I Have Something to Tell You - Reviews

I like this story a lot, although it made me cry a dozen times because of how unfair life was to the people inside the story.But the other reason it made me cry is because of how beautiful their perseverance to get through their hard time just led to their happiness,so I would hiiiiighly recommend to read this if you don't mind sad story's (: .

It was sad, really sad, then cute, then sad again. I have no words. Total spiral of feelings for me, always makes me cry. Really good, you should read it. A woman who is rejected by society for something that little, finds love in something so simple.

My goodness this story really got to me. It had so many bitter-sweet scenes mixed with really depressing scenes. It made me root for the characters and care about them so well, and then ended up making me cry my eyes out over them. I Have Something to Tell You does a fantastic job at showing the positivity that can still exist in the saddest of moments. Yet this positivity just ends up making everything so much sadder in the end.

I really don't want to spoil anything in my review, because I went into this without knowing anything, and I think because of that I was even more devestated while reading it. So I'll try to tell as much as I can without giving anything away. The manwha constantly shows characters who have gone through terrible hardships. Yet these characters show perseverance, and face these hardships with positivity, and looking towards what makes them happy even if the world around them is practially crumbling. And the reality of it, is even though these characters try to stay positive, sometimes things don't end well and does have a tragic ending, yet at least they lived to the fullest extent. It really made me cry lol.

The manwha shows us the characters' backstories and their daily lives, giving the viewer a good viewpoint of what their life is like, what their struggling through and how they're facing it. This is different with different characters. We see characters that face things as positively as they can and we also see characters that let these hardships consume them. It feels realistic, people handle things differently, and sometimes no matter what happens, things won't always end well. We see the minds of the characters, their emotions, their memories, everything coming together to really show who this character is as a person and how they get through life.

The manwha shows that despite all the sad things, there can be value in the smallest, positive things. It's bitter-sweet and it's tragic.

Honestly this really hurt like a thick needle at times because of what the woman has been through, especially having burns from a car accident and being made fun at. We could even see her twin daughters future and how they got on with their own lives. It is a mixture of emotions this manhwa like this author knows how to break your heart but also warms it up at the same time. Yeah it’s just worth the read guys if you liked “The Horizon”.

I was looking for manhwa under 100 chapters to read and I heard good things about this one. So, I took the plunge and decided to give it a chance. I enjoyed this manhwa despite having some grievances and critiques of it which I will go over in my review. 

~ Story & Characters ~ 

The story is rather good and, despite the numerous tragedies, it inspires having hope above all else. It isn't a mere tragedy that ends in despair but one that ends on a hopeful note. The first story starts with a woman who was horribly scarred, but then the next couple chapters follows her daughters' lives. And the happy moments inbetween the more upsetting portions. I teared up multiple times reading this because it hit close to home.

At times, I did think that the story felt somewhat disjointed. Sometimes I thought I knew was going on only for the next chapter to start somwhere completely different. So, I think clarity sometimes got lost inbetween the symbolism and what I mistook for nonlinear storytelling.

The characters of this story are more representative of the themes the story is illustrating more than anything else. You may not remember their names, but you'll likely remember the struggles they endured. This story is more about that than anything else. 

Sometimes I was a bit confused by the character motivations and it didn't feel like they reached a natural conclusion. I don't want to delve too much into spoilers. But there was some SA towards the end of part two that wasn't really addressed and came out of nowhere. It was portrayed as a 'moment of impulse' (a kiss) but wasn't really followed up on adequately IMHO.

In part three, which was perhaps the heaviest arc, I felt like the loose ends didn't really come together as they should. I was a bit miffed by a moment where it appeared one of the girls showed sympathy towards her rapist (in an illustration depicting him as a child). I understand there's a theme of 'forgiveness' but it didn't feel earned, post-death or otherwise, especially given the sheer severity of his actions. 

~ Art ~ 

The art is a rather simplistic style but it works so effectively here that I had to give it a 10/10. The way the story is prevented is perhaps the most captivating part of the storytelling here. I love when stories use visuals like the way this manhwa does. The mostly uncolored artwork reminded me of another manhwa I enjoyed, The Sound of Magic: Annarasumanara. <-- Highly recommend if you enjoyed this one. 

~ Overall ~

I'm glad I ended up reading I Have Something to Tell You after all as it did overall tell a good story with themes that I feel a lot of people can find something in. I do think this manhwa has a number of flaws, which I mostly went over in my story & characters section. 

Certain things could've been handled better, I felt, but I did appreciate the authors' efforts into telling a story of happiness, love, and music inbetween the horrible nature of these characters' lives. I will definitely be reading their other manhwa and hope those are even better than this one.