Goong was a rare gem of a story; usually as I read, I can guess the events that are going to happen but as I was reading Goong I took the backseat and thoroughly enjoyed myself.

The story was surprisingly funny at times, and can easily get the readers attention, as well as compassion at times. The idea of the story, the originality of it, was astounding. Not in a science-fiction way; but to bring two unique ideas to clash, to seamlessly merge with one another, takes both excellent skill and patience to wait until you can get the desired result. Though at times the story gets sloppy and a bit directionless but it is not to the extent of disgust and if you could plough through those parts, I think you'll enjoy the story a lot. However, it still has to be said that the characters started digressing violently at around chapter 100, so stop before then.

The art definitely digressed as the story went on, it got diluted steadily and the details went from a nine to a seven. At the beginning of the story, you can tell the effort that was made to make everything as close to perfection as possible however as the story goes on, if you pay close attention you'll see the illustrations become lacking the same details and don't have the same feel.

I definitely enjoyed a break from cliche stories, though this isn't the best story I've read so far since it began digressing (I mean writer, why don't you stop when you don't have any new ideas?), it's definitely on the recommended-to-read list.