4
Love Between Lines has a wonderful lead couple
Love Between Lines has a wonderful lead couple. Both play their roles well, although the tsundere aspects re the ML were uneven and went on for way too long. The FL character was upbeat, talented and knew her worth but became unreasonable later on with plot holes in the writing but her portrayal during these moments, was spot on.
I thoroughly enjoyed the first 18 episodes. In fact, I binged them, putting other shows on hold. Why? The initial introduction to the interactive VR murder mystery game as a concept, the 2FL with her coffee shop and the FL’s journey to become an architect were well put together. Even the potential relationship between the leads kept us guessing, although it did seem to go on a bit.
There are some traditional tropes which aren’t a surprise, but I think undermined the show in the second half eg the FL’s dad’s ongoing leg injury and subsequent emotional blackmail, the mystery surrounding the ML’s father and the dodgy, ugly, father in law. The show really should have kept building on more about different architectural projects, the D Design teams and the FL’s successes.
I felt the show in the final 10 episodes was very uneven. Key elements disappeared, there was too much focus on the main mystery and large swaths of the story, that perhaps, were unnecessary. The more this went on, the more my rating dropped from 10, then 9.5, to 9 and finally settling on an 8.
However, for those after a super duper Rom Com (well it was to start with), this show is it. The interactions of fun, teasing each other and second guessing were great. At times, I found myself laughing out loud. Whenever our leads were together, we wanted more. Whenever the 2FL was onscreen we wanted more of her too. She was a great character, a great friend and a little business powerhouse.
It’s well worth a look.
I thoroughly enjoyed the first 18 episodes. In fact, I binged them, putting other shows on hold. Why? The initial introduction to the interactive VR murder mystery game as a concept, the 2FL with her coffee shop and the FL’s journey to become an architect were well put together. Even the potential relationship between the leads kept us guessing, although it did seem to go on a bit.
There are some traditional tropes which aren’t a surprise, but I think undermined the show in the second half eg the FL’s dad’s ongoing leg injury and subsequent emotional blackmail, the mystery surrounding the ML’s father and the dodgy, ugly, father in law. The show really should have kept building on more about different architectural projects, the D Design teams and the FL’s successes.
I felt the show in the final 10 episodes was very uneven. Key elements disappeared, there was too much focus on the main mystery and large swaths of the story, that perhaps, were unnecessary. The more this went on, the more my rating dropped from 10, then 9.5, to 9 and finally settling on an 8.
However, for those after a super duper Rom Com (well it was to start with), this show is it. The interactions of fun, teasing each other and second guessing were great. At times, I found myself laughing out loud. Whenever our leads were together, we wanted more. Whenever the 2FL was onscreen we wanted more of her too. She was a great character, a great friend and a little business powerhouse.
It’s well worth a look.
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