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Love story of a Human, a Book and a Pearl…
This will be my shortest review and minimum reveal of the plot.
Although this a novel adaption, the screenplay has made some changes especially towards the ending. This drama ending gives a broader story arc and grander meaning of the sacrifices that happened.
I decided to read the novel after starting this drama, in my opinion both should be kept apart and not be compared. As both are good in its own way.
The synopsis in MDL can be misleading as it mentioned only Zhao Ming (ZM) and Ah Zhu story arc, however this drama begins at a different arc, where ZM and Ah Zhu was a past.
This drama starts at human realm where FL (Meng XueLi, MXL) a spiritual being shamelessly pursuing ML (Xie Xue Chen, XXC) and showing her affection at him. XXC is a highly cultivated mortal who has a best buddy, who is also a cultivated mortal but has a hidden identity, the SML, Nan XuYue (NXY). It is a story of their relationship entanglement, their past lives, their obsessions and their growth journey. Throughout the story, it may feels like SML is trying to break the main lead’s love relationship, but ultimately he never stand a chance, as the main leads are very much in love and bonded from previous lifetime.
Yes, this story has time travel, and at one point XXC will attempt to travel to change MXL’s fate. There is also an involvement of a bigger threat, Hao Tian, who is the creator yet can be a destroyer. The Trio went through a journey to discover their mission and met many other friends. The side stories of the other side characters were interesting and quite heartwarming, and did make me very emotional.
What I enjoy most:
1.It is refreshing to see a provocative FL who pursue ML all the way with unwavering love.
2.The characters and story pacing were coherent and consistent throughout.
3.All the casts’ acted well and were believable and fits their roles well.
4.The CGIs were much better then some big budget dramas.
5.There were proper choreographed fight scenes.
6.I really like the side stories of the other side characters.
7.The ending is satisfying and complete for me.
What I am dissatisfied with:
1. I wonder how it would be like if this drama follows exactly with the novel ending. I like the novel ending too.
2.Some may feel that this drama emphasizes a lot on SML’s presence and screen time, to a point that I wish to see what really happened to him after he chooses his end.
3.The Hao Tian’s arc was rather weak in set up and it wasn’t clear on why it wants to destroy humanity. And why it creates artifacts and set weird rules for them without contingency plan when they learnt to feel and love.
In my opinion this drama is a dark horse and deserves more viewership.
Although this a novel adaption, the screenplay has made some changes especially towards the ending. This drama ending gives a broader story arc and grander meaning of the sacrifices that happened.
I decided to read the novel after starting this drama, in my opinion both should be kept apart and not be compared. As both are good in its own way.
The synopsis in MDL can be misleading as it mentioned only Zhao Ming (ZM) and Ah Zhu story arc, however this drama begins at a different arc, where ZM and Ah Zhu was a past.
This drama starts at human realm where FL (Meng XueLi, MXL) a spiritual being shamelessly pursuing ML (Xie Xue Chen, XXC) and showing her affection at him. XXC is a highly cultivated mortal who has a best buddy, who is also a cultivated mortal but has a hidden identity, the SML, Nan XuYue (NXY). It is a story of their relationship entanglement, their past lives, their obsessions and their growth journey. Throughout the story, it may feels like SML is trying to break the main lead’s love relationship, but ultimately he never stand a chance, as the main leads are very much in love and bonded from previous lifetime.
Yes, this story has time travel, and at one point XXC will attempt to travel to change MXL’s fate. There is also an involvement of a bigger threat, Hao Tian, who is the creator yet can be a destroyer. The Trio went through a journey to discover their mission and met many other friends. The side stories of the other side characters were interesting and quite heartwarming, and did make me very emotional.
What I enjoy most:
1.It is refreshing to see a provocative FL who pursue ML all the way with unwavering love.
2.The characters and story pacing were coherent and consistent throughout.
3.All the casts’ acted well and were believable and fits their roles well.
4.The CGIs were much better then some big budget dramas.
5.There were proper choreographed fight scenes.
6.I really like the side stories of the other side characters.
7.The ending is satisfying and complete for me.
What I am dissatisfied with:
1. I wonder how it would be like if this drama follows exactly with the novel ending. I like the novel ending too.
2.Some may feel that this drama emphasizes a lot on SML’s presence and screen time, to a point that I wish to see what really happened to him after he chooses his end.
3.The Hao Tian’s arc was rather weak in set up and it wasn’t clear on why it wants to destroy humanity. And why it creates artifacts and set weird rules for them without contingency plan when they learnt to feel and love.
In my opinion this drama is a dark horse and deserves more viewership.
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