Whispers of Destiny: A Journey Through Love and Loss
This title reflects the main themes of the cdrama. It suggests a focus on fate, romance, and the challenges of life. It invites viewers to think about their own experiences while watching the show. The story begins with an incredibly exciting premise that immediately captures your attention and sets high expectations. However, as the plot progresses, it becomes painfully slow, dragging on in such a way that it feels almost unbearable to sit through. I found myself so frustrated that I ended up skipping through several minutes at a time, which only compounded my disengagement. Eventually, I made the difficult decision to drop it for a while. Despite my initial enthusiasm, I had to mentally prepare myself to give it another chance. While I can understand that this pacing might appeal to some viewers looking for a more drawn-out character development or intricate storytelling, it simply did not resonate with me. Unfortunately, I can’t say that the overall experience met my expectations, and it left me feeling quite disappointed.Was this review helpful to you?
It was a 10 for me until the last few episodes. Then it dropped to 8.5.
Southwind is a bit rough around the edges, especially toward the end. Some parts don’t flow smoothly, and there’s a subplot that feels kind of unnecessary and way too over-the-top for my taste. That said, I really enjoyed the family dynamics, especially the power struggle between the Fu brothers. The cast is absolutely top-notch, no complaints there. But my biggest frustration? By episode 39, some of the characters who committed truly horrible acts didn’t get the punishment they deserved (Yunshen’s mother, I’m looking at you!).And of course, Cheng Yi once again proves he’s the king of whump. His character has more lives than a cat; he is shot, paralyzed, staked… you name it, he’s been through it all.
Overall, this was a great watch, but those last few draggy episodes definitely took away from the experience.
A+ for Cheng Yi, though.
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The plot ruined the actor
I watch with high expectation because of Cheng YiThe Plot/Storyline/Script
I would say they have got idea to exposed on the medical side on refugee camp
but the execution is quite weak. There are so many unnecessary scene so that sometime i just i skip a lot because at the end i will know what happen.
Like i said they had good storyline but poor execution and poor script
Just a typical rich family greedy to married their son to other wealthy family
Chinese mother that never regret
Their love story is quite sad ML is sick and after that FL is sick
Too many sick for the ML
Actor/Actress
I would say the ML and FL don't have much compability
its seems they are more awkward side not feel the connection between them
Don't expect romantic scene because if there are any romantic scene you will not feel the connection.
But for the sad scene CY did great just he need to choose carefully the drama that he will be joined because
this character is not for him, to skinny and no charisma
but i like in Lotus bookcase
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Loving this drama
I was waiting for another Cheng Yi's drama to watch & this drama didn't disappoint me. I am loving the chemistry b/w Cheng yi & ZHnag Yuxi both are amazing actors. Cheng yi always surprises he really nailed this role, i was so surprised that he can do so well in modern dramas too coz i have seen his all other dramas all are costume dramas. He is so good.SWK is really good paced and romantic drama, I am really liking the story, It is a story which have enough of sweet & sad parts of life, really good. For anyone who like romantic dramas this is a must watch.
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傅云深我爱你
在故事、情节和良好的角色方面我很喜欢
更何况这个角色是成毅演的
这部剧让我看到了程毅演技的另一面
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Melodrama of the Month Award winner
It was painstaking watching the main characters being tortured emotionally or physically for thirty-nine episodes. I am just relieved that it is over, and that the characters are out of sight, out of mind. Cheng Yi and Zhang Yu Xi kept the drama flowing, even when it dragged with the singing and evilness on screen. Cheng Yi is the official Melodrama King. Yunshen suffered physically and emotionally, and cried in two-thirds of the drama, Fu Yunshen would have lived a happy life with a different mother. Zhang Yu Xi is Main Lead Queen of the Month. Zhu Jiu put up with a lot of sh^& from Mother Jiang Shu Ning.This should be labeled as a musical melodrama. The singing was extraneous, overt and repetitive. If the director wanted so much singing, he should have told the actors to sing these songs, instead of using phantom singers. Otherwise the BGM was very good.
It was no surprise that the two pathetic villains, Fu Xi Zhou and Jiang Shu Ning, had their redemption at the end. They were unscrupulous, vindictive, manipulative. They should have died instead of the nicer people, Grandpa, Dr Ji, Aunty Dr Addy, Grandma, Zhu Jiu's Mother and Father. I was cringing when Ruan Ruan and Xi Zhou reunited at the end, and had babies.
The singing diluted the emotion on screen. If they had trimmed the singing and some of the episodic content, it would have been very effective as a 30 episode drama.
This drama reminds me of the Kdramas with the drama plot and incessant singing and the song quality. In particular, Yunshen and Zhu Jiu reminded me of Winter Sonata's YuJin and Joon Sang, with their emotional torture and the manipulative mothers.
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AGAINST ALL ODDS
I would say this is refreshing for me because, after watching many CDramas, I started to realize that most have the same story line but are delivered in different ways by different actors. If not a marriage contract, it's Cinderella with a child or children or a CEO falling in love with a poor girl. This drama was another kind. It has a touch of the old arranged marriage culture of parents but didn't succeed. Thank God. A story of two people in love facing all the odds surrounding them—people and situations—and how many times the ML got hurt where people around him intended to hurt him, and the character of a father's shortsightedness and how he blames people who helped him.I like how their love story developed from their first meeting. The second meeting was more emotional, but it was where you understood how love should be shared between two people despite the odds. They are always ready to be there for each other. For better or worse. The chemistry between the two main leads was awesome. Incomparable. They convey their emotions naturally. I love watching these two lead actors because they tend not to overact their acting. Control and timing are their forte. Zhang Yuxi is very good at conveying her emotions. In her crying scenes, she does not need to howl to show how hurt she is. She is good at acting her hurt simply, but you can feel her emotions. The ending was not very grand, as some expected it to be the typical ending with wedding bells, bridal march, and all. The ending talks about them—simple people who are both in love and just want to spend their time together quietly and simply. Overall, it was good. Minimal criticism, for me, does not need to be mentioned because it is not important.
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Cheng Yi lives!
If you've watched other Cheng Yi works (you should), this is a showcase to his talent for sublety of expressions, and a refreshing opporunity to see him play playful-- as most often he is at his best portraying angst--which this show is just about ridiculously too much of for character--but he finally gets a happy ending--without the addition of an extra episode to give you an alternate ending (tho'-chuckle, he still has to wait a long time to get there!). What was also different as a story was that there was no inherently evil villian but otherwise it is trope heavy in regards to weal and woe., so if you can't stand that, you might not like this work.Was this review helpful to you?
Great cast wasted by a poorly written story :(
Watched for ML (Yi Cheng), but the storyline is a total messPLOT:
During a humanitarian mission (where??? a remote part of China, at war???), ML, a pharmacology researcher and heir to a large corporation, meets FL, a heart surgeon.
During multiple dangerous situations (life and death), they grow closer and fall in love. But ML's complicated family situation (toxic mother and hateful half-brother) will hinder their future.
PROS:
+ Very good actors who try to make the story believable.
CONS:
- Incoherent storyline, with over-the-top characters (the mothers are detestable in this series) and absurd behavior.
- ML, in fragile health, is injured 3-4 times, but still survives...
- CL2 doesn't work for me.
=> Drama that becomes barely bearable only in the last part. Alas !!
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Pr le ML (Yi Cheng) mais storyline total mess
PLOT:
Lors d'une mission humanitaire (où ??? partie reculée de la Chine, en guerre ???), le ML, chercheur en pharmacologie et héritier d'un grand groupe, rencontre la FL, chirurgien cardiaque.
Au cours de multiples situations dangereuses (life and death), ils vont se rapproche et tomber amoureux. Mais la situation familiale du ML compliquée (mère toxique et demi-frère hate-love) va faire obstacle à leur avenir.
PROS:
+ de très bons acteurs qui tentent de rendre la story crédible.
CONS:
- storyline incohérente, avec personnages excessifs (les mères sont détestables dans cette série) et des comportements absurdes.
- le ML, de santé fragile, est blessé à 3-4 reprises, mais survit...
- le CL2 ne tient pas la route.
=> Drama qui devient à peine supportable sur la dernière partie. Dommage !!
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LOVE, FIGHT AND AGAIN LOVE ?
Ya one of my best in my least.I enjoyed it and connect with the story 😊 they fell in love then misunderstood then resolved it and almost died at the end she went into depression came out etc
STORY
Ya its a good story line hook u up until the end
MUSIC
NO PROBLEM ITS ALWAYS GOOD 👍😊👍
CAST
Top notch 😇
Re-watch
I don't recommend only because it's lengthy 👍
overall it will Hook u until the end of story there are movment of joy and sarrow. Misunderstanding between ML and FL he thinks she left him after the accident When she meets him after long time he aggressively try to avoid her but she heals him his coldness gradually melts then they fell in love again but her past truma strike her when she was kidnapped a long side with her senior in foreign country while a medical aid her senior was injured by bullet he manages to escape from kidnappers but eventually he dies. ML also injured when he comes to rescue FL but she suffers from PTSD and no longer to participate surgery due to her hand injury. Eventually she woke up from ALL truma with the help of All the loved ones around her.
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DONT KNOW THE ENDING YET
POOR CHENG YI , WHY KEEP GETTING HURT IN ALL HIS DRAMAS, IS HE A SACRIFICIAL LAMB. NORMALLY I LIKED A GOOD HAPPY ENDING FOR LOVERS BUT I THINK THEY R NOT GOOD AS A COUPLE. HE KEEP GETTING HURT WHEN HE IS WITH HER. ALSO THOSE WHO HURT HIM DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY SHD BE PUNISHED.LOVED CHENG YI N HIS CUTE ACTIONS. HE LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM HIS OLD DRAMAS. WONDER IF HE GOT ANY SURGERY DONE , HIS EYES N MOUTH LOOKS DIFFERENT.
ALSO HIS NOSE SO SHARP DONNO IF HE CHANGED IT.
WATCH SOME PARTS FROM UTUBE, BUT NOT COMPLETE.
SOME REVIEWERS SAYS THE FL IS NOT GOOD ACTRESS.
I THINK IT IS THE USUAL MOTHER DONT LIKE THE SON GF STORY, SHE WILL TRY TO BREAK THEM UP BECAUSE SHE THINKS THAT THE GAL CAUSES HER SON TOO MANY ACCIDENTS WHICH I AGREEDED.
NOT SURE IF I CAN FIND ALL THE EPS TO WATCH ALSO. WILL WATCH IF I CAN FIND.
MIGHT SKIP SOME PARTS.
POOR CHENG YI , WHY KEEP GETTING HURT IN ALL HIS DRAMAS, IS HE A SACRIFICIAL LAMB. NORMALLY I LIKED A GOOD HAPPY ENDING FOR LOVERS BUT I THINK THEY R NOT GOOD AS A COUPLE. HE KEEP GETTING HURT WHEN HE IS WITH HER. ALSO THOSE WHO HURT HIM DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY SHD BE PUNISHED.
LOVED CHENG YI N HIS CUTE ACTIONS. HE LOOKS DIFFERENT FROM HIS OLD DRAMAS. WONDER IF HE GOT ANY SURGERY DONE , HIS EYES N MOUTH LOOKS DIFFERENT.
ALSO HIS NOSE SO SHARP DONNO IF HE CHANGED IT.
WATCH SOME PARTS FROM UTUBE, BUT NOT COMPLETE.
SOME REVIEWERS SAYS THE FL IS NOT GOOD ACTRESS.
I THINK IT IS THE USUAL MOTHER DONT LIKE THE SON GF STORY, SHE WILL TRY TO BREAK THEM UP BECAUSE SHE THINKS THAT THE GAL CAUSES HER SON TOO MANY ACCIDENTS WHICH I AGREEDED.
NOT SURE IF I CAN FIND ALL THE EPS TO WATCH ALSO. WILL WATCH IF I CAN FIND.
MIGHT SKIP SOME PARTS.
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Something a miss
Watch this of course for Cheng Yi & Zhang Yu Xi 2nd drama. Again the best part of pick the old partner is no more awkwardness between the actor/ess.Really want to like this drama. After everything that Fu Yun Shen (YS) & Zhu Jiu (ZJ) go through here. But in the end something feel a miss when they close the curtain. I really hope we get extra/special/ a little more episode to make this drama more perfect or ending with better note.
What i like:
+ the chemistry between Cheng Yi & Zhang Yu Xi. Feel like reunite 2 old friend.
+ my 2 fav old actor & actress, Paul Chun & Cao Cui Fen. Play as grandma & grandpa for our ML & FL.
+ all the hardship in YS & ZJ relationship only to make their bond stronger over time.
+ after everything that happen in FU family, in the end family still family. And as always, blood is thicker then water play a big role here.
What a miss:
The ending.... I don't know feel like they push fast forward button in the end. Everything wrap so fast we don't have time to swallow properly. Really hope they prolong the ending & shorten the middle part. Cause sometimes the middle part feel a little bored & it's like they prolong some scene....
Overall this quite good drama to watch...
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