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This review may contain spoilers
Just okay, With Some MakJang Twists
*These are just my thoughts and opinions; we don't have to agree*
The story revolves around a girl (Qing Yuan) who made plans to take revenge on the people who framed her mother and also killed her mother.
Along the way, she meets Shen Run, a man who has lived for revenge, along with his brother; they are both the sole survivors of the Shen family massacre after their family was wrongfully accused. We follow them as they seek revenge, find romance/love, and confront the truth of the past.
Likes
The leads' interaction and banter in the first half were really good- that alone kept me watching. Their chemistry was great; I could feel the tension between them from their stares and banter. The kiss in episode 23 was a result of the yearning, angst, and passion they developed over the 22 episodes of Spring of Blade.
I enjoyed the chaos, conflicts, and fights in the Xie family, and the mystery surrounding who framed her mother kept me intrigued, but I guessed the culprit at some points.
Dislikes
Towards the end, the drama became silly; in your case, you might actually enjoy it. In my opinion, they were running a MAKJANG plot with the woman lovingly raising the daughter of the woman she killed; after 19 years, the daughter learns the truth and poisons her fake mother with something mild, and the fake mother knows her daughter now knows the truth and is currently poisoning her; she then takes in something more harmful than what her daughter used to poison her, she dies, and her daughter sobs for her and calls her mom. Haha, everything going on was absurd.
Let's not even get into the secret birth swap and the truth being brought to light 19 years later.
The child actor who portrayed the lead- their acting wasn't strong to me, but I believe it's the directing; I didn't empathize with the younglings who lost their entire family overnight, and they were smiling and laughing the next morning, talking about revenge when their family had just died last night.
In my opinion, Zhou Ye acting was lacking, and at times it came across as really strong. In the scene where she acted like she was possessed, I literally cringed. It felt as though she was practicing for the scene before executing it.
The ending felt rushed to me, and I thought some scenes got skipped/glossed over; the flashbacks took a lot of screen time. The leads were rarely shown individually in the last episode, talking more as a couple. The FL's revenge arc felt subdued in comparison to her counterparts(The Glory, The Double), and she contradicts her character as someone who came for revenge; instead, she acts like a damsel in distress who would have been dead if the ML didn't always show up.
Hu Xing and the evil acts he planned to commit were resolved easily; he was beaten too easily, and his ending was also mild, given the power and influence he had in Heng Tang.
I was really disheartened when Li Cong Xin was tricked into marrying the woman he never wanted to marry; I'm glad that, in the end, they were on healthy terms, and Qing Ru seems to have matured a lot after her marriage.
Final Thoughts
The drama ended on a happy note; everyone was living a peaceful, calm, and quiet life, including the leads. Xie Shu got a satisfying ending; he seemed to be delusional at his last moments, but he got what he deserved. He was really evil and deserved the worst death.
The emperor didn't seem like one to me; it was like there wasn't enough budget for the palace and attire, or their wasn't enough officials to stand before the emperor. We just see the emperor in a particular spot, either sitting down and meditating or standing and talking like an emperor. Anyway, if I were told that he is an emperor, I wouldn't believe it.
This is a one-time watch, and I mostly enjoyed it for the leads and some parts of the plot. The manner in which the relationship developed between characters who like each other was unconvincing; they hardly have any real interaction, and yet they fall deeply in love.
Anyway, that's it.
Thanks for reading🩷.
The story revolves around a girl (Qing Yuan) who made plans to take revenge on the people who framed her mother and also killed her mother.
Along the way, she meets Shen Run, a man who has lived for revenge, along with his brother; they are both the sole survivors of the Shen family massacre after their family was wrongfully accused. We follow them as they seek revenge, find romance/love, and confront the truth of the past.
Likes
The leads' interaction and banter in the first half were really good- that alone kept me watching. Their chemistry was great; I could feel the tension between them from their stares and banter. The kiss in episode 23 was a result of the yearning, angst, and passion they developed over the 22 episodes of Spring of Blade.
I enjoyed the chaos, conflicts, and fights in the Xie family, and the mystery surrounding who framed her mother kept me intrigued, but I guessed the culprit at some points.
Dislikes
Towards the end, the drama became silly; in your case, you might actually enjoy it. In my opinion, they were running a MAKJANG plot with the woman lovingly raising the daughter of the woman she killed; after 19 years, the daughter learns the truth and poisons her fake mother with something mild, and the fake mother knows her daughter now knows the truth and is currently poisoning her; she then takes in something more harmful than what her daughter used to poison her, she dies, and her daughter sobs for her and calls her mom. Haha, everything going on was absurd.
Let's not even get into the secret birth swap and the truth being brought to light 19 years later.
The child actor who portrayed the lead- their acting wasn't strong to me, but I believe it's the directing; I didn't empathize with the younglings who lost their entire family overnight, and they were smiling and laughing the next morning, talking about revenge when their family had just died last night.
In my opinion, Zhou Ye acting was lacking, and at times it came across as really strong. In the scene where she acted like she was possessed, I literally cringed. It felt as though she was practicing for the scene before executing it.
The ending felt rushed to me, and I thought some scenes got skipped/glossed over; the flashbacks took a lot of screen time. The leads were rarely shown individually in the last episode, talking more as a couple. The FL's revenge arc felt subdued in comparison to her counterparts(The Glory, The Double), and she contradicts her character as someone who came for revenge; instead, she acts like a damsel in distress who would have been dead if the ML didn't always show up.
Hu Xing and the evil acts he planned to commit were resolved easily; he was beaten too easily, and his ending was also mild, given the power and influence he had in Heng Tang.
I was really disheartened when Li Cong Xin was tricked into marrying the woman he never wanted to marry; I'm glad that, in the end, they were on healthy terms, and Qing Ru seems to have matured a lot after her marriage.
Final Thoughts
The drama ended on a happy note; everyone was living a peaceful, calm, and quiet life, including the leads. Xie Shu got a satisfying ending; he seemed to be delusional at his last moments, but he got what he deserved. He was really evil and deserved the worst death.
The emperor didn't seem like one to me; it was like there wasn't enough budget for the palace and attire, or their wasn't enough officials to stand before the emperor. We just see the emperor in a particular spot, either sitting down and meditating or standing and talking like an emperor. Anyway, if I were told that he is an emperor, I wouldn't believe it.
This is a one-time watch, and I mostly enjoyed it for the leads and some parts of the plot. The manner in which the relationship developed between characters who like each other was unconvincing; they hardly have any real interaction, and yet they fall deeply in love.
Anyway, that's it.
Thanks for reading🩷.
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