Love Me If You Dare

I am strongly recommending this drama..

I am so happy to give review to this drama... When I saw the cover page I didn't read it in first but now I watched it .. Truly saying I am regretting not reading this earlier.

I like this story... Psychopath killer with serial murder case.. I like it..I like the acting of Wallace Hou as Bo Jin yan or Simon...He is so so handsome and manly... And also Sandra Ma as jian Yao or Jenny.. she is so beautiful .

This duo is well matched. But I don't know why but this pair's personality reminds me the pair of Si yehan and Ye wan Wan .

The ML way of speaking couldn't understand by others or leads to misunderstanding.. where FL explains to the people..

Those who missed to watch it .... Please watch it you won't be disappointed...

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It's okay-ish?

So I just finished watching this one and I'm gonna say, if you're in here to watch serious romance, then this is not the right drama. Yes, there are so many moments, I liked those, but then again, this is not a romance drama. I was okay with the story? It wasn't like WOW! it was just OKAY-ISH.

The ML was quite good, I liked his acting. I really like the best friend aka second lead here; he was a great friend to both the main leads.

One thing I didn't understand was the last scene. But that scene was real creepy.

I can't say anything about OSTs. I didn't like them much. But BGM really suited the story of this drama.

So did I like it? Not that much.

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This drama is really intriguing. It has a (quiet) complicated storyline, but it is really interesting to be followed. The storyline is like a magnet to me. Each episode reveal truth one by one, making me excited to watch them. This drama has strong and consistent pace from the beginning until the ending, even some slow paced moments appear. There isn't too much plot holes which make me enjoy the drama more.
The acting of each casts are fabulous, they nailed each character perfectly. To be honest, i have no complain about the acting.
The romance in the drama is really good and they put it with an exactly good amount, it is not too much or less. Many dramas fail to impress me because when the romance appear, the story and circumstances will go astray from the origin line, but it doesn't happen to this drama. I love how the writer keep the story on the track while putting romance in it. The music is quiet okay though it doesn't please my ears that much.

This drama may have an open ending, but if you watch it carefully, there are facts which lead to the ending.

Happy watching

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Best Thriller nd Romantic series

Worth watching it.
Amazing thriller series to be watched.

Full of suspense which makes us to sit in the edge of chair to wait for what gonna happen next. <3
Still the romance nd comedy played their best part among the series. The ML nd FL gave their best to show off thier charcter nd lived as the character for the whole series.

Love to watch the whole series again.

Hatsoff to the director nd cameraman who made this realistic nd to become successful.They both kept the suspense from the very first episode till the end which made the drama a best one.

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CRIME FANS UNITE. HORRIFIC CRIMES IN AN ASIAN DRAMA? SIGN ME UP. TO WATCH. NOT TO DIE. PLEASE.

This was made six years ago, yet I've never watched any c-dramas like this. This is my first taste of a Mandarin c-drama with crime, horror, thrills, action and romance. Back when I was younger, I loved Hong Kong crime dramas. They were literally my childhood. I thought China usually stayed away from gritty things, but this drama completely proved me wrong. I never watch Asian crime dramas, but I always watch western crime shows. This was like both worlds coming together.

Yeah, it's been sitting on my "to watch" list for a while, I know. Do I regret letting it sit for so long? Yeah. I seem to let thrillers sit for way too long... *cough cough* like I did with Flower of Evil. I really should watch more of these. So far I'm two-for-two though!

This seriously is a hidden gem. Nice amount of everything. It'll make you smile. It'll make you cry. It'll make you laugh. It'll make you die. Well, I didn't mean for the rhyme, but you know what I mean. So many emotions. Even if you're not into this drama—I'll give this a recommendation. You'd be a fool to not at least try.

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How twisted do you have to be to profile twisted minds?

If I was just grading the plot on the first 2/3s or so, I would give the story a 9.5

On the surface Simon Bo, brilliant, troubled psychological talent from a wealthy, well-connected family, has nothing in common with Jenny Jian, a sweet gifted university student. But it turns out that they have complimentary talents - Simon Bo can get into the head of perpetrators, while Jenny Jian has a talent for getting into the heads of victims and their families.

But as the plot takes off in the second half, Jenny Jian largely gets left behind and the case gets increasingly convoluted and absurd.

The acting is top notch, I never even felt like the main characters or secondary characters were 'acting.' The old friendship between Simon and Fu Ziyu, and Jenny and Li Xunrun are realistic, friendly and comfortable. The tension and relationship between Simon and Jenny is slow moving while becoming increasingly more familiar. For all the seriousness, there are lighthearted moments and joy between the two.

The music is competent and works to set the mood. It doesn't have to much rewatch potential - as a lot of the tensions come from the mystery elements.

Complex Themes -9
(Where is the line between understanding the enemy and becoming him? What is your responsibility to use your talents for the greater good and at what cost? The show leaves a lot of this open ended but does explore it in detail)
Character Growth -8
(Jenny grows a lot over the first 2/3s of the series, as she learns her own strength and grapples with evil/horrors that can exist in the world. Simon Bo doesn't grow as much but softens a bit and becomes a bit more humble as well - but unfortunately as the plot gets more chaotic their growth/development stalls out)
Nuanced Women -6
(Jenny is really nuanced but she is practically the only female character who isn't just there to move the plot forward (the other two female characters being a US gov't agent and Simon Bo's sister)
Cinematography/Production Values -7
(Lots of filming in the real world, and good camera work. Costumes/settings etc. are competent. Major negatives for not recognising their limitations and attempting to set part of the show in the United States whilst not finding competent actors).

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I absolutely loved this series!! Wallace Huo was amazing in this. I've always loved his performances and he didn't disapoint me this time. The storyline for this series was well written and the casts made stunning performances to bring everything to life. The plot was edgy and intriguing. There was a lot of suspense in each episode with each case. It wasn't predictable at all and I was usually surprised. I also loved the supporting characters as well they were funny but they also had really good roles to play and I felt that the romance of the main characters didn't overtake the main plot or the cases that they were on.  

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Don't see this if you have read the book. Like every book adaptation, the show made amends. They changed the script a lot from what that was in the original story. Still the story depicted here is great. It was a little annoying for me at parts because I had already read the book and things are very different. But if you haven't read the book then it is really great. The actors did a really nice job. The personalities of the character were shown amazingly. ML's acting is too good, not to mention that he is extremely handsome ????. FL's acting is great too. But I still can't understand how does all the American in this show understand Chinese. That is a bigger mystery than the flower cannibal's identity????.

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I started watching this drama in between two 50+ episode Chinese historical period dramas and finished it in just a few days. Love Me If You Dare has been on my watch list for a while ever since it showed up on my recommendations after watching the drama Hello Monster. When I first started watching this drama, it gave me Sherlock vibes. The two main characters go around solving cases that initially seem to not connect. However, later on it is revealed that in fact all the cases that they have been solving have that common red thread that ultimately lead to the villain (just like Sherlock). Speaking of the villain, there is always a question as to WHO the villain really is. This question is consistent between all episodes and stays there until the very last one. If you like suspense dramas that focus on all the right elements and not things like love triangles and misunderstandings between the lead couple, THIS is the drama for you. I will not lie and say that there weren't parts where I was kind of bored and skipped a little to get back to the meat of the plot. However, these skips were few and far between. Personally, I do wish that there were a few more romantic scenes between Simon and Jenny as they had such great chemistry. However, the few scenes that they did have were really cute and romantic. The music was alright. It did its job and didn't distract the viewers from the story which was good. I will say that after watching this drama, I'm going to need to watch a comedy or something light and fluffy to recover. Overall, the drama didn't drag along too much and the episode length was a good one.

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