Waste of tears
Worst ending ever! A complete waste of my tears and 16 hours of my life. I absolutely adore watching Kim Won Hae! He is a brilliant actor. Chae Jung An was so fierce! Loved her character. And I would be totally rude if I didn’t mention the cameo of one of the greatest actresses of all time, Lee Jung Eun. But the outcome of the show was dreadful. Real life is full of disappointments, I don’t want to watch it or read it. I use tv, movies, and books as escapism. If you have a fragile heart, you should avoid this drama. If you are hoping to walk away with a a mile, you should avoid this drama. If you long for the fairytale ending, avoid this drama. If you are feeling dark and hate love, enjoy.Was this review helpful to you?
Cute romcom, but skip Ep 16
I will admit that I watch Kdramas for the cliches and fluffy, happy moments and general feel-good quality and this show has a lot of these. A chaebol ML, a strong-minded (?) FL, good visuals, decent OST and a solid supporting cast. The first few episodes were genuinely funny and entertaining as well.A lot of the recent shows seem to have writing problems towards the ending (cough-Startup-cough) and this one suffered the same fate. The last episode made no sense to me at all! I have no idea why the writer went down the route they did, but it had no story or visual correlation to the first 15 episodes.
Overall, I watch dramas for the enjoyment and light moments, and I must say this delivered to a large extent. Not the best romcom out there, but fun nevertheless.
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Horrible ending
Watched this one to the end and liked it until the last episode. The acting was good but ended up like the second couple's ending more than the main couple. The music was great and loved seeing the different houses of Korea but not worth it in the end. There are some funny moments and some heartfelt moments as well but the ending was not worth it. The last 45 minutes of the last episode left a sour taste and was a big let down. Cute drama until the very last moment. Not worth the time, sadly. One of the family's bottom three.Was this review helpful to you?
Meh
Watch this only if you're bored out of your mind, cause there really isn't all that much happening. And, while sometimes that may be a good thing (see: Because This Is My First Life or A Piece Of Your Mind), it's certainly not in this case. I usually binge watch my dramas in 2-3 days, but actually forgot I was watching this one several times.They hate each other, they like each other, they break up with each other, they get back with each other. Really, you won't be missing out on much if you skip this.
Oh, and the last episode ruined everything the previous 15 had built up to. You could probably guess how, since it seems to be a common kdrama trope.
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a huge potential with a terrible ending
If we ignore the ending its one of my best dramas i've ever watched recently. An amazing humor with just the right slice of romance and a wonderful friendship and bond between the cast. I looked forward for wednesday and thursday. The drama started with an amazing humor but unfortunately it became a bit dull towards the end.the good things:
-it really showed the struggles of home owners and made us understand so much more about real estate without making it boring
-the beautiful houses
-ja sung's cocky but super sweet personality once he opens up.
-the amazing chemistry between the two ml that made the romance so much better
-the romance is just the right amount of cheesiness that made me swoon and grin from ear to ear
-the amazing backstories of the ml and also all the support roles
the bad:
-there were a lot of things that should've been introduced in earlier episodes than it is so that made the last two episodes so rushed and bad
-unnecessary breakups, like they're in their 30s and they don't even discuss anything they just break up instantly
-the huge contradiction between the old young won and the one from the last episode, like she told him that she doesn't want anyone to let go of her but she instantly did it
to sum it up, i really loved MMH and if only the ending could've been better i would've definitely gave it a 10/10
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Cliché “mandatory separation “ is getting OLD!
I am pretty much used to the tropes in romantic K-dramas. Mayyyyybe the midway “breakup” is explainable (albeit pretty stupid since the ML literally told the FL that he would treat her well and then turns around and breaks up with her with no explanation whatsoever). “Okay”, I say, “there’s enough episodes for them to get back together, whatever, we’ve seen that before”……but then, WHAT THE ? In the last episode? 3 months pass, then 3 years? Unlikely. As if anyone would stay single and what? After that long? I hate how ambiguous the ending was.The writers should have spent more time focusing on building up the FL in how she saves money to afford her own home ( they kinda lost sight of the theme midway through the story when the romance gets involved). No more saving, the ML spends and spends, the FL spends money on soju when the mid breakup happens). After all is said and done, I have to remind myself that the same thing happens in “Because This Is My First Life” (coincidentally the same actress FL): although many people loved BTIMFL, that story also had an unnecessary “obligatory separation” where once the ML and FL get together, FL decides to leave her love “to find herself”……?
I agree with others in that they focused on getting the secondary characters together more than fixing the writing on the main leads.
Overall, I would not recommend if you’re looking for a satisfying ending!
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House + Love = Home
TbhNot a big fan of Kdramas,as my frnds suggested to watch dis drama,but after completing drama fell in love wth the lead actors #Jungsomin and #kimjiseok
Not even a single boring episode in dis.. the ending was little sad
OST was simply awesome and the dialogues narrated by somin at end of every episode was too brilliantl..kudos to writer
Atlast,this is a wholesome entertainer ❤waiting for season 2
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A Comfort Drama
Anyone else may find this drama cliche, but for me, this is a well-written drama. This drama actually encourages people to stand firm on their goals in life. And I know everyone dreams to have their own home too, may it be a physical house or somebody, where they can be who they are, in ups and downs. In romance side, Jung So Min and Kim Ji Seok's chemistry is so good. I find Kim Ji Seok cute here. Their acting is great, and I like how the drama also focus on supporting characters and not only on main leads alone. This drama gives comfort to me. I hope all of us could find our own "home" too.Was this review helpful to you?
Unorthodoxy rom-com
While watching the first episode the bgm made me shocked as it was played very well – it made me anticipate the drama to be great. However, as I continuously watched it I got mixed feelings such as hating both main characters' personality. I also lost my interest in watching this as I felt the vibes of the drama titled "What's Wrong With Secretary Kim". I doubted whether I should continue watching it. But then thankfully I continued watching it and it proved to me that I was wrong. It had its own flavor plot-wise, given the fact that it was kinda knowledgeable about houses.Overall you should check this out if you want to watch a rom-com drama that is not cliche. It gave me lots of fun.
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that awful ending
i think i watched this drama while it was releasing each chapter i cant remember but i was kind of happy because i LOVE somin AND i had finished when the camellia blooms and kind of wanted to see the sml in a romcom and this felt right so i watched it enthusiastically.i cant exactly remember a lot of it, but i enjoyed it, it was a good drama. somin's characters always makes me laugh and the ml was cute and i think they had a good relationship overall, probably with a lot of clichés but i dont think i've complained.
except for that goddamn ending. it's not that i remember everything in detail but i do remember that everything happened so quickly probably after breaking up or something like that and then suddenly somin's character got a house and i'm not even sure if they did end up together and if they did,, when did that happen? i think it was a mess, it's probably the best way to describe it
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How to ruin a wonderful drama within the last 20 minutes
This drama had high potential to get into my list of all-time favorites. Unfortunately, this is an ending gone wrong. The drama contained so many misunderstandings, but I accepted it. I loved the romance between the leads, and I even tolerated the first break-up although it was unnecessary and definitely not needed for the plot (definitely could’ve sorted that issue faster than in 3 episodes). When they got back together? Amazing. Cute Romance, adorable moments. Episode 16, Minute 40 - our female lead decides to break up with him because her father betrayed him and stuff. Bestie, your father hurt him, I get that, but breaking up with him will hurt him even more. Children aren’t responsible for their parents actions!!! And okay, they‘ve broken up (FOR THE DUCKING 2ND TIME) and then a time jump… 3 YEARS. Every side character is happy, living their best life where our leads meet again, and instead of us getting a kiss, all we get is the leads friendly talking like old friends. Bruh? Thank you for NOTHING! Writers, I‘m highly disappointed. I was in a huge kdrama slump and this helped me a lot, because it was really funny and had me laughing out load sometimes and I literally couldn’t stop watching. The comments on viki helped as well. Don’t watch this people, you‘ll only get disappointed by this drama. Wasted potential.Was this review helpful to you?
Started well and then all hell broke loose
Super fun story to watch... at first. From ep 1-10 i thoroughly enjoyed the story with laughs and just cringy moments which i welcomed.Then the writers lost their minds and started twisting this story into a billion different direction with some Background characters who started out super unhealthy but ended being extremely happy compared to the main couple.
I just feel like the ending sucked and they ruined a whole story that could have been so much better if they had just stuck to it and actually helped the characters develop instead of trying to do tricks. it was just cheap I did not like the ending at all I think they should just redo it because this had the same potential to be as good as "because it's my first life" and they literally ruined it completely in the end and the abrupt breakups which both made no sense I feel we're so dumb and they shouldn't just left the characters together and had given them actual real life issues instead of doing these dumb twists. It was promising and then it just failed even though that ending was happy ish I just don't like it at all I feel like they just missed the mark completely on this one.
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