the storyline it's interesting from the first chapter. but checking on the updating stability is quite low. maintain that you'll get more readers. plus thank you for your hard work hoping for more in the future

pls update soon ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ giving support we'll be waiting for you to get off hiatus author ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ your story us greattt pls don't discontinue it.... ❤️❤️❤️