What a Thrill!
When I found out this drama is made by the same director as The Bad Kids, I immediately move it up the top of my to watch list. I like suspense, thriller drama and there's not a lot of them in cdrama. This has the same style as The Bad Kids, although i think the story telling in here is slower, but every bit of the drama is important in the story. The director unveils the story bit by bit and a lot of the episodes kept you at the edge of your seat. I thought this is another excellent drama with an excellent acting from the cast.Was this review helpful to you?
A breath of fresh air
New Life Begins is A Breath of Fresh Air for me. This is different from a lot of the cdrama that I've watched. New Life Begins highlights and put more focus on the women characters. To me, this is more of a "feminist" type of cdrama, different from the traditional male dominance (especially for costume drama), which is a welcome change. I really enjoyed watching this drama from the beginning. The characters are interesting and funny. I used to see Bai Jing Ting as a boy since he looks so young, but he looks mature in this drama and very cool! Despite this being a light and fluffy drama, there is also some "drama" or conflict with antagonistic character and I like that. It's not just funny haha, kiss kiss, happy all the time kind of drama. I would definitely recommend this drama.Was this review helpful to you?
This unexpectedly becomes one of my favorite
To comply with the government regulation, Love Like A Galaxy is divided into two parts, to keep episodes below 40. The total episodes for the whole parts is 56. I'm glad they did not just cut here and there to keep the drama to just 40 episodes. It would not be as good otherwise. They divided the drama really well. Part 1 deals mostly with the character introductions and background. You get to see some character development, especially the FL and ML. Cheng Shao Shang started out as a rebellious girl that was left by her parents since she was a baby, to the care of her "evil-lish", annoying, materialistic, selfish grandmother and second aunt. The first part is about Shao Shang's life outside of the palace, and more about her family. This is an unexpectedly good drama, one that i will put on my favorites and will re-watch in the future, time permitted.Was this review helpful to you?
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Not worth your time
This drama started out strong and kept me interested until around episode 18 or 19 (I forgot). I really like the chemistry between Zhang Zhe Han and Ju Jing Yi as the ML and FL and the first half was filled with interesting interactions between those two, as well as some sweet moments that made me go through a couple of times. When I get past that half-way mark, particularly after they became a married couple, the story is lost on me, it becomes draggy, and FL becomes a very annoying, selfish and unreasonable character a lot of the times. I felt that there are some plot holes and the political part of the story I thought was a mess, and the ending, although a happy one, felt a bit rushed to me. Similar to other reviewers' comments, the motivation behind Duke An's revenge and his jealousy seems like a lame part of the story. They could have developed the story better and make him a better villain. Acting is just so-so, and to be honest I'm only watching this for Zhang Zhe Han, but even then I thought his acting here is just so-so.I have to give a special mention to the second ML and FL Wu Bai Qi and Fu Xuan. They're so sweet, Wu Bai Qi is my favorite character in this drama. I would have given this drama a lower rating if not for him and ZZH's sweet moments with JJY.
Music is okay, but I found that no particular song (opening or ending theme) strikes my fancy and I did not add any of the songs from this series to my playlist. Maybe if i am more emotionally invested in the series, the songs would be nicer to listen to as I reminisce the moments from the series, but noooooooooo.....
Rewatch Value: NO WAY. I have a long list of dramas to watch, so I am not coming back to watch this draggy and boring drama.
I would not recommend you watching this drama, except you are an even bigger fans of Zhang Zhe Han than I am and can be content with poor story lines as long as you can see his handsome face (because we won't see him again in future dramas :(... sad)
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