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The Darkness Inside
This is the first review I’ve ever written for My Drama List other than comments, so please bear with me. There is a slight spoiler ahead, but you may know about it already if you watch cdrama clips. Other than that, nothing essential to plot advancement is revealed. This review is based on a comment I made, so if you run across it later and recognize something, it’s because I plagiarized my own self, lol.Buried Hearts isn’t merely a drama, it’s a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions. Not one person came out of this greed-soaked, ambition-seeking, grasping, clawing imperfect crew with anything approaching happiness. Not one person was completely good except for a very dear character who was killed for his sweetness by a surprisingly unveiled-at-the-last-moment psycho.
The deep depression in Dong Ju’s eyes at the end of the story mirrored my own.
For the most part, the plot held together without too many unexplained actions. It might take ten or fifteen episodes, but generally all questions are answered (unlike so many kdramas I could name that puzzled the life out of me.) I did think the mystery revealed that so reversed Heo Il Do’s character should have occurred sooner in order to give more believability to his reversal. He went from bald hate to sacrificial love almost instantly, and I can’t believe it. But it makes a good story if you can put logic aside.
As for the romance between Dong Ju and Eun Nam, the resolution could not have been better. Dong Ju learned important lessons about people throughout the drama, and to behave in a way that honored his dignity and preserved him from further betrayal (because who would trust that woman after what she did, and the manner in which she did it was too cruel for one’s worst enemy) was satisfying to see after watching tons of dramas where a ML forgives and forgives again. I wonder if scriptwriters understand that allowing a partner to crush the love interest who just keeps returning for more can build contempt in a viewer’s heart? Or disappointment at the least.
What a morality tale! Neither revenge nor wealth bring joy. I get it, I get it. I fell for these terrible characters through the excellence and charm of the actors, especially Park Hyung Sik, Lee Hae Young, and Huh Joon Ho. It was an enjoyable series but heartbreaking in every sense. And what was with the gun Dong Ju held in the final scene on the boat? I didn’t dream it, did I? Why did he need a gun at that moment? I noticed another reviewer mentioned how Dong Ju was advised to throw the weapon into the sea, and he may have been contemplating just that. But he didn’t throw it. What made him pause? I’m not sure I want to know. But I do recommend this drama, especially if you enjoy dark explorations into the often wicked and sometimes noble human mind.
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