Note: I'm still waiting for permission to publish the review I wrote before this one, hence the 3.4 instead of 3.3 ;-)
Author: Nafisa Benazir
Description: A young millionaire with dark fantasies
develops mixed feelings for Cora. Up for a bumpy ride? (lies, betrayal,
heartbreaks)
Cora is a 17
year old high school student with quite the complicated background already for
someone so young. Yet in spite of that, she is very independent and has quite
the sense of sarcastic humor. Because of circumstances at her parents’ house,
she felt the need to find her own place to live, so she lives on her own at 17.
To pay for the rent, she works as a maid for Lennon, a young millionaire with a
twisted personality to say the least. When Cora doesn’t do as she is told, this
guy sexually abuses her. When she tries to run, he threatens to do the same to
her mom. Cora is trapped in his web. Will she be able to get out of it?
I laughed
my ass off during some scenes of this story. I love the sense of humor in it
and though it’s rare that I don’t get disturbed by the appearance and
interference of the author in a story, I really didn’t this time around,
because it was just darn hilarious sometimes. The humor does make the story a
bit random at times, though. Which isn’t necessary a bad thing, but I’m not
sure if that’s want you intended this story to end up like. The background
story of the main character is rather strong and detailed and though she is
tough, she does carry the load of it with her, which is visible in episode 7
when she finally seems to let her feelings flow a bit by crying at the thought
of losing more people in her life. There are some things that I was wondering
about while reading the story, though. Let’s skip the mystery theatre from the
beginning, though, since I understood a lot of people already commented on the
first episode. Aside from that what I was confused about was episode 6: Cora
was about to go to class after having had breakfast with Dominic, then sees two
of her old friends from Russia, goes to the school cafeteria, where it suddenly
appears to be night (one of the girls Cora tried to dis said good night to her)
and Cora and her friends go to her place to eat (dinner then, I guess?). Other
than that, the sudden change in attitude of Lennon is kind of…mystifying to say
the least. Is he really bipolar?
**Author’s note on episode 6: Cora skipped her
lesson to be with her friends. The ‘good night’ in episode 6 was corrected.**
The
directing used in the story is pretty awesome. I love the creative use of
overlays especially in episode 7 with the hospital scene. Though that part
could still use some editing, since there still is a little part of the
original arm visible on the screen. But it’s well thought of (I haven’t had the
need to use this technique yet, but I was thinking about using it for future
episodes of my stories a while back too, lol. Still not quite there yet, though
😉).
Nevertheless,
I really enjoyed reading this savvy story. It’s random at times, but that makes
it more fun and enjoyable. I mean: why so serious, huh? Want to have a great
laugh in between dramatic events too? Read Toxic: Leverage, Love & Crime on
Episode and don’t forget to recommend it if you liked it!
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