A healing journey through the facial expressions of the leads
After watching My Liberation Notes, Summer Strike and Tell Me That You Love Me, I was looking for a drama that would make me feel a certain way - Melo with warmth. Glad that I came across this drama.I rarely love a show this much. What attracted me the most was how both FL and ML portrayed emotions simply through their facial expressions. The whole drama is so healing and welcoming. It felt as though I was living there, through them, within them.
Revenge can be taken in various ways. Sometimes, an act of revenge can be simply forgiving and understanding. A point to highlight was the maturity of the FL. Instead of being blinded by revenge, she understood who was at fault and who was not. Eventually, her family also comes to understand that.
Definitely worth watching.
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High expectations, huge disappointment.
Given the leads, I found the drama barely average. I had high expectations seeing them both, however, the story failed me.Everything is unnecessarily predictable, and everyone is unnecessarily connected. I understand it's a romcom, so many things would be clichés. It was annoying to see how the ex's family is always lurking around, or how someone is always there to spot them. Or how the ex just finds out about everything in no time.
It was all bearable until I saw how the FL shows her overly kind side to her ex in different situations. Her character didn't feel well written at all.
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Not perfect, but very enjoyable with a strong FL
I found the series overall quite enjoyable.I must say, I really liked the FL's acting. In the first few episodes, her character felt a bit annoying, especially when she was quite obviously pretending to be interested in the ML. I even thought I might drop the drama if that continued. However, I'm glad her actual character turned out to be bold and mature, which is something I usually prefer in cdramas. The actress did a great job portraying her.
The relationships and bonding were soothing to watch. It was especially fun seeing the cat in human form and I loved how the dragon was a bit slow headed. Loved watching them bicker with each other. I must admit, the actor looked really handsome in that costume.
I was really hoping to see Situ Ling remain as Situ Ling rather than what he chose to become in the end. It was just saddening. The character came across as unnecessarily obsessed with the FL and his storyline could have developed better. I also felt like, the FL didn't show proper gratitude toward Situ Ling. They also lacked a proper communication thougout the whole series.
The villains were defeated too easily..... almost disappointedly so. The misunderstanding between the FL and the ML, it could have been resolved much earlier with proper communication, instead of dragging on for several episodes.
Overall, the story is good, enjoyable and fairly consistent, but not particularly unique or anything extraordinary.
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Everybody is suspicious
An interesting concept. The whole neighborhood is suspicious. I liked the characters - the mother and the grandma of the FL. It was funny at times. Although, it's one of those typical stories where "the ML always seems to find the FL when she's in danger and saves her at the right moment.What bothered me was how the ML remained silent about the dead body in the fridge. Like he thought the fridge was his and took it in. Then, why not inform the police about this? Even after it was confirmed whether the FL was his sister or not (the answer is pretty obvious to the viewers from the beginning given that she was the FL), he should not have cooperated with her.
The murderer. I wanted to know what crimes he committed over the years. What exactly he did do to the father? Why didn't he do anything to the ML? Why weren't there more victims over the years?
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