Our MC gets treated unfairly and abused. The blue-haired prince treats her horribly because of some inferiority complex. After she dies a horrible death, which is solely the responsibility of the blue-haired trash prince, she gets a second chance.

In her previous life she was timid and fragile, she didn't speak up and just did as others told her.

So you would assume, that the character would now try to right the wrongs after time was reset and she is now in the body of her 10 yo self.

WRONG! WRONG! You would assume so, but you'd be WRONG! because the author apparently has a fetish for making our main character not only COMPLETELY oblivious to the emotions of those around her (she is incapable of sensing that 2 WAY BETTER men are interested in her) but she also falls in love AGAIN with the guy that sexually and physically abused her.

She tries to "change" her faith, but not really. She still makes all the same mistakes again because she just can't open her fucking mouth when it counts, but at other times she is capable of articulating and speaking her fucking mind no problem.

What do we call that? Shit writing. The author uses the MC to do whatever he needs to happen in that scene, no matter if it makes sense for her character to do so.

Do NOT invest time into this story, unless you are okay with the MC ignoring love interests that genuinely like her for her core personality, instead of for her to go with the guy that MURDERED her and his unborn child inside of her. YUP, that's the kind of guy the prince is, and not because she made him so. That's how he is, it was not her fault at all.

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So the Abandoned Empress was probably one of the first Korean webtoons I've ever read, and was what probably dragged me down into the manhwa hole that I haven't gotten out of yet.

Story (7/10): Well, I've read sooo many reincarnation stories at this point and TAE is probably one of the better ones and it has a really interesting premise, because (I think) TAE was one of the first manhwa to make the MC the villainess (don't quote me on that- it was one of the first I've read way back before villainess manga started flooding my page) and I love the story. Sometimes it gets dragged on a little bit and the story starts to get a little redundant at certain points like the same scenes are happening over and over again, but at those moments my heart just clenches up because I feel so bad for the MC :( Yeah, I think TAE has one of the better villainess reincarnation stories out there.

Art (10/10): There's nothing else to say about the art except for the fact it's brilliant. Absolutely stunning. The artist did an amazing job.

Character (8/10): I love the characters in TAE, and even the seemingly simple characters actually have a different side to them and a complicated past, but the main character Aristia really undergoes amazing character development, from a icy woman to somebody who develops such a bright smile. I love seeing what she does in every chapter, though of course, she is your dense MC.

Enjoyment (9/10): I really enjoyed TAE, and although the chapters are coming out a lot slower now, I'll wait forever. *^*

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