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Typical melodrama fantasy
Leads were the best thing about this show ... They are talent packed and glamourous what else can you ask for ... Plot (adapted from a hit novel) was very interesting in the beginning as she swallows the bead and he calls her to stay at her place ... But say after 8-9 episode it turns quite monotonous and boring ... The ending was okay but could have been much betterOverall the series is worth a single watch ..
Re-watch : I don't think I will watch it again
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Absolutely no development in story
The story is stuck in the first half of season one ...there is absolutely no development further ... Chemistry between main leads is totally off ..guess they signed a no kiss agreement ...( For a couple in love living in a no Netflix era i can't believe they don't even share a couple of sweet kiss ... )Plot is swiping into a more confusion created ng zone as nothing of sort is revealed ...
fL's acting is annoying she keeps making annoying noises ... Like her sound box just don't rests... Weird Sounds just keep leaking out her mouth ... Even though it's not her turn to say the dialogue .... Honestly her habit is so irritating..she spoiled the entire show just because of making those nonsensical voices ...
ML ''s sister character is pathetic and boring .. her suicide committing scene was so unnecessary... She is one of the very view characters who we wish to leave the show ...
Worth watching : No
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Boring and slow paced
The flow of events is very very slow like right from ep 11 -19 you won't see really anything happening ... There are all sort of twist but they are ending into nothing concrete ... You can really skip on this one. It's not worth watching at all. I have realised chinese writer don't have that what it takes to write a suspense mystery drama.Was this review helpful to you?
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Light story but strangely addictive
The story doesn't have much of a plot ... Things are going on two time zones practically 5 years apart ... First thing that appeals is pair of mature, independent and successful lady CEO with her graduating husband ...The twist was very cute cause she was doing everything for him that we generally see CEO ML doing for their FL partner ..you know that pampering them stuff ... She got him clothes in every style .. she drops and fetches him in her car to and fro from his college ... We generally see Male CEO doing these things in other dramas ..
The romance between them was not the usual like normal couple but still very sweet with a pinch of spice to it ..like when she tries to talk him out in trying to have a baby,the situation was beautifully conveyed as how awkward she felt asking a graduating boy to get intimate ...
As far as we talk about acting and cast ..FL was better than the ML in my opinion ..may be because her character has strong shades as lady boss ...
Later on the whole abduction plot was normal nothing unique about it every drama has a hidden mystery/ past that is solved later.
Worth watching : YESSSSSSS!!!
worth rewatching : Hm!! NO ...it was a cute story I watched just leave it to that ....
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Oh my my I watched half of the show for villian rest half for the ML
The main cast was amazing ...the ML FL villain vamp all of them ... And this was the show where I enjoyed watching the villian even more than the ML ... Gosh he acting and the way he delivered the script ... Mind-blowing ... The story was good ... ML is having long time crush on FL and he helps her gety ng revenge against her fiance who cheated her with her bestie ... It was so heart breaking to see how ML struggles to win her heart even after lobing and supporting her for so long ... seriously I cried everytime I watch him say " is your heart made of stone" to FL ... Poor boy ... There were practically negligible boring spots in the story it went by a consistent pace ..there were heart breaks ,romance ,fight, betrayal, office conspiracy, good girl turn bad and dynamic slap scenes ... .I thoroughly enjoyed watching .. totally recommended..
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Pathetic act performed by below average actors
It is my first time watching a drama with such pathetic casting ... The leads were pretty average but the supporting cast was totally Cgrade ... Actors playing their parents and friend ..the goons ...all of them were just bad ... Story had more scandals scenes than Leads hugging/kissing scene ... Cringe and cliche were the highlight of this story and the music was equally bad ... It's hard to call a project straight up bad but this one deserve a negative ratingWas this review helpful to you?
Ludicrous story
"ML's weird syndromes nullified by FL kiss" ..he keeps her by his side for his "daily dosage" so that he can be the "CEO" ... further return or childhood fiance who he was treating like a "sister" ..second lead who wanna take his chance ... Vamp sending FL to the hotel to create chaos ... Blah blah blah ... The story is just full of cliche ...If anyone says they haven't already watched atleast 5-6 drama on exact same theme ..I will not believe them ...either you are green to Cdrama/kdrama or you don't watch at all ...
As for the cast I didn't find any impressive faces or talent ... Nothing really appealed to me
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watchable ..
i love the dramas with historical settings like this one ... story was slow but not entirely boring ... casting could have been better as jin zi xuan was not looking princess like at all she is outstanding actor but her face goes good as modern bubbly girl ... casting her for this role was not the best thing in my opinion and dont know why she and deng kai were not looking very couple like at all .. the chemistry was there in the initial episodes but it just disappear as soon as they become couple ... honestly romance was quite flat ... these two actors are very talented but as duo .. not so good.MY FAV THING ABOUT THIS SERIES WAS IT'S OST "EMPTY CITY" what a lovely song.
and though the title is govenor's secret romance .. but there was hardly any romance and that too was not secret.
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Cute ... Feel good ..short drama ...
Lovely ... Just finished watching it ... Such a cute story ..no beating around the bush ... In the beginning it might look complex as the FL has a weak character but as she comes back from the dead her personality is completely opposite the story starts today become more interesting as she tries the make up for the mistakes she committed in her past life.Leads have a good sweet "butterflies in my stomach" chemistry. No unnecessary drama nothing ... In fact the story was quite realistic and relatable to real lives like financial crisis ... Studying for some govt exam .. mother in law's being unreasonable... Thefts and competitive business... Couple standing up of each other etc etc ... A little of everything was there.
You can watch .. you won't regret it.
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Not really convinced by the plot
Though I appreciate all the strong FL stories but this one was weird. Points that I felt fall apart1) FL or ML chemistry was totally off ...their romance sky rocketed all of sudden like there were on moments/ connecting links .. so in overall out come chemistry was off
2) the comedy punches are quite old and childish I believe the writing was too lousy to present nice humour.
3) the actors who played ML looked too immature for this character ... He seems like a high school boy wearing his father's Tux for farewell.
4) connecting links between the consecutive scenes were off ...the whole plot appeared to have missing something ..
5) and last but not the least is the irritating cowboy background music ..like do they even care to match the music along with drama setting ...how come this type of plot can have a cowboy style BG music
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A passionate love story
Short episodes, to the point story.. no beating around the bush with unnecessary conspiracy .... packed with spicy romance and drama ...what else can you ask for ... I thoroughly enjoyed the republican era setting. lead actors had funtastic chemistry ..they literally delivered the best of their characters ... Not going to reveal any spoilers but the kissing scene ... My god ...so passionate ... Ladies you gonna skip a beat on every kissing scene you have my words ... HeheTotally worth watching especially if you are into those romantic passionate novels.
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A bumpkin and a general of lost memories
I don’t know which prehistoric organism wrote this script, So apparently, the FL lives in some Parallel dimension magical forest . She finds the ML half-dead, rescues him, and fixes everything from his arrow wounds right down to his… technical difficulties. Eventually They fall in love, get married, and on the last day of their seven-day honeymoon, she literally sends him back to the mortal dimension with a good decisive push. And the man forgets her because that’s the rule he will forget everything as soon as he steps out of that magical realm and He’ll also feel pain every time it rains because… why not? Let’s add weather trauma too.A year later, she pops out again to “save him” from impending death #2, skipping all her duties and promises she made to protect her hometown. Cherries on the top she knows almost nothing about the mortal realm norms .. She can’t read, can’t write, but she’s out here with a ' I will save him' banner.
And truly—how many times she saves this man? Once, twice, thrice? Even the destiny got tired let alone my PAITENCE.
More importantly the prophecy said he will die with the first snow, but she was wasting energy saving him from random arrows in August. No logic.
And the ML… useless. What general?? He got beaten up more times than the background soldiers. He has a literal walking time machine but won’t use it because “he doesn’t want her hurt.” Aww, cute. Meanwhile she’s saving him FIVE times because of his noble stupidity.
Anyway. I dropped it at episode 14, and honestly … that was the best decision I made all day.
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Sloth sped plot and incredibly third-class acting
Okay it's been a while since I have written such harsh review but this drama has earned it ..Starting with the sketch or outline of the story .. ML is commandar or something of the sort in army and due to an espionage and secret breech a lot of his fighter buddies got killed in the battle. Hell knows how but the first person he doubt is his own fiancee who happens to get married to an influential man's son after learning about his death. Now ML wants to kill his ex- fiancee amto avenge his brothers who got killed on the battlefield and for this he gets a plastic surgery, changes his appearance and enters the plot .. eventually marrying harassing and insulting the FL( ex-fiancee) .. she becomes pregnant then loses the child ( I mean you know the drill ..don't you???) so basically, if we ignore the shabby writing, the overall outline of the story was fine ..it had a lot of potential.. but the way it is written is so boring , that you might as well think of dropping it all together.
Things that were extremely bad in the drama was
1) leads acting : I like cavan wen but unfortunately his acting was mediocre here . And don't even get me started on the FL ... Her horrible nose surgery along with her horrible acting was making this drama unbearable. I will give 0.5 out of 10 for such poor acting skills.
2) no chemistry: I know it's part of acting itself but I have seen a lot of actors who aren't good actor but can still set good chemistry with their co star ..for example Esther yu's acting is 👎 but she can still manage the chemistry..while these two can't even pull that off ... I mean their kisses were so blank and romance is so flat ..I don't even know what to say .
3) there is literally no work done on the plot or overall writing.. things are going in such illogical and absurd manner that it hardly making any sense ... For example in ep 21 ML comes asking for FL's forgiveness for treating her badly but she denies to forgive him. After a moment she vomits blood and ML just stands, watches and leaves as if he is hardly bothered ( I mean boy, a moment ago you were begging for her forgiveness now you not even bothered to ask what happened to her)
not even this but overall drama is lacking on logic and reasonable stuff
4) the ending ... I jumped from 20th to 28th episode just to see if ending of the show is worth all the pain..but NO ...in fact I can't understand this ending at all ..
So overall it was a low budget low performance drama which I personally will not recommend ( rest is upto you)
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A tale of shit wrapped as muffin
Oh, where do I even begin with this masterpiece of logic-defying brilliance?
First question to anyone who’s had the endurance (or misfortune) to sit through this chaos:
She had to marry her brother-in-law to take care of her sister’s kid? Really? Because apparently being the aunt is just too basic now. Why be a guardian when you can be a crown princess-slash-replacement-wife-slash-lifelong martyr, right?
Now let’s talk about the writer, who deserves a standing ovation for crafting a female lead so obnoxious, so utterly insufferable, that hating her feels not just natural, but therapeutic. And yes, I get it—character arcs in these dramas go from “spawn of Satan” to “goddess of redemption” faster than a plot twist in a daily soap. I, however, chose peace. I dropped the show before witnessing her glitter-drenched rebirth.
Here’s what really had me internally combusting:
Sister #1, lying on her deathbed, still obsessed with preserving her husband’s legacy like a “devoted wife” and planning to emotionally blackmail her sister into marrying her husband using a single page letter. No apologies, no second thoughts—just vibes and manipulation.
Sister #2, who thinks marrying the brother-in-law is totally normal because a letter told her to. Not a single brain cell stopped her to ask, “Why do I need to marry him to help with a child?” Ever heard of being a loving aunt? Or may be that was too logical for her dead brain.
This walking red flag of a woman then proceeds to emotionally devastate the one man who truly loved her, tossing him aside with the excuse: “I want to be crown princess.” Yes, because saying “I'm sacrificing myself for the child” apparently wasn’t dramatic enough? So let's go for a statement chaotic enough.
And the cherry on top? Five years later, she sends a letter to her heartbroken ex, asking him to help save her husband’s ass. Talk about the audacity. She wants to claim all the spots of his priority that should rightfully belongs to his life partner but doesn't like his advances. She wants to use him as a husband on the expense of being mere acquaintance. She has compassion for entire world from that brother in law to servants of palace but the ML
Look, I know there’s a certain niche that lives for these “PLAYING YO-YO BETWEEN TWO MEN ” FLs —but this lead? She’s not torn, she’s utterly detached from logic, reason, and basic emotional accountability.
Plot had enough pot holes and casting wasn't too helpful either ...richard was fine not the best thanks to his hopeless role here and ming Jia Jia's bucktooth appearance and mediocre acting doens't appeal to me at all. for someone like me who gives equal importance to FL she doesnt serve the purpose.
* Hence Dropped *
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Gets better from ep 7 onwards
Feud, as the name suggests, is a lifelong dispute between two divine lovers—the lord 👑 of Dacheng, Bai Juisi, and Hua Ru Yue (lord siling) . A classic case of miscommunication leads them to blame each other for a heavenly sin. In the heat of the fight, Hua Ru Yue bursts her inner core (or so it seems) and ends her life.Now reincarnated as Quinyue, a below-average disciple from the hell-remembers-what sect, she’s living a quiet life until a stupid sect commotion gets her injured. And boom—Bai Juisi receives a distress signal, comes and saving her. thinking she’s Ru Yue pretending to be someone else bai juisi marries her. The main plot begins ~
the plot seem very childish and annoying till episode 6 .. there after things begin unfolding in sort of a storyline which is perhaps more intriguing than how it was in the very previous episodes and later with siling's awakening and her faceoff with juisi followed by love tribulation ..this drama has lowkey started giving TTEOTM vibes,
As so far both dramas have strikingly pattern where the female lead oscillates between love and hate for ML. Regardless of her emotional turmoil, including multiple attempts to hurt him. The ML remains unwavering, he continues to love her deeply, offering her nothing else but overwhelming affection.
but even if the vibe of lead couple hits same ..the core theme of TTEOTM is quite different to this one, as here ML is not the curse and defeated [arty like he was in TTEOTM.
What I Liked So Far:
1. Bailu ❤️ – When have I not loved her? She’s my on-screen serotonin boost—gorgeous, effortlessly charming, and just… chef’s kiss. I adore her. A total heart stealer. 💕 later she turns into siling for the better atleast she is little less clingy than quinyue ..
2. Joseph – I was unsure at first, but his soft features bring a surprising charm to the role. That quiet intensity? Kinda working for me, even with his occasional arrogance. 🩵✨
3. Styling – Costumes , hair, accessories, makeup ✨✨—everything fits the tone beautifully. Well, almost everything. Quinyue’s wedding look in ep 2 and 3? That headpiece was a crime against aesthetics.
4. Set Design – Absolutely lovely! The pink flower theme 🌸🌸🌸 is straight out of a fairytale. Someone clearly paid attention to detail, and it shows.
5. CGI – Not the best, not the worst. It does the job. let's just say I’ve seen better,this is passable, not the cinematography though.
What Could Be Better:
1. Cinematography 🎥– Were they filming through a fogged-up window? Those hazy scenes are so blurry, even HD feels like it's giving up. A divine drama deserves more than a budget webcam filter.
2. Bailu’s Character – I hoped for a sharper, sassier Quinyue. She’s smart, yes, but often feels helpless surrounded by troubles or acting so delusional —especially when love’s involved. A little more wit and a little less cheese, please. Or just let Siling take over already—girl means business. Bring her with her savage.
3. Background Sounds – From annoying noises 🙉 to underwhelming Background score, the sound department clearly missed a few memos. It’s not immersive at all.
Did this drama hit that string in my heart?
Nope… not yet🥲 . I am loving it but not the way I expected ... Here's hoping it gets better in the upcoming episodes and reaches my expectations 🥹, making me change the ratings . 🤞 for that emotional punch!
edit :☝🏻 taking this back .. i am enjoying watching this show may be this is not going to be one of my fav but I'M LOVIN' IT nonetheless
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