Great concept but...
Things I loved:1 The heroine at first. I liked the beginning of the story and how bold she was.
2 The hero. He was a good character and was never coldhearted or mean like in so many other series. I loved how he pursued the heroine and how he did everything he could to fulfill her dreams.
3 The main actor. He's a good actor and adorable. He played his role well.
4 The sister of the main lead. I loved her. She was adorable and a great character.
5 The parents. They were perfect.
6 The best friend of the hero. he was fun and loved how he changed in the end even though I wouldn't mind if he stayed as he was. To be honest if I wanted a relationship to be developed I'd prefer the sister with him.
7 The setting. Whatever has to do with publishing interests me.
8 The relationship between the male lead and hi sister. Their scenes were the highlight of the show for me. Both adorable and such good actors.
9 The clothes. Loved how the female lead and everyone else were dressed.
Things I liked:
1 The director. I didn't love him but he was a good SML.
2 The friendship between the three women. It was touching and felt real.
Things I disliked:
1 The relationship of the second couple. I thought she was too young and didn't need to be in a relationship at that point. The age gap was ridiculous to me to be even mentioned. There was no real age gap, so I'm not sure why this was highlighted so much.
2 The heroine. I didn't like her character after a while. I get she was upset and disheartened after his rejection, but it took so much time for her to express some feelings that when it happened it felt forced.
3 The main actress. She's beautiful and I thought she was perfect for a romantic comedy heroine, but after a while she got on my nerves. I didn't think she did a good job with the romantic scenes.
4 The lack of sizzling scenes. Maybe it was lack of chemistry or that they didn't put the effort, but it didn't fell as good as I hoped.
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Something different
Things I liked:1 That they had a one night stand. I'm a romantic at heart but I'0m fed up with heroines who behave kike children. You can be romantic, loyal, funny, smart and have a physical relationship with someone. Even one night stands. That doesn't make you less worthy of being a romantic comedy heroine.
2 The actress is very beautiful and I thought she was perfect for a romantic comedy. I'm not sure I was a hundred percent convinced about her acting skills, but I liked her anyway.
3 The main actor. He's not my favorite (Hi, Ji Chang Wook) but after having watched 12 series and more, I find that he's good in his role and I liked him enough to search for other series he played.
4 The game he played with her was amusing although sometimes I wanted to smack him.
5 The character of the secretary. Fun, quirky, adorable and I'm happy he had his happy ending.
6 The relationship of the hero with her little brother of the heroine. There were some great scenes in an episode that I loved. The ML was great in his role.
Things I disliked:
1 I didn't care about the mother. I see this actress everywhere and sometimes I like her sometimes I hate her. Here she was between the two. The whole conflict with her daughter was weak in my opinion. I'm sure there was something else they could find to create that particular point.
2 The relationship of the heroine with her little brother. It felt like the actress couldn't convey the right feelings or the character was written as cold which is even worse.
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Uncomfortable, borderline creepy
Why I dropped this series1 The FL is an awful actress and she didn't know how to act as a young woman so she made me me cringe a million times and I felt uncomfortable since she reminded me of a 12 years old. I also hated her voice to the point I wanted to mute her.
2 The ML. If that's what people find attractive these days, well, I have nothing to say. He wasn't attractive to me and not talented either. I didn't care about his character either.
3 No chemistry between the leads which is maybe a good thing since their relationship was creepy to me.
4 The message the series vehicles. Young women are stupid and it's fine. NO IT'S NOT.
5 Tried too hard to make us believe there was a story somewhere and characters with something to say. Guess what? Not if you're an adult.
6 I can't believe the same director who did Love is Sweet one of my favorite series did this crappy drama. On the other hand not everyone has the charm of Bai Lu and the ML is Love is Sweet. Funnily enough I hated this couple as much as i hated the 2nd couple in Love is Sweet. Same uncomfortable vibes.
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It didn't appeal to me
Things I liked1 The ML and the FL. Both are charming actors but I didn't feel any chemistry between them. Something was lacking and their relationship never took fly for me.
Things I disliked
1 The concept and the mix of reality and fantasy. The story never managed to draw me in. It was silly and at the same time it tried to be deep. I don't know, I just didn't care. I didn't hate anything, but I didn't love anything either so to my book a failure. I think the problem was the direction, it wasn't good enough and it felt like it didn't know what it wanted to be.
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Worse than expected
Things I liked1 The premise. Interesting with much potential for a comedy and I so wanted to like it. But they dropped the ball right away with inconsistencies and a bad casting.
Things I disliked
1 Too many couples and the main couple took a back seat. Since they weren't already on top of their form this didn't help.
2 The ML. I didn't find him great as actor and I didn't feel he had chemistry with his co-star.
Things I hated
1 The FL. She was cute but not a great actress. Too childish. She was the big problem with the series.
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"Awful" can't describe how atrocious the ML's acting was
Things I liked1 The premise. It had potential that was ruined by the cast of the ML.
2 The FL. The reason is that she is beautiful and can act when the script helps her. The thing is though, that I've seen her in several other projects and I'm baffled about how different she looks. No matter how many times I watch her here I can't reconcile her image with how she is in later projects. I have no idea what happened but it's so weird. Other than a little expression sometimes it's like we watch a different person.
Things I hated
1 The ML. I'm not sure what other people watched but this was painful to watch and not only that but it felt somehow creepy to watch someone who looked like a child play a start and a romantic hero on top of that. His character was awful anyway, no development and just a yelling stupid immature person. Mean without reason and no chemistry whatsoever with the FL. You have to see the worst to appreciate what you have. He went on the top of my list of untalented ugly actors.
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Even rating it 1 is high for this series
Here's why I think even rating it 1 is high for this series:1 The actress is the most bland and uncharismatic actress I've ever seen. For this kind of series you need a capable, beautiful actress to carry it.
2 The premise is interesting and could be funny but the plots were execrable and I didn't laugh once. Humor is subjective, I agree, but I'm not that difficult to entertain, believe me.
3 That my favorite actor of all times was part of this abomination and even him couldn't save it. Anyway if I could, I'd give it -100 and the 1 is only for Ji Chang Wook, who should have never said yes to this.
4 I hate it when a title is misleading. Where was that stupid kiss? Not only the title but the whole plot was misleading.
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The ending ruined it for me
Things I liked:1 The premise. I thought it was funny and smart and original.
2 The ML.
Things I disliked:
1 The ending. I get why they chose that ending, but it still ruined it for me.
2 The FL lead actress. For some reason, I can't connect with this actress no matter what role she plays.
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Ridiculously dramatic
Why I dropped this series:1 Too dramatic to the point of ridiculous. Yes you can have some drama but when you go overboard you miss the mark completely. I had high hopes for this one since it seemed interesting. Unfortunately I found it unbearable after a while. Maybe it's my fault and should have lowered my expectations but it is what it is.
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ML isso uncharismatic
Things I liked1 The premise, that's why I started watching it.
Things I disliked
1 The FL. Her character rubbed me the wrong way from the beginning and the actress performance didn't help to see her differently. I persisted because there were a few things I liked and thought I could give it a chance, but no... chance.
Things I hated
1 The ML. Mea culpa because i didn't even recognize the actor. Even after I found out who he was I still have trouble to recognize him. If I had I would probably never started watching the series. I find him so uncharismatic and unappealing I know I won't like watching him every day. I've seen in She was Pretty and although I loved the series, he was my least favorite character. Not character actually, actor. I never started the Secretary Kim series because of him mostly. I don't like the FL either, but he was my main problem. So my fault for not recognizing him, but it's funny that I disliked him anyway. Even when I didn't know who he was. So this had few chances to be on my favorites' list.
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My first Chinese rom com and I Love, Love, Love it
Things I loved:1 The actress. What a gorgeous and stellar actress. She nailed her role and she was the perfect romantic comedy heroine. Beautiful, funny, smart, kind. I'll check everything she was in and I hope she has other series I'll love.
2 The vibe of the series. Fluffy, romantic without any heavy drama. That's what I call a real romantic comedy and they are so rare.
3 Her colleagues. I loved how they appreciated the heroine and they were all supportive of one another.
4 The relationship between the leads. I've seen a lot of office romantic comedies and usually there's a conflict (which I like) and some mean exchanges between the characters. This one was different. The relationship was gentler but also more genuine and funny. You could see they care for each other and their dialogue was funny and quirky rather than mean. Also they trusted each other and didn't create conflict for the shake of conflict. (although I love that as well usually)
5 Her parents. What a great couple and great parents. I loved both of them and they were amusing as well.
6 I liked the sister although not really her story.
7 The main actor. I don't think he's the best actor out there but here his character is so good that you can disregard that. Plus, his smile when he dealt with the heroine was so endearing that I forgive him everything.
8 Some good kisses although again not enough for me. They were good together though.
Things I disliked:
1 The story about the sister's future boyfriend and the heroine. I always dislike this kind of plot. I find it unnecessary.
2 The wig. She has gorgeous hair so I'm not sure why they couldn't style her hair so she has the style they wanted. She's so beautiful she could have her hair any style. I understand they wanted it to resemble her character but the wig was bad.
Things I hated:
1 The rival. Oh my God what an awful character and it doesn't help that I disliked the actress as well.
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It wouldn't have been a disaster if it were a comedy
Things I liked1 The ML. He's one of my favorite actors but even he couldn't save the disaster of a script. I give it 3 only for him and the premise.
2 The premise. Original and a solid foundation to create a fun and engaging series. They messed up from the start. It turned out to be generic without a hint of humor and too much angst. A failure on all accounts.
Things I hated
1 The untalented ugly FL. With hundreds of talented actresses out there why would you choose someone who can't act and walks around with a frown and too much anger? I don't think she made me are at all for her and no, I don't understand her anger. I'm penniless and I understand that having dreams an not being able to fulfill them is frustrating to say the least, but I don't walk around berating my family and friends because I don't have what I want. Awful character and the actress made it worse.
2 The lack of chemistry between the leads. They were like strangers. No spark, no warmth, and I blame the FL who's as untalented as one can be. Lately I wonder why do I even try with Kdramas. Cdramas seem to have understood the memo and create more compelling stories with great actors.
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Awful even for a soap opera
Things I hated1 Everything. The actresses were all terrible. The actors as well. There was no script, just a bunch of nonsensical and over the top scenes.
2 The antagonist of the FL, but at the end of the day, she was better than the heroines. I won't waste my time to writ more. Untalented actors and uninspired script create an unwatchable series.
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Awful script, awful leads
Things I hated1 Everything.
2 The FL. What a horrible actress who thinks is beautiful and talented. If she is I didn't see it in this series. She was a toxic character and she dressed awfully, she looked old, she behaved like a ten year old and she was entitled to the point I wanted to smack her and I never used physical violence in my life.
3 The ML. No talent, no looks, too old and an awful character. Actually even though there was no chemistry between the leads i felt like they should be together. This way no one else in the world would suffer.
4 The last episode. How on earth is their relationship supposed to be healthy? And let's forget healthy, but at least it should make some sense. This was the most stupid ending I've ever seen in a romantic story. Are we supposed to find their constant fighting cute or romantic? Let me tell you it wasn't either. I'm a lover of cute fights and unreasonable female leads. This one was such a toxic shrew. AS for him a blithering idiot to put up with her.
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Lack of chemistry and problematic characters
Things I loved1 The premise. I wanted to find out more about the discipline and it had a good start. But that's all it had.
Things I liked
1 The FL. She's a good actress there's no doubt, but it felt like something was missing this time.
Things I disliked
1 Too many to waste time write about them in details. Too long, too many characters, lack of chemistry between the ML, the parents, some of the supporting characters.
2 The ML. He didn't work for me for some reason. I was hopeful at first hat he would be great but it didn't deliver.
3 The lack of romance. Although it's not romance, it still could be better if the leads had any chemistry.
4 Some plots and actions were stupid to say the least, not following any logic.
Things I hated
1 The professor. I don't care how well he knew medicine, he still was a person I didn't like. His behavior toward his wife and his family was far from great and no, being good at something doesn't excuse being a bad human.
2 The way they portrayed women. Like the only thing they have to do is being patient and kind and accept whatever BS the husbands put on their way. No thanks.
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