The rules of this story remind me of the Korean "I Thought It Was a Common Transmigration, " where the more central the character there, the less free will, but here, it's the complete opposite -- the extras have less free will.

I also love that, even though OGML is still antagonistic throughout, his threat level diminishes fast, and he's just FL's annoying brother-in-law.

the male lead : I was mostly interested in his character development and in my opinion he did have one but according to what seems like the author's preference he was somehow submissive it wasn't too over the top but it was abit annoying at times

also shout out for the author for fulfilling my wish in seeing what will the person feel when their lover go back to their original world I always felt it wasn't stressed upon that much and never left any type of issues on their life later on but here we see wen zhan actually having anxiety but I admit the author went abit overboard with it but I can accept that it is needed for a character like wen zhan and his experience so I won't object

what I also liked is that lu yunchu really got to travel liked she wanted to and it wasn't just mere wishing and talking or a conversation that the author just forgot about but I wished they showed us their children as well it would have been cute to see them as parents but I can understand that it'll take alot of courage to get pregnant at times were medicine wasn't as advanced so again no complaints

I would also like to talk about yiu zhixu and wen yue fallout I didn't expect even though I read the last chapter when I was bored in ch 44 maybe but I was still confused as to why it didn't work between them even when they got free from the shackles of the plot and wen yue seemed more humane and even kinda likeable? But I later in the same chapter knew and I felt it was reasonable and ngl I likethe shadow with her more now

lastly I would talk about the original plot Even tho the author didn't go deep into that world dynamic and the reason for it I liked the world building and the rules the characters had to follow and how they tried to get rid of the shackles it wasn't really the main main point but it was great as it is Because I never expected to know who is behind the world etc in the first place so I wasn't disappointed, I liked the detail in the last chapter about the book and the sentence left in it it was in a way touching

The MC effort to face the plot and save a minor cannon fodder gradually helps her change the trajectory of their fates. The author is very detailed when talking about foods, POVs of various characters, PTSD, how friendship and love grows, but doesn't elaborate much about why this world is a trap or why the MC became a part of it.

My main complaint for the story is that it's hard to get invested because the world feels flat but that's an on purpose major plot point that is done well so I just have really mixed feelings on wether or not it's actually a bad thing idk

Everyone at one point already realised the "fate" or conscious of the world. The world already on the verge of breaking, making it easier to break it at the end. There's "antagonist" character too. Even if he's not acting too villainy like in the novel FL read, he's still evil. He got killed easily but that also make sense as everyone already kinda expected everything. He let his guard down and got killed unexpectedly.

The world is fake (the moon doesn't change shape, only important characters in the book get fleshed out backstories, etc but ML and FL are self-aware