I don't understand why other people got mad that Galhee lied? That's a part of the story lmao. And it make sense why she lied, she said she wants to see how her boss treat other girls that's not her. And she slays acting like Veronica Park too.
Anyway, I'll give this drama an 8/10. Not that extraordinary but still reccomendable. Won't waste your time.
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loved this
stumbled across this one . Loved every main character.ML - great range of comedic ability and ability to show heartbreak and cry.
FL - outstanding job, physical actress, her crying is probably the top 10 I've seen. She plays two characters -- very well done. Her crying broke my heart.
2FL - refreshing!!!! LOVED her. Don't want to spoil it. Love the relationship/interplay between 2FL and FL. No backstabbing here.
2ML - he's pretty good. Loved the loyalty and the relationship between the ML and him.
some of the villains (you'll know who I'm talking about when you watch,) have a backstory that makes you understand their actions and sympathize. Not all the villains are cookie cutters. Though others in this show are cookie cutter. But, giving everyone a backstory would make show drag. Some people in real life are just jerks and even a backstory doesn't justify them.
As others have said, boss/secretary, mistaken identity, injured main character. But the refreshing writing and acting made this a great one to watch.
(only save 9s or 10s for masterpieces.)
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Loser male lead who is madly in love with the female lead.
If you have watched "Lovely Runner" and you fell in love with the male lead, then you will like this drama. The male lead in this drama is literally a loser and a simp for the female lead, who is his secretary.This drama is a perfect romance drama to watch when you feel bored or just want some fluff. Personally I feel the love and the relationship of the second couple seemed a bit superficial and that that many things could have been more detailed.
However I liked how they portrayed the problems of people who have facial blindness and have to deal with it daily. The male lead did a great portraying the struggles, his feelings and how he overcame the fear of not beeing able to see faces anymore.
In conclusion, this drama is a 7/10.
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i really liked it but... there are some issues.
I'm going to talk about some spoilers so read at your own risk.😁this is a common "secretary/ boss " love story but it has a really important twist..
due to an accident our boss loses the ability to recognize faces and it is forced to keep his secretary around (which he fired in the first episode) to help him out and succeed in his quest to become the next president of the company.
this a simple plot line but it really works!
the characters are lovable in their own way and we see them grow closer as the story progresses.
so.. what is the issue? my issue is that due to the boss illness the secretary takes advantage of him pretending to be an upper class girl who was supposed to meet our ml.
this happens "twice". the first time the audience is willing to forgives the main female lead because we can kinda understand where she is coming from. she grew up struggling and never had something nice to herself. ok fine. misunderstanding are a huge part of Rom coms..
when the real it girl finds out about what our protagonist is doing, she "forces" our secretary to keep up the lie because she herself is benefitting from the whole situation.
I understand her motice to a certain degree but we reach a point where it is uncomfortable to watch what this secretary is doing to her boss.
I felt so bad for him.
this guy is perfect in the surface: good job, about to be president, a rich family, Beauty but in reality this man is freaking lonely as hell.
his stepmother hates him (I don't get why) but forces him to become president (??), his uncle is trying to sabotage him from the inside of the company, he has no friends, his last secretary betrayed him in a vile way and he also cannot see faces anymore. I mean.. what else is coming? is meteor?
meanwhile our secretary is torn by this guild which is only projected to herself at this point. "will he hate me?". she wonders about if he is going to forgive her...
it was infuriating to watch.
he is a better person than me for sure.
moving on we find some issues with the drama itself. some plot lines are abandoned Mid drama.
for example : the bitchy secretary of the studio is coerced by her boss to find out some information from our main secretary... we never see or hear from her after that.
the secretary sister is supposed to be studying abroad even though she is hiding in Korea. for a good chunk of the show our female lead never even mentions her sister..
later on this sister starts bossing around the it girl.. and I cannot say why she accepts this behavior from a literal stranger.
talking about our it girl, honestly, she is my favourite character. very straightforward, confident, has a huge ego but is not pretentious.
unfortunately she falls in love with the ml best friend and let me tell you.. he has the same personality of a toaster. such a bland character... they are also missing chemistry. it was hard to imagine them as a couple.
talking about couples. can we please stop showing 30 something years old behaving like prudes and innocent kids when it comes to kissing, hugging or sex?
I know it's part of the Korean culture but this was too much.
it sounds like I am a hater but I swear i liked the show.😅 its just that after watching it you process the goods and the bads.
talking about the good stuff the plot twist revolving around the file, the president assault and the secret society was pretty well done.
for half of the drama we think something shady and bad is going on but then we find out that these people were "plotting" to defend the innocent and help the poor mistreated employees. I really like that part.
this is getting long so let's cut to the chase.
is it worth it? Yes.
is it funny? yes.
if you are looking for something entertaining give this drama a chance
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second lead love story is more interesting.
I had completed whole drama in 2 days .I will rate this drama 8.0 ratings because I was expecting more he can able to see all because he will say atleast once he want to see veronica park anyways the drama was interesting as soon as I was completing the episode what would be the next . Somewhere confusing but till enjoyed the drama. Second lead love story is much more interesting. Still ,Liked the 4 leading main Characters. Easy to watch & glad a lovely ending . Beautiful lead characters❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️Was this review helpful to you?
The drama had an odd start and an even wierder plot description. And it almost looked like they couldn't pull it off, but they did. The whole drama, after episodes one and two at least, was really cute. The office drama was interesting, although towards the ending, it was boring. The couple, however, was cute. And the chemistry of the two leads was incredible and it helped the drama a lot. They had many cute moments and the love story was really good and intence.
Finally, the performances were good by everyone in the cast. But, the drama didn't have anything special to offer other than the love story. So, seven out of ten.
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Light yet childish
I have a hard time liking this show since it started up messy with the over-romanticized concept of love. It's a good idea to introduce to the viewers that face blindness is a real-life condition. However, the show failed to provide a script that tackles the deeper taught of this phenomenon and solely focuses on the charm of romance that isn’t even as powerful as it should be. The female lead has a senseless nature that made her bland. Except for Veronica, most of the cast is somehow annoying. I also don’t like the continuous appearance of the female lead’s deceased mother who she can talk with in times of trouble. I got the idea of how they’re trying to establish the loneliness of the main character but it was too dramatic in a way that the viewer felt too much coming out from the genre of the show which is rom-com.Nevertheless, I finally enjoy the last few episodes of the show after the Director catches the lie of his secretary. Yet, it was still not that sensational compared to a lot of romantic shows that I’ve watched before. They even rushed the ending by having the Director gain back his sight of people’s faces then cut the scene after the two met at the rooftop. Overall, it is not that great but not that bad kind of drama that is still good at some point.
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Not earthshattering, but very enjoyable
The Veronica Park character, very annoying - but she really redeemed herself and was so amusing. The storyline, initially not too interesting. Once the storyline really got started, lots of twists! The main characters? Great chemistry and they were both lovely to watch. I found myself smiling, a lot, they were just so cute together. He did a wonderful job of portraying loneliness in his life. He also had the cutest pout. And yes, I did some crying, oh, and laughing too! I don’t like when there aren’t consequences for evil (uncle). Mistaken identity went on longer than I would have liked, but overall this show gave me all the feels. Lovely happy ending.Was this review helpful to you?
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Not really...
I didn't really like it. Boring, in my opinion.----
The plot was meh, kinda boring. The secretary that with a make-up, hair done, and expensive clothes, is a new other person. Like... how even...(?)
I also think that Gal Hee kinda... took advantage of Min Ik... I mean, he thought she was Veronica, while she wasn't, taking advantage of his condition. So for me, their couple is a no.
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I actually watched it only for Veronica Park and Dae Joo. And they didn't disappoint.
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I really, highly doubt I'd re-watch it. At least, not the entire episodes.
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it's something you won't regret!
since i'm running out of romantic chinese dramas atm, i gave it try and didn't expect that i would fall for sfl (veronica park's role) and sml.. unlike other romantic kdramas or cdramas where its sfl was potential to be third wheel (snaky gurl) or messed up w/ main lead's relationship, this cp being hilarious of all time even i couldn't help but laugh at them instead :Don the other hand, i was rooting for main lead cp as well. their relationship might seem a bit complicated yet nevermind, as long as fl the one who acted those roles hehe.
》 sums up my review : it's a light pretty funny drama in which main lead cp + 2nd lead cp were filling one another. they're such complete packaging as u could find bromance and sismance at the same time ahaha! just one thing that annoyed me, they seemingly rushed over the last epi though it was happy ending after all however i wasn't able to see veronica park's wedding *sobs
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Boring show that drags. Romance is terrible and the leads character's are also terrible.
Semi-spoilers ahead, but not really.I was not a fan of this show at all. The premise just was not it for me and they really dragged it out. It was a simple premise, ML get's injured in EP 1 due to an attack from an assailant (which the audience immediately knows who it is, but the characters do not) and afterwards he cannot recognize peoples faces. He can only see the FL when she wears a specific outfit. Due to circumstance, she acts as another girl during a blind date and the ML falls for both his secretary and the blind date who are the same person. I do not consider this a spoiler because this happens early on and it is the premise of the show; hence the title "Her secret life as another person". As a viewer, you obviously know this is not going to end well and once the ML learns the truth, it's going to be a lot of melodrama. The problem is this drags out for the entire show up til almost the end. The side characters are not interesting either.
This is one of those shows where they show the audience everything while the character's themselves are clueless. The show did not have much comedic moments, the romance was not great as the entire thing is built on a lie and as a viewer you are just waiting for the truth to come out because you know it is not going to end well, but they drag it out and even after the truth is revealed the romance is not that great. There are not really any amazing scenes between the leads. Nothing in this show gets you emotional. You do not really feel for any of the characters as the FL is lying the entire show and the ML kind of acts pathetic. The ML is supposed to be extremely smart hence his nickname "mind reader" however the entire show he acts incredibly stupid. I do not think he had one moment where he looked cool or strong. He is basically clueless the entire show. He relies on the FL and gets pushed around by everyone. The ML does not even get revenge on the antagonist. He does not do any of the mystery solving, the cops do all the work and tell him what happened and the antagonists get redemption by saying I'm sorry.
Terrible story IMO. This show would have been much better with 8-10 episodes.
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The most unromantic romance
This story had a promising beginning, some interesting and different side streams and could have ended up with an 8 or even 9 star.But Alas......
I think the script writer was trying to convince us that love is really blind.......that despite not being able to recognize faces, it's the inner soul that eventually wins the long lost love race.
And in thus trying to make the FL s soul shine, the script writer forgot to clean up the exterior - and viola we now have a scruffy looking FL who looks like she kept awake all night in her college dorm, trying to cram for an exam, then woke up the next morning, didn't brush her teeth, shower or comb her hair, wore mismatched socks under ill fitting pants and ran to the exam hall.
And on the flip side we have a ML who just steps out of a GQmagazine, looks dreamy enough to have a million weeping females, dresses impeccably - almost like he's going to step on the fashion runway.........
And now we have to watch 16 hours of how these two totally miscast characters find everlasting love!
God help us🧑🎤
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