It was disappointment for me :((
This is my first time writing review in MDL.I actually don’t really use it, but I was really disappointed so I wanted to write mini ,,review’’ I’m not comparing couse thoose dramas are too differently, but I actually liked much more Legend of the female general over this….
Disclaimer - I dropped it around the end I just couldn’t finish it. it was like 25-29 episode
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NO HATE — JUST OPINION
It was disappointment for me :(( The Synoptics and trailer was truly masterpieces, but what I got from the drama - not what I wanted and what I saw.
So where is the disappointment ?
For me let’s say ,,the love part’’. In Synoptics I THINKED we got Lovers - Enemies - Lovers. What I means is like: Lovers - 35% Enemies - 55% and back to lovers the last 2 - 3 episodes?
What we got lovers - 65% enemies - 10%? Lovers - 25%….
I really don’t like the ‘’Sweet romance’’ when it stays too long. It can be like in the end of the drama or just to fill the ,,politics/thrillers’’ and other things…The romance made the plot boring…Or maybe is just the plot? But there are many dramas like: till the end of the moon, melody of golden age, back from the brink whose first priority is romance, but it didn’t felt that the romance would make the plot boring, no it made the opposite it made the drama better…
what i wanna say that i really didn’t liked how half of the drama they acted ,,childish?’’
Characters
The ml is so smart, but he is so childish and unnatural at the same time. Characters felt just character…I watch c-drama couse i feel connected to characters here was just blank…I think characters weren’t ,,full’’
Okay let’s come to the plot
Plot wasn’t good, wasn’t bad…? I think it was really SLOW, I skipped a lot and didn’t missed anything…I think it was unnecessary with so much romance (which ,,for me’’ was a bit childish and cringe)….And it should be less episodes too…For me it was boring and unnecessary…..
So why I watched it? For the second couple and Cheng Lei face…
Ik I will get a lot of hate, couse this review is really strange, It’s bc I can’t write reviews my writing sucks 😭
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Long awaited drama turns into disaster. Was it worth, the wait?
EP 1-5. This is a long review, so please bear it with me =)What a waste of young great actors (T ^ T)
I dropped this show after few episode tried to skip and continue, but still couldn’t get into it. No matter what, I couldn’t stop complaining…
The first episode minutes felt great, but then it felt like blank. I should praise Bao Shang En, I saw how much she trained for the wuxia - fighting scenes!
If u don’t wanna read the whole review — The plot, editing and scenes as wells as acting has major problems. Literally — whole dramas.
They're not telling a good story properly,
I’m reading the novel as well — it’s better than the drama.
The exceptions are the cinematography and OST
The background and world-building are unclear, the pacing is chaotic, and the plot keeps jumping, new events appear without any explanation.
the acting is just awful! Maybe it’s not the actors fault, but the scripts…I must say before judging, FL’s lines were excellent, I kept praising her character, but later all the Conversations and dialogues went off, they are always the same…I was dizzy from all this drama. Later it was so unbearable that I just could only forward it. the ML feels under-written. After watching Zhou Yiran's few dramas, TL, Reborn, Wifty and this one, I can say there's something wrong here…His acting is actually good, but here, I can’t say like it is…Is it’s the filming or the scenes that they’re like this? The male lead scenes are just cringy; his dramatic scenes are choppy, and the constant head-cutting makes him seem even worse.
Finally why Iam even here? ^^
The only thing why Iam here, it’s because of the trailer’s chemistry, but rn I just feel cringey.
Maybe it’s too early to judge the drama, but I just can’t otherwise…I keep editing this review while hour, it would be a waste not to post :(
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“There is so much more to tell, 11ep aren’t enough.”
Nine puzzles. Read this if you have already finished, I tried to make it spoiler-free, but in the end, I couldn’t manage, so there are a lot of spoilers!I think, like in the title I said: “There is so much more to tell, 11 episodes aren’t enough for it”, I think it was a bit too much “condensed”, maybe something was even cut. It has great potential for sequel and prequel! The start felt slow->medium->quick-> SPEED END 🤣I think there should have been more episodes, for more details, like how the killer killed, the whole reason, her life, and then normal ending—not open one.I think the killer has more potential, because right now it feels that the killing doesn’t suit her, there aren’t enough pain for her yet, there should have been more reason, for her to end up like this. like not reasons, but I think she should have been main character also, and then she, the ”killer”, would make the story much better with less plot-holes, and more enjoyable. Maybe then the plot-twist wouldn’t work, but it would halve more “emotions”, “slice of life”
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I just finished it, and readed quite a few reviews/explanations. The most I liked the ending/11episode.
I liked how everything in the end was connected (*even tho not everything, so it wasn’t all connected, there are plot-holes; Like others said, it would have been better if the case were more explained, how the killer killed and the reason), also…It would have been better, if there would be clues for the watcher. If you like plot twist, this is great for you. Before watching it, I read few review, that there was a plot twist, so I almost guessed right who was behind it, even thought zero logical clues until 8-10episode; maybe my intuition is good. But the plot twist wasn’t plot-twisting for me, I think the reason why the killer is killing doesn’t fit right….Because it wasn’t explained why all those people died. I understand some dieds, but others were abit out off…I’m thinking there will definitely should be season 2! And maybe The killer wasn’t the only one involved! Or…She didn’t die…The last died—it might have been killed by the “new” killer! I have theory, that the new killer wanted that Ina would continue doing the case, so after she resigned, he/she gave Ina new puzzles! It might be one of peoples near Ina like her colleagues, so she would be back! I also think Curry mom is involved!because it was mentioned 2times, about how his mom won the lottery, what if it wasn’t the lottery?So the case isn’t finished, not yet…
Honestly the best part of this show is I Na and Curry relationship/friendship.
For anyone who doesn’t have anything to watch, I think this is great show, go watch it! But if you are new k-drama fan, I think there are plenty better psychological thrillers out there.
Extra: https://me.mashable.com/entertainment/56835/nine-puzzles-ending-who-is-the-killer-all-deaths-explained
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