Interesting twist
This one was interesting. I enjoyed the focus on mental health for the plot and how it was a story within a story.The Good
ML has a distinctive look that made him perfect for this role. I’ve seen him in other dramas as supporting characters and he typically does well given his scripts. I hadn’t seen FL before but she was also decent and had good chemistry with the ML. The overall plot setup is what drew me in because it combined both a historical and modern drama into one and executed okay.
The Bad
The overall acting wasn’t necessarily the best from all the cast and I wouldn’t say this drama was amazing. Overall costumes, production and OST were mediocre.
It’s a good filler show to watch since it does have a different story but definitely a different take on the usual CDramas. I would still say overall there are still a lot of cliches and some predictability to it which makes it an average show.
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Great job!
really an excellent job, in proportion to the duration of the episodes. nice script, without exaggerations, clear meanings and an ending different from the usual ones! nice chemistry between the main actors and without exaggeration! An honest and dissent job, which could easily stand as a series with more episodes! Great job?!Was this review helpful to you?
The easiest 10/10 of 2024
This has easily became my favorite short drama ever.Everything was perfect. The plot is unique and really interesting. The cast did a wonderful job, especially our MC. I will look froward to their coming works and I hope they reunite again in another drama.
The direction and scenes are executed better than those high cost dramas. Even the OST is so good!
If you didn't watch it, then you're missing out. This gem has made my night.
The easiest 10/10 of this year.
I highly recommend it.
Much Love.
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Funny, sweet and surprisingly poignant
What can I say other than it was a perfectly lovely romance drama. Along with a really good original storyline with a twist. It had me in tears by the finale. Ya Jia and Yu Feng (his eyes, I could fall into them!🫠) have sweet, (grown-up) on-screen chemistry and I would love to see these two star alongside each other in more dramas! Loved the OST, which really helped to elevate this drama. 18, eleven minute episodes makes it perfect for binging of an evening or weekend. I don't have anything more to add other than "get watching!" ☺️Was this review helpful to you?
Good Drama, but Dragged Near the End
I enjoyed this drama, but I didn’t love it. It started extremely strong, yet felt essentially complete by episode 16 and dragged through the remaining episodes.Overall, I was fully immersed in the costume sequences, and the narrative was comedic, engaging, and filled with surprising subplots. The multiple twists were unexpected and kept me invested throughout. I would recommend this drama with one caveat: the final episodes may feel underwhelming, at least they did for me. But I do know people who loved the entire experience.
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The Mind is A Terrible Thing to Waste
This review isn't going to be as long as my regular reviews are, but I would frankly consider that to be huge progress for me! Anyway, this story was quite refreshing and unique. This drama tackled a plot that hasn't necessarily been done to death, much like other dramas within the C Drama space. Going into this review, I would like to emphasize the uniqueness of this plot as that's the biggest draw to this drama.Again, the overarching concept was the biggest draw. The acting was okay; it wasn't bad. It was decent for a short length series so I wasn't expecting award-winning acting from the cast going into it. That wasn't my issue with this one. My main issue with this drama is the pacing. I'm not sure how or why but I found the pacing to be the weakest aspect of this drama. It's the strangest thing because this is a short-length drama and everything sort of, kind of just flies by before you even have the chance to register what's happening.
Somewhere along the way, I grew bored. Again, it was a shocker to me too. I didn't expect to find myself fast forwarding through this drama nor did I expect to start skipping entire episodes just to get through it but that's exactly what happened here. I think the pacing and storyline could have been MUCH tighter. I fear this drama wasn't as tight as it should have been. They played things too fast and loose considering the type of drama and the amount of runtime allotted here. I feel as if they spent too much time on certain things while rushing through other aspects of the overarching plot. HUGE SPOILER ALERT AHEAD: for example, the big reveal that the daughter was completely fine this entire time and was only doing all this to help her father work through his own grief by forcing him to confront what happened to his wife/her mother took wayyy too long.
That was the MAJOR plot point of this drama. However, it took about 13.5 episodes to reveal the plot twist in an 18-episode count drama. The majority of the drama was spent building onto a plot that was essentially proven to be pointless by the end of the drama. That part is what I would consider to be drawn out. They spent so much time building onto that plot point that it felt as if they were speed running the actual plot twist (see above). After watching episode after episode of them setting the stage to help the FL 'snap out of it', it grew old very fast. It became redundant and repetitive. It was like an episode of Groundhog Day every episode. It was the same thing over and over again. It's easy to lose interest, even in a short-length drama like this one.
Overall, the acting was okay. The story was unique and exciting in the beginning but you may lose interest before you reach the plot twist. The chemistry was decent and I would have liked to have seen more romantic moments between the lead couple. The ML was incredibly attractive, I must say. They were an attractive couple with decent chemistry and I just wish we would have seen more of it. Would I rewatch it? Probably not. Would I recommend it? Sure. It's not horrible; I would rec this for watchers who want a quick, bite-sized drama to watch after watching a more exhaustive, angst-ridden long-form standard drama series. It's a great palate cleanser, as I like to call them. Just remember that you're not going to walk away from this drama with a new lease on life or anything like that. It's not that kind of party!
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