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it's quite good for what it is + the writing is very good.
Stranger/Forest of Secrets is not what I would call a "keeping you on the edge of your seat" type of series like Money Heist was, but was equally as compelling and very good for what it is at its surface, which is an investigative series involving both the prosecution and police, heavily boiled in politics and corruption. Series involving this amount of politics and 'prominent people drama' are usually very, very boring, so much so that I skip over all those parts, but I think this series rations them very well.
The plot is quite good and interesting and makes sense. Every little thing is relevant and is explained at some point. The leads are incredibly smart and their deductions are easy to follow but difficult to think how they came up with them, but that might just be because I'm not the brightest anyways. I think the ending was done very, very well, which is rare. Also, I liked the team, but I didn't feel super connected to them, which is okay, because that's not what this series is about.
Things I cannot get over: HYJ's funny drawings and when HSM SMILED omg. I wasn't even expecting a s2, but I just found out that there is one. I will be watching it.
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I do not feel like writing a separate review from s2, since I do not think I should write one. However, I will say that the second season was comparably less action-focused, which nonetheless did not make it any less boring at the beginning. In the latter quarter of the series, though, I felt as if the plot had slowed. Yet I trudged on, and the ending was actually still rather well done.
I will also reference a review from s2 by Jeana that I particularly resonated with, though I also agreed with many other parts of their review: "The show, like its predecessor, does not bank on thrill or 'the next big moment' instead it takes its time, moving with this undercurrent of tension you can't look away from. All along, you feel like something important is happening and you just can't miss it even when there are no huge developments. "
The plot is quite good and interesting and makes sense. Every little thing is relevant and is explained at some point. The leads are incredibly smart and their deductions are easy to follow but difficult to think how they came up with them, but that might just be because I'm not the brightest anyways. I think the ending was done very, very well, which is rare. Also, I liked the team, but I didn't feel super connected to them, which is okay, because that's not what this series is about.
Things I cannot get over: HYJ's funny drawings and when HSM SMILED omg. I wasn't even expecting a s2, but I just found out that there is one. I will be watching it.
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I do not feel like writing a separate review from s2, since I do not think I should write one. However, I will say that the second season was comparably less action-focused, which nonetheless did not make it any less boring at the beginning. In the latter quarter of the series, though, I felt as if the plot had slowed. Yet I trudged on, and the ending was actually still rather well done.
I will also reference a review from s2 by Jeana that I particularly resonated with, though I also agreed with many other parts of their review: "The show, like its predecessor, does not bank on thrill or 'the next big moment' instead it takes its time, moving with this undercurrent of tension you can't look away from. All along, you feel like something important is happening and you just can't miss it even when there are no huge developments. "
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