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Strong premise that got lost along the way
I started watching this drama not actually knowing what the story was about, and it almost immediately piqued my interest as the premise of the FL being able to detect lies seemed interesting and unique. I really enjoyed the first few episodes, however it slowly started to lose itself and it felt like it didn't really know what it was trying to achieve.My biggest issue is that there are far too many episodes. They clearly did not have enough material to fill 16 episodes of upwards of an hour each, and it was just impossible to drag the storyline out for that long without it getting lost along the way. There is so much unnecessary filler in here, which I often don't even mind in dramas, but in this case it wasn't even particularly interesting a lot of the time. By the time it gets to the final 2 episodes it's just completely pointless and nothing is happening as they have already wrapped up the main crux of the story by this point, and it was so fillery that it was not only boring but also felt incredibly awkward because already pointless scenes were being dragged out longer than they needed to be. I didn't even want to finish it since the story had already been completely wrapped up and so there was no incentive to, and ended up skipping through huge chunks of the final episode because nothing of value was happening at all.
It also got to a point where it felt like the FL being able to detect lies - which was the main selling point of the premise - felt completely inconsequential to the storyline, as at it's core it's really just a basic murder plot and while to some point her lie detecting powers did help them solve the case, it very easily could have been solved without her being able to hear lies. There was also no reason for her to lose and regain her powers towards the end, in my opinion, as they didn't really have that big of an impact on the story in the first place and there were no consequences to her losing her powers either. I understand that it was part of her character development of her learning to accept hearing/not hearing lies, but again it just felt completely inconsequential to me.
To add to this, the storyline itself once you remove the FL being able to hear lies is incredibly basic and predictable. I knew exactly what was happening at every moment before it happened, and I had guessed the culprit almost immediately. I also had a feeling that the "twist" with Deuk Chan being in love with Do Ha was going to happen, although I wasn't sure if they were actually going to go down that path or not. The mystery as a whole left me feeling underwhelmed as nothing felt shocking or had an impact on me, and it really was just a run of the mill murder mystery.
The acting overall was pretty decent, and the main couple was cute enough, although I thought that this was supposed to be a romance first and foremost and it kind of lacked in that department for me too.
It's overall relatively decent and I managed to make it through to the end, but it didn't feel like it did anything particularly special and I felt a little underwhelmed and disappointed in the end as I had much higher expectations for it based on the first two or three episodes. I think I would have enjoyed it a lot more if it had been condensed into maybe 12 or even less episodes, but it's an easy enough watch (although TW for self harm/suicide) if it's the kind of drama you're looking for.
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TEPID CHEMISTRY
An typical average K-drama. They have no chemistry, the guy wasn't great, they both had tepid eyes and smiles to each other, dialog was simple and petty, the supporting actors were even worst. The story was about a girl that could hear lies from people, she met this guy who couldn't tell lies. This guy was a famous composer, hide his face behind the mask and real identity. He supposed to be the main suspect of the murder of his ex-girlfriend 5 years earlier. He hide himself at the apartment next door to this girl, no personal connection whatsoever but eventually got to know each other over favorite British soccer teams, this girl helped him to open up to himself and took on challenges. If they've fallen in love, we wouldn't know, there wasn't any warms or sweetness on the relationship. Shy? that was not, it's more like lack of talent. It got worst when the plot started to focus on community approach in which supporting actors didn't do well (annoying acting) and investigation on murder accusation. It was interesting what lies the girl try to detect when many VIP clients hired her (she earned lots of money with this job) while not so when he went on for personal vendetta looking for the real murderer.So, that wasn't only about Pretty Lies but fillers about combination of one sided 'gay love', vendor's community in area, famous singers and her fans, mysterious famous composer, his vindictive ambitious political mother, her greedy mother and reclusive father, victim's brother who went berserk every single scenes, involvement polices or reporters. Yeah too much mingled all over the plots, so it's forgotten the main (on the title) synopsis about 'HEARING PEOPLE LIES!'
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Beautiful Modern Drama with a realistic touch <3
NGL, I was waiting close to every week for this. Monday and Tuesday had become the days I look forward to wind down after work thanks for this drama.Kim So Hyun has always been one that I look forward to in terms of acting. She never fails. One of the promising actress in this generation. Minhyun on the other hand, was really good in this drama, towards the end. Maybe they manage to be less awkward but I am happy to see Minhyun grow. There are times where he was a little awkward but I find that it fits his character.
If you are looking for a realistic love story, I think this would hit the spot. They portray trust and love in a really realistic way and the problems that arises during each conflict are really true to life although the scenario might not exactly be that way in life because simply we are all not superstars.
Its sad to say goodbye to this drama and I kind of like the ending of this drama. I wished that there was more wholesome ending but this fits into their pace real well. The pacing of the drama, would be slow in my opinion as I often find myself skipping through the portion or fast forwarding it. Overall, a good watch.
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Forgettable Drama
This drama unfortunately falls into the category of those easily forgotten. It's not a production to showcase Kim So Hyun's talents, not a drama to watch for fantasy genre, not a drama to watch for Hwang Min Hyun, maybe a drama to watch for the secondary character.Great premise as usual but bad execution. It's the kind of drama that serves better as background noise. The mystery lacks depth and the chemistry between the characters never truly transcends the realm of friendship. The supporting cast tends to be more of a hindrance , being annoying and never changes, often repeating the same actions to the point of irritation.
The only nice people are the main lead and some people in the neighborhood. Unfortunately, the male lead's character comes across as bland, which may be attributed to subpar acting in this instance aka the male lead can't act in this drama.
In sum, this drama is easily forgettable and falls short of expectations. It's a disappointment that is likely to fade from the audience's memory within just a few months.
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Not very captivating as a mystery but the rest is worth a watch
I was very much impressed when i first saw this series, entered with no expectations and found it very cute and intriguing , enjoyed the first half of it but later with all the mystery scenes involved i felt they dragged it for a little too long so i was on the verge of dropping it ,but i am glad i dint . The ending 3 episodes were very well wrapped up .Expect for how long they dragged to reveal the mystery, i was surprised by killer's true identity. Would have loved it , had they focused on it a little more much and revealed it much sooner . So this part of the drama had a loop hole but again because of a very clean ending i had a good experience watching it.
The writer chose common concept of lead having a special ability, murder suspect, hidden identity but execution was quite novel and didnot have a cliche plot.
The leads were super cute together .Loved how things ended with Kang min and all the supporting characters were well played.
Like how every coin has two sides, this too had its own pros and cons. If you are up for some cuteness, clean ending series, happy romance and would'nt mind skipping few scenes/ episodes - Dont miss out on this.
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Start of with a mist of mystery but ends up kind of meeh
What do you get when you combine a Lovely Cast, a predictable plot, Cringe and a whole lot of annoying elements?Well I guess you get a whole lot of watchers who want to enjoy this but end up just felling meeh... Was it worth my time? probably not? Was it bad? Not really... it just lacked that spark that could have made up for all the annoying elements that would make me go oh all is forgiven.
The drama starts off with a mist of mystery, a male lead who is some kind of Korean Phantom of the Opera with mostly mental scars, meets a supernatural... Our male lead has this mysterious unavailable charm that was almost captivating however once he took off the mask the mystery was kind of gone and all that remained was a beautiful face with a whole lot of cringe.
Our female lead had so many monologs I found myself bored off my mind and the people around them where 50 shades of annoying with one pretty good lookin Ahjusssi and well that is.
The story while predictable had a lot of good hidden inside and the good cast kept me from dropping this and stands for all the good so while I admit this was not the most enjoyable watch of the week, I still feel that the good does accumulate to a 7 ... So if you do not mind over the top annoying elements and love the leads in this it may just be a really good choice. But if you are just a fan of the leads you may just want to skip this.
Also will someone PLEASE give Seo Ji Hon a good romance where he is the male lead... Seriously this is getting ridiculous.
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The Story line!
I didn't expect this drama will be this fun!i laughed every episode and i swear its have the best ending that make you can't wait for next Monday and Tuesday!
highly recommended you this drama if you need something fresh and funny!!
ohhh andd it has mystery story too, so it complite story from funny, romance, mystery. The chemistry between female and male lead is amazing!! I love them onscreen and offscreen ^^
Hwang minhyun and kim so hyun chemistry is not joke guys! you will have a butterfly in your stomach xixixiix i will rooting for them! hwaiting my lovely liar team!!!
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Better than I thought
Initially I didn't expect to like this series at all. Especially because of the title and poster... it seemed a bit cheesy tbh. But I began to like it after ep 3/4. Kudos to the writing of a non-toxic and cute relationship for that. It's a nice watch. I gave it a 6/10 which is a good rating. I think a 5.5 or 5 rating could be appropiate as well. But since I had a surpisingly good time with it for many episodes, my rating is a bit higher than that. It's a sweet romance you can use as an in-between series or just as a feel-good drama. I guess it has the potential to get quite boring if you binge watch it.PRO:
- Writing of the characters and romance: the romance was healthy and cute, I really liked the episodes where they were slowly building up the relationship between the leads
- Acting of the SML and FL, give Seo Ji Hoon another main role in a proper drama please...
CONTRA
-Murder mystery plot-line: just a matter of taste, I personally dislike murder mysteries in the romance genre most of the time, I thought it was boring and the plot-twist did not catch me becaue I didn't care, I started to skip these parts
-ML's acting: I do think Hwang Min Hyun's acting has improved, but it still felt odd and empty at times
RATING: Good 6/10
An okayish/good drama if you want something lighthearted. Just don't expect anything too complex. I had a good time with it and that's it.
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Lovely - if I say so it is!
It was one of the best shows currently airing and a breath of fresh air. The plot of pretty simple really - FL can hear lies in real time and ML is overly cautious of people.I enjoyed figuring out the mystery behind the ML and the whole what-happened or who-dun-it scenario. Though I figured it out relatively quick, it didn't seem obvious to others so it's a decent mystery.
Watched this for Hyung Min Hyun. His role is similar to that of Alchemy Of Souls where he is a quiet and decent guy who falls in love. We get some nice action sequence initially as well and I hope he does such roles in the future too. I also enjoyed his cute comedy.
Kim So Hyun - I loved her line - if I say so it is. I started using it in real life for fun. I liked her strong yet soft personality. She has empathy for others. The leads had good chemistry.
I love mix genres that mix romance with mystery and if you're like me you might like this as well.
The OST is nice and there are lots of different songs included since it covers a music company and Min Hyun plays a songwriter.
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It's the best of rom-com dramas
I will just say that it is realllllllllllyyyyyyyyy good. Ever since it came out,i wanted to watch it but because of love alarm i didn't really want to see any "emotionally constipated" acting. They did her bad in that show but i watched this show now and the actress did an exceptional job.The story is really good.
The acting, the twists,the confusion and the ending was wow.
To me it was one of the best rom-com dramas if not best. And even out the rom-com category,it is very good.
Loved it!
All the actors, really loved and hated them in the drama so how good they have done is wow.
In reality i respect everyone and am not delusional enough to hate them off screen 😂
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Second half was mundane :(
I actually binge watched the first 6 episodes. Found it very interesting and intriguing. Unfortunately it did not last, as the second half became dull and mundane.Many reviewers said that Hwang Min Hyun aka ML face was stoic and lacked expressions throughout. I tend to agree on that. The chemistry was missing between both leads. There were some kissing scenes but it seemed more like good friends kissing lol. The main plot was quite predictable and the last few episodes were draggy.
The side plots with the side characters were dull and uninteresting. All in all it was just alright. Which is a shame really, cos it had much promise at the beginning.
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Entertaining & enjoyable
I quite enjoyed this. Even if it got the "supernatural" element to it with FL hearing lies, it doesn't spin off into lots of superstitious stuff, but kept it at that. The balance between romance and suspense is good, and what drives the story forward.Brief synopsis:
The female protagonist, Mok Sol Hee, is a rather lonely soul with a complicated relationship with her mother. MSH can detect lies by listening to people, and makes a living as a shaman offering her services. The ML, Kim Do Ha, is a successful music composer who hides his identity due to a murder allegation in his past. Their lives cross paths, and as they get to know each other and unconsciously help each other "heal", his past might come back to haunt him.
The story has an original twist to it, which I appreciated. Overall the flow could have been a bit smoother; there was some unnecessary derailments, although not huge ones.
Casting is good, and I mainly liked all the actors in their roles.
Hwang Min Hyun (1st ML) kind of reminds me of Cha Eun Woo sometimes. He gives a good performance as Kim Do Ha, however I feel sometimes his performance could have been a little bit stronger. He has a lot of good moments too, though, don't get me wrong!
Kim So Hyun (FL) is "her usual self" I would say. This isn't a remarkable performance, and I kind of wish her character had been a little stronger/fiercer in some aspects, so she could try to shine a bit more. They do have some cute moments together.
I enjoyed watching both Seo Ji Hoon (2nd ML) as Lee Kang Min (police), and Yun Ji On in the role of Jo Deuk Chan.
To sum up:
I liked the kind of original twist on the story, but it could have been kept a bit tidier without some of the sidetracks. It was enjoyable and rather easy to watch, but I don't think I will watch it again.
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