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Bad acting galore and no plot
Things I loved
1 Yin Jie, the friend of the FL who works with her. Such a beautiful and lovely actress and her role was great as well. She shone in every scene and I wish she gets roles as the main lead. I think this is the only positive thing I have to say for this awful drama and I can't believe this has a 8.6 rating. I understand different strokes for different people, but come on. There is nothing in this drama to justify this rating and it makes the whole 8.6 ridiculous.
2 The cousin of the FL. Sweet, lovable, funny and the only one who provided with Yin Jie some lightness. I wish he had more scenes. He even was the voice of reason sometimes.
3 I loved the mother of the FL, and the parents of the ML. Decent people that also would love to see more.
Things I disliked
1 The FL. She has no range, her acting is mediocre at best and her role wasn't better either. I've seen another series where the FL was the granddaughter of the owner of the company and she did a great job with the role. Here there was nothing for the actress to work with but she also didn't have the talent to work with the mediocre script. Also how many times can you label her gorgeous and beautiful. I'm sorry but although we don't like all the same things and certainly beauty is on the eye of the beholder there's a point that it becomes ridiculous to shove this down our throat every other scene when the actress is an average girl without anything striking or particular special.
Also her character was beyond ridiculous sometimes. She threw a tantrum because the ML didn't call her when he was in an ambulance. Her reasoning he didn't think of her. Tell me you're entitled without telling me. I sympathized at first with her when she was wronged by her college room mates and I thought her character had potential but I was so wrong. Her character was weak and went nowhere. So disappointing.
2 The ML. No acting chops whatsoever. It's my first drama with him and maybe he's better on others but here his acting was robotic at best and I felt nothing. Nothing about the romance, nothing about his career loss. That alone tells me that the acting is beyond awful. Also the unfitting outfits and the fact that I don't find him handsome at all and he gave me he and the 2ML vibes of Heathcliff made me laugh rather than fall for them. It was too much the brooding style from both of them. Now about the character arc. I didn't even get why he was suitable for the job he got after the surgeon career ended. AS for being a prodigy, unfortunately even when I want to suspend any belief, the numbers don't work and the premise that he was that perfect neurosurgeon is flimsy.
Now about the romance. No chemistry at all with the FL and why on earth should we care about their relationship? We didn't see anything to justify that he fell for her. From Monday to Tuesday suddenly he let go of his resentment and started pursuing her. Give me a break. The resentment was for a ridiculous reason but at least gave us something to wait. To wait for the revelation. Ridiculous character development and it was frustrating to watch the romance. I think I liked one scene when they got together at the party at episode 27 and even this scene was underwhelming.
3 The 3ML. I didn't hate him like others. To be honest, I found him as bad as the rest of the cast. Another Heathcliff wannabe and an untalented and unattractive male lead. I did get why he was the way he was at first, though, and while I don't excuse him I find his arc better than the main arc. His relationship with the FL and Rong was frustrating to watch since he never had the guts to be honest with any of them. But again I didn't care enough to hate him and I get where he comes from. No excuse for listening to Rong though and don't trust the FL.
4 The father of the FL. He was an idiot and no sympathy from me although frankly he was at least more interesting than the main leads. Same for the mistress and her daughter. Slimy people but still had something to make me stay with them and see where this was going. I can't say that much for the main couple.
5 The way they spoke about Switzerland and the food in Europe. This is the first time I hear such negative opinions and so unfair about Europe. He said he was skiing because there was nothing else to do abroad which is stupid and unworthy of anyone with even a little intelligence. If you can't find anything to do in Europe and in Switzerland you are just a lazy or idiotic person.
Same thing about the FL who traveled to Europe for two months and bashed the food when she came back. Really? I like cuisines from all over the world, but it bothers me more than you know to hear someone say so inaccurate things about food in Europe. Who the hell can take seriously someone who says things like that? Have you ever heard of Greek cuisine, French, Spanish, Italian? What the hell again? I lost the little respect I had for these leads and the screenwriter. There was no reason for the bashing.
1 Yin Jie, the friend of the FL who works with her. Such a beautiful and lovely actress and her role was great as well. She shone in every scene and I wish she gets roles as the main lead. I think this is the only positive thing I have to say for this awful drama and I can't believe this has a 8.6 rating. I understand different strokes for different people, but come on. There is nothing in this drama to justify this rating and it makes the whole 8.6 ridiculous.
2 The cousin of the FL. Sweet, lovable, funny and the only one who provided with Yin Jie some lightness. I wish he had more scenes. He even was the voice of reason sometimes.
3 I loved the mother of the FL, and the parents of the ML. Decent people that also would love to see more.
Things I disliked
1 The FL. She has no range, her acting is mediocre at best and her role wasn't better either. I've seen another series where the FL was the granddaughter of the owner of the company and she did a great job with the role. Here there was nothing for the actress to work with but she also didn't have the talent to work with the mediocre script. Also how many times can you label her gorgeous and beautiful. I'm sorry but although we don't like all the same things and certainly beauty is on the eye of the beholder there's a point that it becomes ridiculous to shove this down our throat every other scene when the actress is an average girl without anything striking or particular special.
Also her character was beyond ridiculous sometimes. She threw a tantrum because the ML didn't call her when he was in an ambulance. Her reasoning he didn't think of her. Tell me you're entitled without telling me. I sympathized at first with her when she was wronged by her college room mates and I thought her character had potential but I was so wrong. Her character was weak and went nowhere. So disappointing.
2 The ML. No acting chops whatsoever. It's my first drama with him and maybe he's better on others but here his acting was robotic at best and I felt nothing. Nothing about the romance, nothing about his career loss. That alone tells me that the acting is beyond awful. Also the unfitting outfits and the fact that I don't find him handsome at all and he gave me he and the 2ML vibes of Heathcliff made me laugh rather than fall for them. It was too much the brooding style from both of them. Now about the character arc. I didn't even get why he was suitable for the job he got after the surgeon career ended. AS for being a prodigy, unfortunately even when I want to suspend any belief, the numbers don't work and the premise that he was that perfect neurosurgeon is flimsy.
Now about the romance. No chemistry at all with the FL and why on earth should we care about their relationship? We didn't see anything to justify that he fell for her. From Monday to Tuesday suddenly he let go of his resentment and started pursuing her. Give me a break. The resentment was for a ridiculous reason but at least gave us something to wait. To wait for the revelation. Ridiculous character development and it was frustrating to watch the romance. I think I liked one scene when they got together at the party at episode 27 and even this scene was underwhelming.
3 The 3ML. I didn't hate him like others. To be honest, I found him as bad as the rest of the cast. Another Heathcliff wannabe and an untalented and unattractive male lead. I did get why he was the way he was at first, though, and while I don't excuse him I find his arc better than the main arc. His relationship with the FL and Rong was frustrating to watch since he never had the guts to be honest with any of them. But again I didn't care enough to hate him and I get where he comes from. No excuse for listening to Rong though and don't trust the FL.
4 The father of the FL. He was an idiot and no sympathy from me although frankly he was at least more interesting than the main leads. Same for the mistress and her daughter. Slimy people but still had something to make me stay with them and see where this was going. I can't say that much for the main couple.
5 The way they spoke about Switzerland and the food in Europe. This is the first time I hear such negative opinions and so unfair about Europe. He said he was skiing because there was nothing else to do abroad which is stupid and unworthy of anyone with even a little intelligence. If you can't find anything to do in Europe and in Switzerland you are just a lazy or idiotic person.
Same thing about the FL who traveled to Europe for two months and bashed the food when she came back. Really? I like cuisines from all over the world, but it bothers me more than you know to hear someone say so inaccurate things about food in Europe. Who the hell can take seriously someone who says things like that? Have you ever heard of Greek cuisine, French, Spanish, Italian? What the hell again? I lost the little respect I had for these leads and the screenwriter. There was no reason for the bashing.
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