Her Private Life

On the first episode, this drama hooked me, but towards the end, the drama dragged on and made me lose interest. The main leads had were prefect for each other and had chemistry. The FL's best friend was also pleasant to watch, especially at the beginning, when the ML thought that the FL and her were part of a "social minority".

There was character development, especially with Cindy. She was annoying in the beginning, but slowly she became less annoying and more funny. Also, I don't get why Ms. Choi (ML's friend) was included the drama. She was also annoying, trying to sabotage the leads' relationship.

I don't think I could rewatch unless a long time has passed, but I do recommend. It's not the best drama, but it's not the worst either. Either you like it, you don't, or you only like some of it (most likely the beginning).

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Decent entertainment that requires little mental engagement

This show was pretty cute. The sophisticated business woman with an embarrassing side-hobby plot was light and fun. The comedy was good for a few laughs and the romance was pretty steamy...like top-10 level steamy. Most of the plot devices are banal and contrived, but this show wasn't trying to be super deep or impactful, it was trying to deliver solid reliable entertainment and it did that really well. The lead actress is super cute with her covert fangirl hobby, which is entertaining to watch.

Since this is primarily a romance, it makes sense to me that the best scenes were the romantic ones. There's the kiss photo shoot in an alley that you'll find in many top-10 Kdrama kisses lists...but that one wasn't my favorite. The hidden gem romance scene is one where he's in her shamefully fangirled-out house and she's got him blindfolded so her secret isn't discovered and they do the typical imagination scenario where she fantasizes about what happens next but then comes back to her senses and things play out differently in reality. But dang are those imagination fantasy daydreams hot in this drama!

There are a few deeper points in the story, mostly dealing with side characters. I especially liked the way they dealt with the old photographer who was afraid to show the world he was gay. I also liked the deeper plotline with the main male character's origin story.

Basically, there is nothing wrong with this show at all, it's super fun and easy to watch. It's not epic. It's not deep. But it delivers.

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Cute Yet Forgettable

While cute, this story really didn't have anything substantial enough to make it unique or unforgettable.

❤ I appreciate that Sung Dok Mi never received negativity for being a fangirl, particularly from her love interest. He actively supported her hobby once it was revealed. Love the things you love, people, life is too short to regret it.

❤ Park Min Young and Kim Jae Wook certainly had chemistry, and their kiss scenes were really well executed. The other part of their love triangle, Nam Eun Gi, never made much sense to me even if I did like the actor.

❤ The supporting cast was cute, particularly Kim Bo Ra as Cindy. I wish we had gotten more of a romance between her and a certain second leading man.

❤ While the story was interesting, it never quite captured my undivided attention as it got a bit too convoluted in the end.

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Adorable and humorous, but a bit too long, with the wrong male lead.

I started watching this drama around the time it was released for the first time, but it didn't catch my attention much—I didn't see where the story could be going, and although i tend to enjoy Park Minyoung's works, this one didn't feel as promising, mainly because of the male lead who I thought was quite annoying.

Well, now that I decided to actually finish the show, that fact didn't change. Most of the time I still found Kim Jaewook's acting bland, lacking of expression, except for maybe a couple times when he seemed natural. Thankfully, I learned that aside from him, the whole cast is absolutely amazing, I was endeared by so many of them—they portrayed the relationships between the characters so vividly and realistically that I couldn't help smiling at their antics. I adored everyone including Seonjoo, Eungi, Geonwoo, the guy who works at the coffee shop and whose name I always forget, and even Director Uhm Sohye made me laugh several times. This is definitely one of the funniest korean dramas I've seen so far.

Despite being entertained so many times, I found the backstory of the characters and the actual "drama" part of the show disappointing—I don't understand why it was necessary to connect the dots that way, it simply didn't move me as it should've. It felt rather ridiculous and sappy, and the fact that I wasn't able to connect with Ryan Gold's character emotionally didn't help with that situation either. I was even quite bored towards the end as they dragged on the story and ended it with possibly the most corny thing one can choose for a romantic comedy.

If it wasn't for the male lead and the overly dramatic elements, this show would probably be one of my absolute favourites, and something I'd rewatch for comfort. This way, it's rather forgettable, but still a nice experience with lots of sweet moments in it. If you don't expect a life-changing show but one that you can watch when you have nothing else to do and be entertained, Her Private Life is something you'll have fun watching.

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Part cute part dramatic

This was a typical all-in-one romcom that unfortunately didn’t just give us cute and fluffy but also added in heavy drama and the usual amnesia and linked childhood tropes as well.

The cute parts were what I enjoyed most and seeing the FL as a fangirl made me smile. Her romance with the ML was more mature than most romcoms although there was some misunderstandings in the beginning to build a little bit of tension. Kissing was passionate and even led to the bedroom with sweet morning after scenes.

I would have been happier without all the darker elements in this story as I was in the mood for something light and fluffy. After having watched my fair share of modern Korean dramas, it is getting hard to find one that surprises me in a nice way. This drama used common elements to spice it up and I could predict what was coming next quite easily. A better watch if you’re new to Korean drama.

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Captivating , Intriguing and Awesome Story

This drama just became my favorite rom-com drama ,I don't know from where should I start about this drama, this drama has everything that a swoon worthy drama would have, I loved all the episodes and the Chemistry between the ML and FlL is awesome.

The Story:
Her Private life has a very compelling storyline as the title itself says that everyone have a private life which have passions, hobbies etc. The female leads be obsessed with an idol and make that one of the focal points of the drama. By reading the synapsis of the story it doesn't give away about is the story is actually about and that one will only understand after watching the drama. It also delves into the world of art and museums as the main leads work together at a museum. So I liked that they gave us a very unique work setting that I hadn’t seen before which was enjoyable.

The Acting:
The FL lead did a wonderful job, her Passion, Obsession and true fangirl for her Idol, you fall in love with Female Lead character and her best friend with their crazy relationship Park Min Young being a idol fan is very captivating and she pull off the character with such an ease, Kim Jae Wook did an excellent Job as ML who is disciplined, well versed in his Job as Boss. Supporting Cast also did a wonderful job.

The Romance:
The Chemistry between the leads is Awesome and it has total vibes of "What's Wrong with Secretary Kim " drama, One thing I especially love is how it evolves around the two main characters' relationship - even after they got together!

This Drama touches the deeper subjects and pull it off with such an ease, The story has many hidden gems in the characters' backstories, and it all comes together in the end. Truly a happy ending for all.

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I'm not into K-dramas but this wasn't too bad. It wasn't very original but I was expecting worse so I'm not really disappointed. However the drama could have been better or atleast much shorter.
The storyline was fun till a few episodes after they got together. After that it was kinda dull and the last 2 episodes were completely unnecessary.

I loved the chemistry between the leads and the fact that the male lead was actually charming and not an asshole. :)♡
I didn't care much for the side characters other than Cha Shin Ah + their mother and Hyo Jin ...the others were just meh...like the usual typical boring side characters shown in most K-dramas.

I don't know if anyone else feels the same but I found Deok Mi's outfits and hair in the drama too distracting..o.o not in a good way.. plus the product placement was just so obvious lol..

Kim Jae Wook though..♡

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Cultural Cliches

South Korea's largely homogenous population's expectations caused the writer's bad choice in the script to become an issue of "acceptable" bigotry and xenophobia, and I found it increasingly offensive as the series continued. ML's name was Ryan Gold. Everyone in Korea pronounced it "Lion". It's not that they COULDN'T say it correctly, it's that they chose to mispronounce it - every single character who had cause to use his name, probably 98% of the time. They introduced him with the mispronunciation, too. And, frequently, they laughed about him being a lion, drew pictures of lions and so forth. He tried correcting them - it didn't stick, so having some social skills, he just took a deep breath and acted as though he thought it was funny, too. It didn't matter if he was Korean by birth; he had been raised for the other 29 or so years of his life in an English speaking country and afahk only had an English/American name. Doesn't matter if he was Nigerian, Australian, Intuit, whatever -- it's insulting to not even try to say their name correctly.

Making this social faux pas even more appalling is the fact that he was the Big Boss of the company where all these folks worked. I don't know about you, but if my big boss had a name that I found hard to pronounce, I would darned well practice it in front of a mirror and on a recording so that I SHOWED RESPECT FOR MY BOSS BY SAYING HIS NAME RIGHT! If your name were "Jin Gwa Ber" and all of your subordinates, neighbors, and friends called you "Jingle Bell" over and over and over again, and laughed over how witty they were being, I guarantee that you would become more and more offended each time they did it.

Sadly, this pretty well ruined the series for me. It was typical fluff, generally sweet trying to seem deep from time to time, well cast and had some very nice sets. The music was repetitive and annoying, though. I don't think it passes the Bechdel test either. I wish I could say I liked it, but I found it increasingly appallingly bigoted as it went on --and as repulsive as a roomful of farting dogs.

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This is the classic kdrama that had a lot of potentials but stuck to follow the classic drama stereotypes.
It starts really good and funny, I was a delight that the argument of sasaeng was treated in more a funny way that usually known. But after the funny sasaeng episode ends, and the couple is made, fade into nothing.
It starts to follow the classic full of clichè dramas, where a few accidents happen and the story is elongated till the 16 episodes just because they had to finish it...

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I thought the concept could be interesting and the first couple of episodes were OK. I soon found my interest waning as I became less and less interested in the lead characters. I just didn't feel any chemistry between them.

The chemistry between the two Parks fangirling was far more convincing than the main couple's push and pull.

Attractive stars, boring story, anytime anything interesting happens they just back off next scene.
If you are a fanboi or girl of the leads it might be worth watching but for me...

Got to episode five, got bored, skipped through six, gave up...

Already forgotten ...

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