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Pretty boring
This show was slow and pretty boring and the end was not satisfying we didnt get to see a proposal for one couple and not even a single kiss for the other couple. I would rate this 5/10 only watch if you dont have anything else to watch and are bored. The show was almost more boring than real life. Also they killed the geandma in the last 30 minutes just to add a little something that made you cry. Very unneccesary.Was this review helpful to you?
Amazing storyline!!
This show is really amazing. It had me from the first episode. The only thing I didn't like about the show so far as that she took so long to tell him the truth about why she couldn't be with him and I felt sad every time he got rejected but finally they are together and had a hapoy ending so I'm happy and this is one of the best shows I have watched this year and I really watch a lot of dramas. I love liu yuning and so I watch everything he's in. I didn't like prisoner of beauty, to be honest, but this one really makes up for it. I would definitely recommend everyone to watch it!Was this review helpful to you?
Toxic love story
I just finished watching it and I was going to drop it But I forced myself to watch it to the end to see if they would have a happy ever after while I am glad that they lived happily ever after there was not much growth development in their characters and he was extremely toxic throughout the whole relationship and extremely secretive. And she followed him around like a lost puppy. She should have stayed with that painter, who really cared about her and treated her well. But a lot of time, women go for toxic men. I guess Maturity is realizing that this was a toxic relationship. After he got out of jail and she met him again, she should have moved on with her life. But she got wrapped up again with him. He always gave the absolute minimum to her and even pushed her away and said so many hurtful things that were unforgivable, but she still followed him around like a lost puppy. He's an example of just giving the minimum as a partner. She was too young to know that there was so much more to being in love, but oh well, also, the story line was extremely boring if I'm being honest and I had to fast forward through a lot of parts.I gave it a five out of ten and I definitely would not be watched or recommend.Was this review helpful to you?
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Started off amazing then got boring
This drama started off really good. Although the male lead was made to act super cringe and awkward, which I didn't like, but anyways, as it progressed, I really liked this show and his blooming love and all, but once they broke up it got super boring after that episode. there were so many work scenes, which was just so boring and I fast-forwarded so much of that, I swear there were more work scenes than them actually spending time together. There was no plot whatsoever after thry got back together, every episode was badocally about work. And I didn't like the fact that she chose not to get married in the end like lady what are you waiting for you're about to be too old to even have kids and you already know he's the one. It could have been way better but they made the second half boring. I almost dropped it around episode 20 or something,domt really remember,and tbh i should have because i would have missed NOTHING. I was just waiting for the propos and wedding which didnt happen....Was this review helpful to you?
Barely watchable. very cringe
This show was barely watchable. There were so many times I wanted to drop it even just from the beginning, like in the first or second episode they already held hands and so many cringe things happened on the show like about her having her period and him taking care of her and allowing her to jump with her legs around him and him carry her around like that when they barely knew each other. Come on this would NEVER HAPPEN. then he was talking about marrying her when they had only dated for like a week. AndEverything just progressed so fast on this show.And she was so immature like a little baby.But yet that was attractive to him I guess and he wanted to marry her.She seemed like she was 18 years old or something and had the same pouty facial expression in every single scene. There was absolutely NO TALENT from this female lead.The casting was really weird and the show was so cringe like sometimes I had to pause the show because the cringe was so hard that it was physically uncomfortable. 5/10 storyline and acting. I only watched for xu kai and his performance was not even good.i had high expectations because of his amazing he was in arsenal military academy...oh well.
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Too heartbreaking and violent
I almkst dropped at end of epiosde 2 because of how tragic and heartbreaking it is,but kept watching and it didnt improve in that aspect. I can deal with like sword fighting and dying like that but just being brutally punched OVER AND OVER AND OVER like im sorry no i cant watch that. And to see the poor people get starved,beaten to death and treated like garbage? No. And the old man who hung himself because his family starved to death like this show is not for the kind of heart. If you are calloused and hard from watching a lot of stuff like this then go ahead but if you have a kind heart and dont like to see people getting treated like this for episode after episode then i dont suggest it.Was this review helpful to you?
I ended up dropping it
I see that this show has almost 8 star rating from the users. I really don't know how because it was incredibly boring and I ended up dropping it after like 9 or 10 episodes. Literally nothing was happening. I feel like they made the first episode pretty interesting and spicy so you would keep watching, but then literally nothing happened. And there were many unlikable annoying characters that I would just fast forward their parts.So yeah I would definitely not recommend this showWas this review helpful to you?
Best historical drama of the year
This show is amazing .With most shows i have to fast forward useless plots and storylines but i never have to fast forward this show. Theres action on every episode and romance too. They had the typical misunderstanding that always happens in cdramas but they didnt draw it out like on most shows and waste several episodes. So i was happy for that! Love how strong female character is! Many dramas have them start off strong and capable then somehow always get captured and hurt later on but shes stayed consistently strong! This writer is on point!Was this review helpful to you?
I enjoyed it
Usually i get hooked on a show from the first episode but the opposite happened here. The first epiosde was cheesy and i hated the fake forests,the way too bright red blood, the female lead killing like a machine all with her red cloak blowing in the breeze,the bath scene where the male lead is shirtless and super skinny but supposed to look hot 🤣 i was about to drop it but had nothing else to watch. Then by episode 3 i got hooked. The storyline was actually pretty good and i would say it progressively got better throughout the show. The male lead i had already known from hidden love and although i didnt like him in this role at first,i got used to it. I did like the female lead she was more believable as a female general than many of the other shows i have seen (like LOFG)Of course there were lame parts of the show like how the leads survive everything. The male lead got stabbed 3 times, (according to his stomach) choked,AND buried alive...yet somehow survived 🤣 but of course he got amnesia just like the female lead had gotten 🤣 why are these chinese dramas obsessed with amnesia AND falling from cliffs yet surviving 🤣 anyway i really liked how the crazy emperor fell in love with male leads sister that was a nice touch and i felt so sorry when he died but someone had to be sacrificed for the leads happy ending lol. Not sure i would REwatch but its deff worth a watch!Was this review helpful to you?
Started off good,downhill from there
Okay, so this drama started off really good for the first few episodes. And then it just went downhill from there. I was waiting on the romance from the 2 people who are going to fall in love. I won't spoil it for those who haven't watched it but I'm on episode 10 and I still haven't gotten any romance. Also, they did this 10 year time jump and the characters look exactly the same. Not only that, but they were so close growing up together and then they just lost contact after they moved away from each other? That's pretty unbelievable. I don't think that would actually happen.They should have done only like a 4 or 5 year time jump, that would have been more believable because they still look like kids when they are supposed to be 30 years old.This show has gotten so boring. I have literally fast-forwarded the past 3 episodes because nothing major is happening. So yeah, I will force myself to keep watching, but I will not really recommend this drama.Update: finished watching and it did get better on the last 4 epiosdes. The trope with the toxic mom i just fast forwarded through every time. I cannot watch toxic people who mever change.
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Not very memorable
I finished this a few weeks ago and cant really remember much about it because i watch a lot of dramas but if it was really good i would remember so it was just average i would say. Its storyline was too similiar to another show i was watching with the same male lead called "kill me love me" while i do like this male actor there wasnt enough to keep me interested in the show. It started off pretty good then got boring and repetitive of other dramas, I guess i give it a 6.5 outta 10 . Theres always the trope about being poisoned and having to be a shady spy gor the cure. Like come up with something else writers.lolWas this review helpful to you?
Ridiculous plot
No chemistry between leads, the dude is poisoned and they didn't bother looking for a cure even though they know he will die from ot they keep investigating a stupid case instead of curing him first. Just too unbelievable. She believes he killed her dad with no evidence at all....then she accidentally poisons him which made no sense as he was already locked up...Then the two leads are married and hes even dying but yet they dont kiss or ever be physically intimate? YEA RIGHT they would be trying to spend as much time together as possible. The whole show is spent wasting time instead of looking for a cure. Man im on episode 17 and i think im gonna drop it. We havent even gotten a single kiss from a dying man and the love of his life and nothing makes sense...they jist keep adding a bunch of deaths and more and more layers for the supposed "case" idk if ive just watched too many dramas at this point that i cant even be bothered unless its like a 7+ star show. And this is a 5 so far. Not even worth my time.Was this review helpful to you?
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Really enjoying it
I get what people are saying about her baby voice,i also hate it but i just look past it. The visuals are amazing its like a feast for the eyes 🥰🥰 the funny thing is there are so few shows that i have found so visually appealing and one of them was MJTY which also has esther yu 🤣 she wasnt as bad on there though because she plays an assasin. Anyway the male lead is so perfect for this drama like his sharp jawline and perfect hair makes every scene so beautiful. Her outfits are so freaking gorgeous and even though its so unrealistic that she can have a new outfit everyday and look so perfect i just love how they dress her up in the show shes literally gorgeous. I love his bad boy persona too im just wondering why hes not fighting anymore? They only show him racing lol but anyway i hope the show isnt like the novel PLEASE FOR GOODNESS SAKE 😭😭😭 i rate it a 10 for now because unlike most modern cdramas i havent had to fast forward AT ALL like every scene is watchable and not boring. Yes they made her too unbelievable learning how to drift and drive so easily but its whatever they always do that for the leads. Like the male lead is a fighter,a racer,gorgeous, a genius and also not a playboy....come on....🤣 but for the visuals and how they didnt make us wait 25 episodes for the romance im keeping my review at a 10. I'll update it when i finish it if it doesnt deserve that rating anymore.Was this review helpful to you?
Its alright,nothing special
It was alright but a little slow. Im used to wuxia dramas with alot of martial arts and sword fighting and stuff so this ones a bit slow but I love Liu Yuning so ill watch the whole thing. The beggining and the ending episodes were great but the middle episodes were pretty slow. Also not to be mean but the female lead,while her acting is fine, her voice is so annoying, she talks like a baby and is so quiet even when shes mad and stuff its unrealistic,i wish she would talk in a normal voice not that baby voice. I personally would not add to me rewatch list,but hey i guess everything cant be a masterpiece. I give it a 7 out of 10 and thats a bit generous.Was this review helpful to you?
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From bad, to interesting, to horrible
This show started off lame, but I kept going because I quite liked the male lead. the misunderstandings from the get-go were extremely annoying. The ML could have communicated better to the female lead, but he chose to be hated for no reason instead, finally about halfway through the series, the misunderstandings got cleared up. Yet they still showed us no love scenes between the leads and suddenly the female lead was pregnant, I didn't even know they had gotten back together. I read that he doesn't do any intimate scenes because he's married in real life. And while I do respect that he should be playing in other Category dramas if that is the case. it got interesting toward the middle of the show but then it slowly went downhill. It was extremely rushed towards the end and nothing made sense. I thought they were going to bring the sister back to life But apparently they did not, and not only did the guy die at the end, but the girl died too. And that is acceptable on a show that was extremely well written, for instance, "a journey to love" But on this show, JUST NO. They had so many chances to kill the bad lady but they did not ...nothing made sense towards the end of the show. It was just a dumpster fire, and the fact that they killed off her friend as well at the end for no reason was just ridiculous. The only good thing was that they made the female lead prego so at least she had a child with a man that she loved and they left him in the world but other than that, it was just a ridiculous ending, and all of the magical aspects of the show were just ridiculous, and made no sense. DO NOT RECOMMEND!Was this review helpful to you?
