The story of Summer's Gone is very melodramatic, which clearly isn't going to be to everyone's taste. The story has a very soap opera like feel to it - well, a sexualized soap opera! But to me this is what makes it enjoyable to play, and importantly in a VN, to read. Many VN have a lot of filler text that ends up being a chore to read and I never feel this way for Summer's Gone. The story is very good at developing both dramatic and sexual tension, even if uses cliches to do so. After all, cliches are cliches for a reason!