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To Love or to Defy chinese drama review
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To Love or to Defy
3 people found this review helpful
by couchpotat
Apr 14, 2025
24 of 24 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 6.5
Story 5.5
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 6.0

Quality Visuals, Poor Script

A previous reviewer summed it up quite nicely, it was well directed but the script was quite poor. The drama was visually stunning and didn't lose to a higher budget drama. It had quality costumes, makeup, hair, etc. It didn't look tacky at all.

As for the plot, it was quite simple. Nothing too original, but what really messed things up was the pacing of the drama. The first few episodes were quite well paced, but they definitely ran out of time at the end because a lot of corners were cut to make it on time. There were weird jumps in plot and off screen action (that was quite significant) because they needed like five more episodes. If they had paced the plot line better, I think the drama would have fared better than most of its web drama competitors and longer counterparts.

Most of the time, people look for a well done drama. It doesn't have to be too creative, just executed well. Especially for short web dramas, pacing of the plot is everything. If they had paced things better, there wouldn't have been much to complain about since developing the plot line into something complex wouldn't have been possible for the amount of time given.
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