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A Dream within a Dream chinese drama review
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A Dream within a Dream
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by Kaptan
Jul 15, 2025
40 of 40 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 8.0

The plot is gone.

I'd like to start by saying I liked the fortieth episode better. If you ask why, it's because everything is resolved, everyone is at ease, everything falls into place, and the secondary roles get what they want. The fact that one of the maids becomes the prince's concubine and the other the head of the business especially brought a smile to my face. These kinds of people can achieve their ideals. They achieve their desires. Heng's assistant also became a general and guards the border. So, the fact that it contained such beautiful elements impressed me.

The series was good in the beginning. I enjoyed watching it. But over time, I think it changed after the fifth or tenth episode. It got complicated, almost drifting away from the plot. For one thing, the dream-within-a-dream, or scenario, and the constant internal interventions within this scenario ruined it. Just as we were trying to do something different, what happened was ruined. And it's too much for a young general to take on a king, two princes, his father, his fiancée, even seven families, and torture them all because of his years-long obsession. Let's say one can't do it, but what about the others? He threatens the king. He manipulates two princes. He imprisons and tortures everyone he encounters. While the others can't do these things, no one asks why. He was a pain in the neck for 36 episodes on his own. We watched this one-sided series. It wasn't like that. The comedy was good. The cast was chosen from actors who are very comedic. It was a warm, endearing series. I liked the actors. The leads were very compatible. Li Yi Tong outdid himself in his acting. He put in a lot of effort. Congratulations. Liu Yu Ning already has a style. He continues in the same vein. Those roles suit him. I enjoy watching them. He suits the role of Zhu Xu Dan. I liked it. Riley Wang was very good. Wang You Shuo was very good. He drove us crazy. He was more than capable as the villain. He suits both good and bad roles. He plays well. I liked it. Chang Long is very good, and comedy suits him very well. Wang Cheng Zi is also a good comedian. I like it. The King and His Concubine, Song and his wife, The Servant Girls, The Screenwriter, Mr. Gao were also some of the ones that caught my attention. The music was good, the clothes were good, the direction was good, the acting was good. As I said, there was a lot of interference in the plot, so much so that there were constant changes in and out, but it became confusing. The plot got messy. The atmosphere changed. Sometimes it became a matter of "why are we back here again?" kind of thing. Things like that bore people. Sometimes changing things up can ruin it. Overall, it's a good series, and everything is good. But we can't ignore what we saw. However, I recommend it to those who haven't seen it.
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