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This drama is a very good romantic comedy that, occasionally, will pull your heartstrings. The cast did a great job bringing their characters to life and the leading couple has great chemistry. There is also a great character development, especially for the lead male actor. There is also s strong bond and true friendship among the male characters and the leading lady with her best friend; and there is Chu Yan, who, even though he really liked Xia Lin (Mumu), he remained loyal to his best friend and was truly happy for the couple. Have to say that there is more to Yi Zhou than meets the eye. He was also a loyal friend and lover. The romance between the leading couple was well written and executed; leading to a very beautiful, intense, and long lasting relationship that took shape through communication and persistence every time there was a conflict or misunderstanding. The drama is really entertaining. Enjoy it! ** [Don’t forget that there is always a scheme to contract marriages, and this drama is not an exception! There’s also a second season coming in 2020 which I hope will be as good as or even better than this one!]** Was this review helpful to you?
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must make season 3
i love xu kaicheng 😘😍🥰please make more dramas with nice story.. so happy to watch you.....
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Xia Lin is an aspiring 21 year old actress that finds out that she has leukemia after not landing a role as the spokesperson for a company. In order to receive bone marrow transplant sooner and to continue her career as an actress, Xia Lin enters into a secret marriage with Ling Yi Zhou, the CEO of a company.
That's the foundation of the drama and I thought this was going to be a cute story about two people who are using one another (Xia Lin needing a transplant to live and Ling Yi Zhou wanting a marriage to make his grandmother happy before passing) but end up falling in love. Instead we got this insane drama with everything imaginable. Which is why it was hard to like the main characters. I feel like Xia Lin's character wasn't consistent and I am 100% with Chu Yan in the beginning; why the hell does everyone like her and keep falling for her...even though he eventually fell in love with her too. Then we have Ling Yi Zhou. I wanted to like him so bad and wanted to blame his upbringing, but homeboy was a very aggressive person who will not take no for an answer. I am happy that Xia Lin called him out on it and left him until he changed. But it wasn't like he was doing it on purpose, he just didn't know that his obsessive possessive actions towards her was bad because he was never told otherwise. I honestly loved him in the beginning of the drama when they are starting off their marriage and Ling Yi Zhou was treating her like they were already in love and that they've been together for years. My favorite scene was definitely when they went out to celebrate both their birthdays. But then it started to go downhill for me liking him. Secrets come out about all the stuff he has done and it made me think that I was watching one of those "I love you, but if you don't love me, I will lock you away until you do," dramas. He redeemed himself because he wanted to be better for her, but it wasn't perfect.
One of the only characters I enjoyed in this drama was Chu Yan. I loved how this drama started off as Xia Lin and her roommate thinking that there was this love triangle between Ling Yi Zhou, his assistant Wen Li, and Chu Yan. I honestly thought that Chu Yan was a tad in love with Ling Yi Zhou, but then we find out that, that isn't the case whatsoever. The 3 of them are actually just not good with women and chose to do their own thing. I loved Chu Yan because he almost became an enemy of Xia Lin and would mess with her a little, but also protected her because she was Ling Yi Zhou's wife. The two had a rocky start, but then after seeing Xia Lin's affection towards everyone and everything including his rude ass, he fell in love with her. And at that moment, I was like...shit...poor guy. They would have made a really cute couple too because their friendship was honestly goals. They had such intimate friend scenes that I don't blame him for falling in love with her. He was her rock whenever Ling Yi Zhou did something incredibly stupid which was most of the time and every time she was in trouble, he would always be the first one to the scene, but always called Ling Yi Zhou because bros before hoes. Double plus, I loved the brotherly love Chu Yan and Ling Yi Zhou had for one another that even though Ling Yi Zhou knew that Chu Yan was in love with his wife, he never held it against him and didn't shun him. He just told him that they were brothers and regardless of what happens, they would remain close. Chu Yan went through so much character development and he honestly deserved way better. I'm writing that in my list. Yes, he found someone at the end, but it was honestly so random and happened in the last few episodes of the drama like the writers expected me to care about his new girl. Like even she knew that he was still in love with Xia Lin and then you expect me to ship them after a time jump? His character makes me want to give this drama a higher rating...and dammit...fine...I will...but only a fraction higher. I can't give it a full 4/5...but it deserves more than a 3.5. Even just writing this review, even though it wasn't the best drama I have every watched, I kind of want to watch it again because 2 times is definitely not enough.
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Xu Kai Cheng is perfect for the role. He portrayed LingBoss like he's really the boss. He had justified whatever actions he did.
The main girl is just fine but sometime she kind of over reacts to the point that you'll know that she is just acting. especially on some kissing scenes she looks awkward about it.
The amnesia line is uncalled for, it's the weakest point of the story and they overdid the kidnapping scene. but nonetheless I still give 2 thumbs up for this drama.
I'll rewatch it for sure ????
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But this one was a beautiful one it had a lil of everything in there !!
I really enjoyed it
The acting was good each actor played their role Perfectly . First time seen those actors as well Nd i was amazing to see their good acting skills
I highly recommend this Drama for people that likes romance!!!
I’ll be waiting for Season 2
Give it a try !
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This show is fun to watch. It is funny, the interactions are funny, you have all the relationship tropes play out the way you'd want to see them play out in any standard rom com show, and honestly I skip past all the interaction that isn't the main couple or the friend. So if you're just looking to pass time, this isn't a bad show to watch.
One thing I will say though - I'm sure it's well known that every Asian drama is extremely problematic in terms of how it frames abusive relationships and sexism as normal and okay and even romantic. You kind of have to suspend your beliefs about healthy relationships in order to fully enjoy any Asian drama from my experience. This drama, however, seems to be particularly problematic. I haven't gotten to the big plot twist people talk about yet, but from the reviews/spoilers I read, this drama is truly particularly concerning. So if you're sensitive to that, this isn't the drama for you. If you are able to compartmentalize and overlook it and are just looking to pass time, go for it!
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There’s no depth
I love the trope of pretend relationship/marrige but the acting and script was so bad it put me out of it completely. There is no real dimensions to any of the main characters besides this being a really toxic relationship. The best acting was from a side character never to appear again after episode one. I couldn’t bring myself to finish it. For some resson it felt like it was dubbed over sometimes too.The green screen was funny bad ones too.
I must admit that after episode four I didn’t want to stop watching but by episode seven I’d goven up completely. Rather rewatching buisness proposal.
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Well-Intended but I couldn't continue with it...
[I respect other reviewers and their individual choices. There are plenty of dramas out there to suit every taste. Direct your support or lack of to the drama itself. If you support this drama, good for you and please continue to. Please write your own good reviews. If you do not support this drama, please also write your own review. We are reviewers. Not personal attackers. We review. We do not attack. Reserve your opinions for your reviews and not for the reviewer who is responding to the drama itself and not to other external aspects. I am responding to this drama that I have watched and I am not personally attacking any actor or actress in real life as I do not know them at all and have no grudges against them. It is all based on this particular drama only/ this particular reel life only.]I watched the trailer on Netflix and anticipated this drama. However, after watching the whole of episode 1, I must confess that I am unable to continue with it.
What I didn't like:
- The acting was raw/ unpolished. It was quite painful to watch the actors and actresses trying hard to act but not quite succeeding.
- The plot was full of loopholes and very strange. e.g.: How is it possible for her to just get into a car and have the actual owner and driver drive her to her destination? It should simply be: Miss, you have made a mistake. Please leave or I will call the police. Next, how is it possible for a doctor to be so negligent as to leave a patient in the consultation room with all the private documents for her to look at? The doctor and the patient could probably be sued. Moving on, why would the secretary let himself be tied up and manipulated by two girls? Also, the unwell FL looked too healthy to be so very ill.
Perhaps, I have been 'pampered' by excellent acting while watching other dramas such as (insert drama name on your own) and so, I could not sit through this drama.
[I respect other reviewers and their individual choices. There are plenty of dramas out there to suit every taste. Direct your support or lack of to the drama itself. If you support this drama, good for you and please continue to. Please write your own good reviews. If you do not support this drama, please also write your own review. We are reviewers. Not personal attackers. We review. We do not attack. Reserve your opinions for your reviews and not for the reviewer who is responding to the drama itself and not to other external aspects. I am responding to this drama that I have watched and I am not personally attacking any actor or actress in real life as I do not know them at all and have no grudges against them. It is all based on this particular drama only/ this particular reel life only.]
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Quando l'ho consigliato in passato, avevo il prosciutto sugli occhi
In passato l'ho consigliato davvero. Anzi, lo ritenevo addirittura molto bello. Poi mi sono "acculturata" guardando diversi altri drama e il mio metro di giudizio è radicalmente cambiato. Recentemente, l'ho riguardato. Per quanto continuo a condividere nella mia impressione di allora che la storia possa somigliare ad manga letto in passato, l'argomento della leucemia viene davvero trattato di m*rda. La storia di per sè fa acqua da tutte le parti. Non capisco se è un'opera volutamente trash o spazzatura da quattro soldi non voluta. La recitazione è pessima. Poi quello che succede attorno ai protagonisti? Mah.In realtà ammetto che se la storia avesse parlato di una love story iniziata un po' così (ovviamente senza la leucemia) e avesse trattato in modo molto sweet, della serie mi escono gli arcobaleni dalle orecchie, le problematiche di una coppia sposata tramite contratto, io l'avrei accettato. Anzi, l'avrei amato. Perchè a volte ci vogliono anche questo tipo di storie e non solo strappacuore alla "Mr. Sunshine".
Ma questo drama è veramente brutto.
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NOIOSO
Una storiella di amoretti insulsi buona appena ad incantare la fantasia di tredicenni . Frivola. Unico pregio è il bel aspetto degli attori . I dialoghi sono scialbi e di una noia mortale. una trama debole. La storia non apporta nulla di consistente. Si tratta di una favoletta in cui la ricchezza, le belle case , il successo economico, la ricerca di sfondare le mondo dello spettacolo la danno da padrone. La protagonista è vestita male otto volte su dieci , r anche le altre attrici si presentano scialbe o eccentriche , non piacevoli da guardare, a parte An . Gli uomini sono invece di prestanza elegante. Tutto sommato non vale la pena spendere tempo in questi pettegolezzi amorosi.Was this review helpful to you?
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NO LA VEANAl inicio es algo que parece ser una simple historia cliché pero que al final es entretenida y romántica en cierto sentido, pero llega un punto en el que se vuelve algo muy enfermizo y tóxico, el protagonista toma un giro en el que se convierte en un enfermo obsesionado con Xia Lin, le miente de una manera gigante, la encierra en su casa para evitar que lo dejé, entre muchas cosas más; lo peor es que tratan de justificar a Ling Yi Zhou por ser guapo y millonario, y que todo lo hace por amor, pero NO ESTÁ BIEN, te venden una idea super errónea de lo que es el amor, además que es muy cliché por lo que le quita alguna razón buena para verla.
A final de cuentas la dejé de ver, y esta es mi opinión personal
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