Eve

So. Boring.

Right I'm going to put it out there I didn't finished this drama I tried....I really tried but the ML WAS SOOOO BORING and the drama was pretty much a let down. This is my opinion but I'm pretty sure they had Seo Yea Ji in this drama because she is a well known actress and she might carry the show.

Idk if this ML is a rookie or a "known" actor but his character was sooo dry he wasn't giving me ✨AHJUICY✨ he was giving me ✨AhJudry✨, his wife in this show was a spoiled, unbearable brat ugh I wanted to slap her, all that screaming and tantrums is such an ick

I love Seo Yea Ji but her character was fine but not memorable, that one scene where the ML was reading something and her character was just tangoing behind him was just soooo awkward 😆
The sex scenes where just really unnecessary and forced, in episode 6 they were going at it like a bunch of rabbits it was really uncomfortable 😆

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the subtility of the story

I really loved this masterpiece, from the story line to the setting and unraveling of the plot was epic and wonderful.
I came here for the Ye ji who played lee lael, she's good at delivering emotions. but the character Kang Yoo kyum captured my soul, he's story unraveled through his eyes and little gestures the actor is definitely my new favourite he delivered the character exceptionally well.

the tango theme though I'm currently new to but they sparked my interest with it, is it something you need or want? can it heal you? do you use it to hide your pain? those are the questions when you see how the theme works well with the story.

I recommend watching it because it's beautiful and to a large extent logical since most movies nowadays like making plots that just don't add up, I wouldn't really rewatch because I tend to hate movies after watching them again and damn the drama's pretty heavy not too dark but really not light either. great watch.

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When everything you love has been stolen from you, all you have left is revenge.

This review contains spoilers

Eve is about real/sun bin who plots a revenge against the people responsible for the death of her father and disappearence of her mother 13years ago.
The master mind behind it : Han So Ra the daughter of an influencal politician and wife to a rich chaebol (chairman of LY Group) Kang Yoon-gyeom, So Ra is the main antagonist of the show.
Sun bin is helped in her revenge by Seo Eun pyeong.

Characters:
Kim sun bin/ rael (28 yo)
The main protagonist, she represents Aphrodite
Her attractive looks helps her in seducing the cold hearted Kang Yoon-gyeom.
She suffers from sever PTSD along with other psychological issues ( such as self harm).

Han So Ra (45 yo)
She represents Hera.
The only daughter of a politician and wife to Kang Yoon-gyeom, a strong woman who looks like she has everything but one thing : the love of her husband.

Kang Yoon-gyeom (41 yo)
He represents Poseidon

CEO of LY group and his father's successor, he is the richest man in Korea.
Cold and workaholic, his only goal is to succeed. His life changes when he meets Sun bin whom she becomes his obsession.

Seo Eun pyeong (38yo)
He represents Orpheus
A charismatic politician, youngest presidential candidate.
He is the only one aware of sun bin / Rael's past, he becomes her guardian angel and risk his own life to help her achieve her revenge.

The good:
Seo yeji's acting: that woman can definitely act ! She convoys her emotions incredibly...no matter what other people say about her, yeji is a great actress and a very talented one!

The duo sora/ Rael was just mind blowing, they pushed and pulled thorought the show and made it their own

Each episode keeps you on edge ! You can't stop watching, wanting more and more ...this show will surprise you in so many ways.

The cast: the four main lead are amazing in their own, each character added to the show a beautiful touch.

The reference to the Greek mythology

The fashion !!! This show is a true fashion show

The bad:

The pace in this drama is pretty slow, the revenge element happens at the end of the show

The characters lack depth, a part from sunbin/rael no character has a real backstory so it's difficult to connect with them throughout the show ( ex: So ra has a compulsive disorder but we don't know much about it, we only know that her father used to physically abuse her, we're supposed to understand her constant anger and rage but we don't have any backbone to it)

Almost no chemistry between the two main characters: the chairman is madly in love with sunbin/ Rael but we as viewers don't feel it .. it comes a cross as weird stares and creepy behavior from Kang gyeom

The makeup of seo yeji, it sounds weird talking about the makeup in a review but please watch for yourself!

The messy scenario and plot holes, the writers have missed so many stuff that sometimes it's hard to follow ( ex: where is sora and Kang gyeom's first daughter? )
The ending! What a waste !! Bad ending, rushed ..

This might be good to some but I didn't enjoy the sex scenes honestly not my thing

Do I recommend it ? Absolutely! If you look for a melodramatic soapy show this the right one for you...please be prepared for a turbulent ride.

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What a Sh-t Show

Oh, man. What can I say about this drama? Well, first off, it’s definitely not one of my favorites. Don’t get me wrong, I love the actress who played the FL, but the writers didn’t do much of a great job with this one. It’s like they threw in all the ingredients of what they think what makes a great drama. The synopsis doesn’t even match the whole thing. Where is the legal battle? All I saw was her seducing the ML. Why does she need to use sex to get back? Why him? She needs to target the old man Han-Pa ro and the other people who were involved in the death of her father. You could get revenge in other ways, you know. Not just sex. I don’t understand, tbh. Then she falls in love with him. A married man. Great. Idk about you, but after watching that scene when he pushed her down on the floor and told her to wait like a dog waiting for its master. Like dude, what dafuq are you doing?? No. Just no. I will never fall for a guy like him, no matter how much of a sappy background he had. Every time they had a love scene, I just skipped it. I just couldn’t see the chemistry between them. Now, let’s move on to the second male lead who has a great heart and had cared for her for years. I really wished he was the male lead here, like come on. I felt so bad for his character. Poor thing. Then of course, the ML decided to drive the car at the edge of the road but he got killed instead and his bratty wife survived. As much as I love the actress, I couldn’t sympathize with her character. What a dumpster fire. I’m sorry. I’m hoping she would get another great story like “It’s Okay Not to Be Okay”.

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Revenge, retribution, scandalous affairs and betrayal… this drama has it all and more

I loved everything about this drama.. except for the ending which I find is the case with 85% of the dramas I’ve seen.

Characters? For the most post Loved them… Well written and portrayed very well…I just wish that the Male lead would have displayed a bit more emotion. I know his character was “going through” as we say but I’m not sure he had anything other than a blank look on his face the entire show And the antagonist? Well let’s just say I loved to hate them .. which shows that the actors did their jobs well.

Revenge, retribution, scandalous affairs and betrayal… this drama has it all and more. The plot, Although a bit cliche’. Was portrayed well enough to keep me interested .The story line flowed smoothly and kept me wanting more.

Standout characters:
Han-So Ra (Yoo Sun)
Han Po Ra (Jeon Gook-Hwan)
These two played their roles extremely well. Had me wanting to jump through the screen to fight them that’s how much I disliked these characters especially Han Po Ra. I had a like/ hate relationship with Han So Ra. The one time I started to feel sorry for her… she was quick to let me know why she deserved everything she got and more. Awesome characters and the fact that I got so emotionally involved in wanting them to get their just desserts.. Is a testament to how well they were written and portrayed.

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Rough but what else can you expect from rEVEnge

Just rough. Our main female goes through years of planning to bring down a bunch of people. It’s really a well thought out story and basic mental battle. It’s fast paced with great acting.

You hate who you should hate and have trouble supporting those who you could support. It’s all about the grit of greed, power, and privilege. With a side of love, obsession, and TANGO. Yup. Didn’t think that would play such a part.

Everything in this drama is shown to us at opportune times to make us question, learn, and suspect what’s to come. Even the music is so perfect for every scene and moment. This OST is awesome.

Ending won’t be for everyone but it’s a revenge story. Stuff has to happen. Definitely darker than I thought, but deep down I think I expected it. At least something near to what happened. Redemption? Death? Success? New Beginning? Justice?

High speed revenge story that will keep your mind engaged. Hours well spent. Really liked it. A bit too soon for a rewatch though.

Sara Rojas MARCH 2 2023

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Acting masterclass from the fls

So I was watching this while it was on going in 2022 but for some reason I never saw the last two episodes, now that its on Netflix I was like I want to finish it and I did it, I rewatched from ep 1 and let me tell you I was so invested, I had forgotten a lot of things and it was so thrilling like I knew the big things that were going to happen but still, I enjoyed it a lot.

The acting was impeccable, specially my two main girls, Seo Yea Ji was perfect for this role, she´s so captivating and shows a great spectrum on her performance, as for Yoo Sun I gotta give it to her, just incredible.

As for the story, the revenge part in my opinion was the best and most satisfying, the "romance" I understand it, it was well executed, I didn't love it, but I wouldn't change it either, I kinda shows just how humans are, she knew everything and knew it wasn't right, she knew he wasn't innocent but still fell in love, if I was given the chance of changing the final tho, I think I would have made her get over him in the sense of stop thinking what ifs and just show her growth and her moving on, but that's me, I know everyone would have a different take or wish

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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaabsolutely not.

long story short, a woman infiltrates the lives of very wealthy people and drives them all to insanity as revenge for the murder of her parents. it was, on paper, an engaging idea. i loved the revenge, yea ji's acting was nice, and I especially loved her character's craziness (why are her eyebrows bleached?). they were ALL crazy, matter of fact. there wasn't one sane person in this show. the children were essentially used as props for both female leads, treated like expendable objects from beginning to end. ra el, while she did care(?), used her husband's child for her gain. so ra was even worse, so obsessed with her husband for whatever inexplicable reason (omg she actually loves him?!?! wait no, she just doesn't want to get beat??) that she finally remembers she has a daughter and makes her cry to garner attention. when I imagine ra el's thought process, I imagine something along the lines of "oh, her daughter still wears diapers? PROP! humiliate the child because it will also humiliate her mother!" so basically I do not like the way children were treated in this series.

the ending was weird. so ra loses her mind, like actually. she puts on some kind of joker face and runs out all crazy wanting to kill ra el. i don't understand why either of these women were so in love with that damn man. besides the fact that I personally do not find his actor attractive, the character's personality was boring at best. he was a painfully easy man. all it took was a little bit of OOOOOooOoOOOooO tANGoooO and he was already getting hot in the crotch like whattt??? i do not find it attractive that the only things he could think of doing with a woman he believed he was in love with were to get her dramatically expensive gifts and take her to a secret villa or wherever the hell they were for some DEVIL'S TANGO. and does nobody else find it terribly strange that he finds her secret little hacker lair and then DOESN'T search it despite obviously being very upset? ummm okay sir. and then she just... returns to it? like its location hasn't been compromised?

let's talk about that damn lawyer! while he is visually VERY pleasing to the eye, I cannot possibly imagine acting this down bad for a girl you had just saved 13 years ago from abuse!!! he was strange! very! very! strange! i do not understand why it was necessary to make every man so unbelievably obsessed with her??? why couldn't she have had some REAL competition? a revenge plot with high stakes should have revenge that is HARD but SATISFYING.

THE BODYGUARD. is he a bodyguard? i think he is. whatever he was literally so stupid. i didn't, for even a second, understand his blind loyalty toward that despicable woman (so ra in case you forgot). she used him for pleasure (which by the way... why is she so upset her husband was cheating when she was doing the same thing? girl bye cheater mentality makes no sense), used him for ATTEMPTED MURDER, used him to spy... god the list goes on. oh his mom is sick!!!! okay... so... like... even after you can happily switch sides and likely get even more money... you're still doing what she says... like you can't make this up it isn't until that banshee is dead that he FINALLY opens his eyes??? whatever.

pan ro. what was that? yk, I see this actor playing the role of an abusive filthy rich CEO father 24/7 and I'm sure he's sick of it. I'm sure he only became even more sick of it after having to act as the disaster that was pan ro. first of all... that character is so damn flat like what??? he has no depth past I'M GONNA BEAT YOU UP GRRRRR and grabbing a hammer like he's gonna do something PFFT. he's got a funky little habit of putting people in cages. past that? what more do we know? nada. you wanna know what he's there for? to make us feel PITY for his grown ass daughter. they made him the mastermind of it all and for what? boring. could've done something more.

this should NOT have had a lick of romance. it would have been a thousand times better without it.

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Deep and meaningful storyline.

This is a great revenge story, but rather than getting closure, it shows kind of a karma for ones actions. The main highlight of this series is that connection is important, and that if one sees value in you, they are willing to do anything to help you, and in turn becomes a part of the purpose of their life. Complexly explained throughout different elements. But, certain scenes could have been more intimate, meaningful, and less repetitive. Every character delivers a unique, and necessary contrast to the story, and while some elements may seem unbelievable in many situations they can seem all too realistic.

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The kind of revenge I like

Occasionally, a drama pushes me to come back here and write a review to process what I watched. This is one of them.

This is the kind of revenge story I like and want to see more of. Sadly, a lot of revenge dramas end in “John Wick”-style fashion (meaning lots of shootings, deaths, etc.), getting ridiculous or the one who seeks revenge just doesn’t care about revenge anymore because he/she found a greater good. This drama stayed true to its beginning, which is seduction, manipulation and dedication to the revenge itself.

In a lot of revenge dramas, the main character just loses himself/herself midway and kind of forgets why he/she started it in the first place even though he/she planned it or was consumed by it for years (or at least that’s how I feel). Here, the main character stays dedicated to the revenge and manipulation to the bitter end. She doesn’t get distracted and suddenly wants to life a happy life, wants to do good or something in that direction.

The main actress Seo Yea Ji does a great job and became my favourite Korean actress after “It’s okay to be not okay” and now “Eve”. And I have to say that didn’t really have any favourite Korean actors/actresses up till now to be honest. It’s just special for me if an actor/actress can play multiple moods so perfectly and smile ear to ear if needed. A lot of actors/actresses try to look “beautiful” while laughing/smiling so they look good for the camera I feel, and rarely do you see one who just smiles ear to ear in the right situations (I don’t know if people will get that, but I don’t know how to describe it better).

The rest of the cast was also great with interesting backgrounds. Sadly 16 episodes are just not enough to give every background the time it deserves, but it’s just enough to understand most characters. But I have to say, one character is a little to psycho for my taste.

All in all, it’s a mature revenge drama with no fairy tales. Seeing the other reviews here, I guess it’s a hit or miss drama for a lot of people. If the description of the drama intrigues you, definitely watch the first episode.

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Seo ye ji hats off.

Ra El was a girl who idolized her loving parents – a highly intelligent father and a strikingly beautiful mother. But when cruel forces beyond their control cause her father’s death, her family crumbles. Embittered by this terrible experience, she vows revenge on the super-rich people who orchestrated this terrible tragedy. Her prime target is Kang Yoon Kyum, the CEO of the lucrative LY Group business empire, and one of the ringleaders of the plot that ultimately destroyed her family.
yeji was splendid. she's just so good at playing female manipulators. she made this drama very fun to watch. every time she walked in, every entrance she made was enthralling and full of confidence. it's quite literally impossible to focus on anyone else when SYJ is in the frame. the drama itself is a fun makjang where you don't have to take things seriously. i love revenge dramas and tbh this drama was a little lacking in the revenge department (i recommend my name if you want to watch a really good revenge drama) but it didn't lack in showing human emotions and how our connections with other people could either make or break us. love is good but only if practiced in moderation. for lee rael love is karma, for SEP love is patience, for HSR love is just another game to win and for KYG love is ultimate sacrifice. whether you approve or disapprove of their different ways of loving is up to you. at the end of the day, this show is about what love makes you do and not really about the process of doing those things. tbh the dilemma of hurting the man you love or betraying your parents by falling in love with the enemy that le rael faced was very interesting and actually made me like this drama so much more. i know a lot of people were disappointed by this exact plot point but lee rael isn't a revenge extracting machine, she's a human who embraced another human for the first time in her life and fell in love. to me it makes more sense than anything else in the show. still, some things could've been done better especially during the end. the outfit and makeup choices were...... questionable and did not exactly fit the cinematography and vibe of the show.

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