miss_Cole

I can't say much for this drama, cause it took me such a long time to finish this. I don't think I can properly give a deep review, cause I forgot some details and the momentum is not much compared when watched continuously. I used a lot of time not because it's not good, but because of time constrains.

All of the actors are great, especially Park Min Young, she was able to delivery her role very well. There where just some actors whom I find a bit stiff or lacks the emotions that was supposed to be portrayed. Overall, the cast did great! What I totally loved in “Queen for Seven Days”, is the Official Soundtrack. This drama has a solid 10 out of 10 OSTs.

The story is all about the tragic love story between a man and a woman that is not supposed to have met but was allowed by fate to be in love with each other. The story is loosely based on Grand Prince Jinseong, the future King Jungjong, and his first Queen, Dangyeong.

It started with a cute enemies to friends and then lovers kind of trope, which totally got me smiling and giddy all the time. Kudos to the teen actors who portrayed the main leads’ childhood very well! However, things got complicated as the story progresses. The cute and genuine relationship of the two main leads are tainted with hatred, angst, and deceit. Honestly, I can’t get myself to feel the “butterflies on my stomach” anymore when they grew up. Honestly speaking, I think Park Min-young has far more greater chemistry with Lee Dong-geon than with Yeon Woo-jin.

I hated how the main male lead do nothing but apologize all the time to the female lead. He knew he is the main reason of her pain, but the guy is just always apologizing and never even actually doing anything to stop it. I felt extremely sorry for Chae-kyung, she suffered so much to the point of losing everyone she loves dearly. It feels like Chae-kyung was just a tool that was used by the royal family. From the start, she was predetermined to be intangled with the political struggles of the royal family. Chae-kyung’s body was used as a secret letter of the previous king to name the true successor of the throne, was used by King Yeonsan to spy on his half-brother, lied and used by Grand Prince Jinseong through marriaged, her parent’s got killed and royal relatives ousted, and eventually, she has to let go of the very man she loved and adored. I think she got all the misfortunes rained onto her. Even so, their love remained strong despite all the things that happened. Their love story taught us that you don’t have to be with that person to say that you loved and adored each other, true love means letting go and keeping each other safe even when you are apart.

The ending was actually good despite it being tragic. The two brothers was able to somewhat have their closure and repentance. The Queen Dowager whom I taught would rejoice to the death of her despised adoptive son, was seen crying as she wore the hairpin the young King Yeonsan gave her, promising to cherish and love him if he became her daughter in their next life. Finally,the main couple was shown to be happily holding hands as King Jungjong lies on the lap of his beloved Queen Dangyeong. And oh, I love the red skirt detail of Queen Dangyeong in the last scene, cause in real history of Joseon, it was said that the former Queen hung her red skirt on a rock that faces the King’s residence to show her enduring love and longing for him.