Excellent Chemistry Yet Overly Dramatic
While I liked the main romance between Mi So and Young Joon, I felt ambivalent about most of the other parts of the story.❤ I absolutely adored Park Seo Joon as Lee Young Joo. Am I surprised? No, of course not. It was a difficult role to nail as he had to be equal parts egotistical asshole and vulnerable romantic lead. I wasn't as sold on Park Min Young as Kim Mi So. Her character wasn't all that interesting despite the intriguing premise. I wanted to love her, but I didn't. That said, the two leads had amazing chemistry and heart melting moments together.
❤ While the secondary characters were played by some of my favorite character actors (looking at you Kang Ki Young!), I didn't like any of their romances. While they all had potential, none of them were given the time and attention needed to make them a viable, interesting foil to the main lead's romance. When I compare this to Hometown Cha Cha Cha, which did an excellent job layering the ensemble cast's stories without overwhelming the main romantic story, it just doesn't hold up.
❤ The brother's storyline was by far the worst part of this show as it was overly convoluted and added nothing of value to their characters. It reminded me of the worst parts of a soap opera. Then again, rarely do I enjoy love triangles so perhaps that aspect tinged my engagement of it.
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I like it but at the same time idk
for me this drama was slow in the start, I almost gave up in the beginning but then I started to like the story.I didn't like the final episode for me it was meh, the wedding was nice but the rest of the episode was not anything special. the two other couples where super cute and I liked the characters. but overall it's a cute drama.
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This is an Plot Summary of 16 Episodes
Starting few episodes plots gives knowledge abt the both of them & slightly developing their past & some confusions occurs by his older brother. Though he confess his feelings several times but later nearly at Ep 8 she confess.Then they gradually grows closer & also both of them as past together & she gets the clear idea of her past & the boy she looking was him which was previously shown as his elder bro. So all together goes well with better romance in eps 11 so on. Then he sees her family (sis's) to get their good looking each other and later her father. Then all her family agrees him as in law. Thus now comes marriage sequence at nearly Ep14-16.And nearly 3 side characters finally becomes couples. And like they fulfilled all the characters completely.Also the marriage plot was do so good.Overall altogether Plot as Character understanding of each other, childhood past love, better romance sequence and marriage.
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Great show but predicable
This show is so funny and charming. Story is very predictable though but the 2 main cast are really fun together and have great chemistryThe FL is very beautiful, elegant, funny and charming. The ML also is charming. His role doesn't require him to do much but he did great for what was giving to him.
This show did get really dark by mid way through since the main leads do have some really dark back stories.
But it was predicable though as things went along.
What's wrong with secretary kim is definitely a must watch for anyone who likes funny and charming kdrama.
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Not that good....
My secret romance was one of first kdramas I watched when I was barely even teenager and it just bring me back many good memories and I loved that showSo now I wanted to watch one more office kdrama to see if im still into that.... and Im not.
Idk if its something about me but this show was quite really boring to me
Female lead was ok, she was just bland and boring to me but she was nice
Male lead was definently diffrent from other male leads and I liked that concept but he started pissing me off after some time
And that mistery was also boring to me
The only thing I actually liked was her collauges and I LOVEDDD second coupleee!!! I actually finished this just of them
And main couple were cute sometimes but thats it
Honestly idk if this drama is actually boring ir Im nit just 13 years old anymore?
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A good show that could be better
In general it’s a good show. A fun ride that you enjoy the story the ending and the drama but there were a few things that I didn’t really like about the show1- first of all for me the show kinda feels like it’s dragged. Imo they could finish the story with 12-13 episodes and the changes wouldn’t be noticeable
2- it should put more focus on the side romances. I would have liked the show more if it had put more focus on the side romances, adding more details to their love stories and characters. Especially one of them that was mentioned in the very last episodes could be done so much better
3- beside the main love story other aspects of the story kinda feel short to me. In fact the main love story could be felt in almost all episodes while the other elements/arcs didn’t have much detail. It’s also the reason that I felt the show is dragged and could be shorter is the same. Extra unnecessary focus on the love story which were done/almost done many many episodes before the actual ending of the show
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Feel-good and giddy drama for rom-com Drama Lovers
What’s Wrong With Secretary Kim is a feel-good and giddy drama. Park Seo-Joon and Park Min-Young had wonderful chemistry. The way they interact with each other on screen is so believable that you would really enjoy watching their scenes together. The storyline is a dime a dozen. An extremely rich and handsome CEO executive who owns the company falls in love with his unassuming perfect and beautiful secretary. It’s as cheesy as they come. But if you love romantic comedies and are in the mood to watch something moderately gripping then this series is for you. [kdramabinge.com]Was this review helpful to you?
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I actually loved this drama a lot, and also suggested it to many friends!
I just thought the whole thing was soo funny! - It's quite your average storyline drama, but just the way everything was executed was soo good! - and I was hooked, also made me laugh a lot!
I really like the actor Park Min-Young, and like all her outfits she wore as a secretary was soo nice!
I think the chemistry between the two actors were really good! Between Park Min-Young & Park Seo-Joon!
- I actually also found the other two side stories with Hwang Bo Ra and Kang Hong-Seok really funny, I love how some dramas don't always focus on the main characters, but have like mini side stories, that are random, yet still keeping to the story but like still keeps you watching!
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see, the thing is, that this drama was okay. fine. better than fine, even. it was almost great. but it wasn't enough, not because of the acting or anything, or how the romance was set: it was more or less the fact that i dont particularly like the overwhelming and whole romance going on. the entire genre was romance, with no action or anything on the side. it was full of romantic cliches and schmuck like that, and im not very fond of that game. at first, before i began watching, the drama was so appealing my heart wanted to explode as the set time i had scheduled to watch came nearer. at first, i absolutely loved the drama, though as it progressively reached the end, i began to lose slight interest in it and was slightly relieved when it ended. aside from the overwhelming romance, i thought i had the mystery of their intertwined pasts to stay for, but that ended quickly and i was soon left with nothing but the over-fluffy and cutesiness of the couple after they got together. but the road to romance was hilarious and entertaining until the cliches bore me, so it wasn't an entire waste of time. there wasn't much of a problem with the drama; only the dramatized cliche gestures bothered me was all. certain ones, like the fc-tripping-and-mc-catching-her-and-being-suspended-in-time-because-their-eyes-are-meeting cliches. Was this review helpful to you?
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A solid workplace romance
8.5/10 is my rating. This is a 2018 South Korean Drama spanning 16 episodes (~60 minutes/episode). The female lead is played by Park Min-young. Kim Mi-so (Park Min-young) has been secretary to Lee Young-joon (Park Seo-joon) for 9 years and feels like it has consumed her life. Vice Chairman, as Secretary Kim mostly calls him is narcissistic, handsome and very capable but also very difficult to work with. Overly the 9 years they both have developed feelings for each other though neither fully realizes it. When Secretary Kim announces she is going to resign, it is a wake up call for both. There is also a mystery surrounding the childhood of both.Spoiler 🚨 I really liked this one. The plot was relatively simple although there were the love triangles, friend groups and side romances. There was also a bit of mystery and flashbacks to childhood. The child characters were adorable and amazing at acting for children so young. It was cute to watch the romance develop. Secretary Kim would annoy me sometimes because she could be very insensitive to Vice Chairman's feelings. She was also more “chaste” than is even usual in this culture and I would feel frustrated for him. But it was really good. They looked perfect together and the male lead character evolved quickly to be super sweet.
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