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Listen, as someone who doesn't enjoy Mouse that much, I think that calling a series stupid just because it doesn't incude romance and because the main character is morally questionable is a stretch. If thrillers are not your genre, that's totally fine.

I am also happy to find another person who felt the same. I don't understand why some writers insist on adding a romance subplot when it's clear they cannot make it plausible.

The way she wrote the characters in general feels kinda...dry for me? But the writing for the female characters in particular is pretty lackluster.

Having watched the first eight episodes, I can confidently say that Ba Reum and Bong Yi are the definition of a hetslop. Aside from the fact Bong Yi still went to high school in the beginning (I don't care if she was 18, there is still some power imbalance, which Ba Reum was aware of), their dynamic is not compelling enough for me to care about them ending up together or not. The actors are doing well individually but the chemistry is not there. I hope the romance subplot won't be highlighted that much later on.

Yes!!! Exactly that! If they really wanted to include romance, they could have invested more in Se Ah and Geon Woo. Ha Joon shouldn't have had a crush on Se Ah, he had an already interesting storyline with his sister, there was no need to reduce him to a SML.

And if I said that both boys had the personality of a blank paper then what...

I totally agree with you. It was underwhelming.

To be completely honest with you, I am focused on kdramas right now, I haven't tried watching series from other countries. If we're talking about kdramas only, Beyond Evil, Black Out and Strangers From Hell are very good thrillers (albeit the first ones lean more towards the psychological aspect). Monster (2004) is also one of the best psychological thrillers of all time, in my opinion. As for this year, The Art of sarah, which had some similar themes with Mousetrap, did some things slightly better.

But again, Mousetrap was by no means bad. For me, it didn't become my favourite but I was still able to enjoy it and I found some things to appreciate.

Respectfully, people should be allowed to give their own opinion no matter what. I might give a 10 to a drama and someone else will give it a 1. Will it upset me? Kinda, but I'll respect their opinion. I rated Mousetrap with a 7.5, not a masterpiece but not a bad series either. Some aspects worked, some others didn't. I am not a professional critic, nor I need to be in order to justify my review.

And if you are referring to the top reviews, both people are always very good when it comes to articulating their opinions.

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The rating is very decent actually. I personally liked it, I just found the pacing disjointed and for a 10 episodes drama, it dragged a lot in the middle. And I say it as someone who loves slow paced stories and whose most favourite series are Beyond Evil, Through The Darkness, Black Out and Monster (the anime). But I agree about people not being able to understand the ending because of not paying attention, honestly the story isn't that hard to grasp.

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Loved him!

I understand the writer's intention to make the audience suspect Yo Han but the way they are trying so hard to frame him as suspicious is kinda hilarious.

On Episode 3, he was being threatened by a thug but he is supposed to be a psychopath after threatening the thug back? And the zoom in his eyes to give the impression he has an "empty gaze" was almost comical, it seemed very forced. My guy is an overworked, surgeon who has to deal with the fact he's the son of a serial killer, let him be!

That would have been the case if they didn't make a fuss about it later on and didn't treat it as something serious. The tone of the narration wasn't humorous, especially when Mu Chi went to talk to Hong Ju. But I might have misunderstood.

They really couldn't have found a better way to explain the missing evidence, aside from having a police officer eat the instant coffee? I'm sorry but that threw me off so hard, when the reporter announced on TV that "A police officer committed an unbelievable act of eating away the crime scene evidence" I bursted out laughing. 🤣 This is something I would have expected to see in a series like The Simpsons, not a psychological thriller.

The story was interesting but it could have been better written

I want to watch it but I have a weird relationship with Netflix's kdramas and since I have heard many good things about it, I will try and set back my expectations in order not to be disappointed.

I mean, this is literally the premise of the series...

Choi Hyun Jin as young Dong Jin on episode 9 was tremendous. He encapsulated Dong Jin's shock and grief after watching his dead parents perfectly. His screams gave me chills. I also liked him in The Scarecrow as the young Tae Joong, it looks like he could evolve to a bigger actor.