King the Land (2023)

King the Land ou la Romance qui Tourne en Rond...

Franchement... je vais pas mentir, j’ai un peu galéré à finir ce drama 😅 C’était pas un désastre complet, mais clairement pas à la hauteur du battage qu’il y avait autour. J’étais super emballée au début avec le délire riche/pauvre, l’hôtel de luxe, la rom-com... (tout pour me plaire en gros 😍), mais j’ai vite senti que le soufflé retombait...

L’alchimie entre les leads ? Bah... correcte, mais sans plus. J’ai eu du mal à m’investir dans leur histoire, même si visuellement ils forment un joli couple ✨ J’attendais un peu plus de tension, de complicité, de trucs qui font battre le cœur. Au final, c’était assez plat...

Gu Won manquait cruellement de profondeur 😕 J’ai eu l’impression que son seul rôle était d’aimer Sa Rang. Pourtant... dans le drama on vente qu’il se bat pour l’hôtel, qu’il est compétent blabla... mais j’ai jamais rien vu de tout ça à l’écran. Et puis cette fin où il jongle entre gérer un empire hôtelier mondial ET aider Sa-Rang avec son petit hôtel tout neuf, Moué... je n'y ai pas cru 😶

Et parlons du rythme... passé la moitié, ça devient ennuyeux 🥱... Les 8 derniers épisodes manquaient de profondeur, les conflits étaient mous, et la résolution familiale avec la mère et la sœur de Gu Won... tellement bâclée 🤨

Les couples secondaires, surtout Pyeong Hwa & Ro Woon 💘, étaient plutôt mignons, et j’étais bien plus investie dans leur relation que celle des leads principaux... dommage 😬 Quant à Da Eul et son mari toxique, leur intrigue était pas assez développée, et franchement, j’aurais préféré qu’elle l’envoie balader une bonne fois pour toutes ! 🤬

En résumé, c'est une rom-com qui se regarde mais qui ne marque pas... ✌🏻

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It Was Just Ok... Nothing Special!

**Disclaimer: This is just my opinion, please don't take anything I say personally. We don't have to agree and I'm not here to argue with anyone.***

(I'm so picky so please take this review with a grain of salt.)

Tropes: Workplace Romance, Rich Guy / Poor Girl, guy falls first and harder, grumpy/sunshine, enemies (ish) to lovers, forced proximity.

Idk usually I love rom-com's like this but they had me in the first half and lost me in the second half. It really seemed like Gu Won's character was built around his love for Sa Rang and he didn't have much development outside of that. I feel like they did more telling than actually showing us how hard he fought for the hotel and why he deserved to be president. Idk there could've been more obstacles at work and between the two leads imo. I think I would've loved to see them develop the tourist hotel together and be happy outside of the city. Or imo they could've actually have Sa Rang and Gu Won Break up bc she feels stifled by him his dreams and wants to chase her own dream of managing her own hotel / the tourist one. I also think the arc between his mom and his sisters hatred for him could've been expanded more and their resolution could have been more developed. I feel like the last 8 episodes lacked a lot of depth / actual plot. The last 2 episodes especially seemed rushed and episode 16 specifically seemed unnecessary. I felt her entire desire of owning her own hotel was quite lame... even the name of her hotel, "Amore" (Love in Italian) What were they thinking? As in she could've used her own name (Sarang) LMAO. And the fact that she wasn't able to find any personnel to assist her, and they wanted me to think that the president of King Hotel, Gu Won, had time to assist her (whilst managing King Hotel + all those international branches and trying to expand the franchise to Europe?) – that part was so unbelievable I had to laugh.

It was honestly a struggle for me to finish this drama. The leads chemistry was just "okay" but at times I wasn't feeing it as much. I think I prefer their BTS footage as they seem less in character and more silly and free. I fell in love with the airport couple (Pyeong Hwa and Ro Woon) I thought they were cute and I'm glad they got together. It took forever but they actually made it. I thought her other friend's storyline (Da Eul) with her dirty husband was completely sidelined and her giving her husband a taste of his own medicine was questionable. It's obvious their relationship is toxic and they should get divorced. I can only see the husband not learning anything and then trying to find ways to hurt her back – like cheating on her or something. I feel like the writers didn't have a clue how to wrap up the story or create more obstacles for dramatic effect. They almost got me invested when I thought Gu Won and Sa Rang were gonna break up but they failed and immediately lost me, again.

Overall, the ending of the entire drama was what you would expect, a pathetic male lead who's whole character arc is about him being in love with a woman who does not like him at first. ML falls first and harder. FL starts catching feelings then there's the slight forbidden relationship where people don't want them to be together. Them deciding to be together anyways, dating period, proposal (but not? because the FL wants to achieve her dreams first). ML still supporting her through everything a year later, her finally accepting the proposal. Then finally marriage and them living happily ever after.

This drama was boring and severely overhyped. I don't think I would rewatch. It definitely could have been wayyyy better especially when you compare this to other workplace romances like Business Proposal, Touch Your Heart, Suspicious Partner, Her Private Life, My Secret Romance, What's Wrong With Secretary Kim etc. Like they had so many blueprints and yet... it did not live up to the expectation. It's disappointing because I feel like I wasted my time and then felt like I HAD to finish it for completion sake.

Anyways, what you see is what you get so if you're looking for a lot of romance with barely any plot then this drama is right for you.

After careful consideration, I gave it a 6.25/10 (my real and objective rating) however, I decided to round it up to a 6.5/10 (purely because of how much of an independent girl boss Sa Rang was)


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