Brogana Sunfrog

I like both leads, so though I was reluctant to watch this (because it was 50 episodes) I started & ended up slogging through it. Despite the cheerful perky intro, this is NOT light & fluffy. This is a heavy family drama & that where the focus of the story is, NOT on any romance. The romances in are weighted down with obstacles & misunderstandings which drain the romances from being fun. It seemed like there were 2 episodes that gave warm fuzzies for the main couple & not even whole episodes ! This was a painful series with SO much crying & SO many characters that you wanted to slap. I frequently found myself mentally swearing at the MANY female antagonists . To be fair, I loathe family dramas & this had at least 5 families going full drama all at once. I did not like most of the side characters & though this has a good theme & things are resolved for most characters with the focus on repentance & forgiveness, it's too emotionally heavy for me & I found it more annoying & painful than I like my entertainment-which I want to be escapism- not a reminder of how awful family can be. IU did a very good job here & Jo Jung-suk play the same character type as he did in Hospital playlist and Oh my Ghostess character's personality but there isn't enough of screen time for them & they are not enough to save this from being drudgery to watch (even though by Ep. 35 I was fast forwarding through all the grandmother/foster mother scenes.) Overall-depressing & the main couple get, like 1 kiss the whole series & no wedding.