This weird Korean classism is so frustrating. Not only are 99.9% of all sageuks about royals and yangbans, but even when we have a story about maids, with maids right there in the title, the main characters need to be a yangban girl and a freaking prince. The reason for all suffering is mean owners, not the system itself, the drama tells us. In Yub's pushing away both her love interests can make sense only by accepting that her one true love is Sa Wol. The only believable and human couple were Dan Ji and the rich boy. I did like how In Yub needed to take a whole year away from everything and everyone after all the horror though.
The one thing I didn't like about this is Hwa Jeong and Yeong Guk's reconcilement. I just can't, Yeong Guk was…
Right. I wanted them to learn how not to fight like that all the time, at least in front of the kid, and be good co-parents, but them getting back together? Why? Because there are no other people in Gongjin?
It was cute and all, but I did not enjoy this as much as everybody else seems to have. I found the ml and his whole "perfect at everything" annoying. A dark secret was insinuated early on and indeed it was ok (not too dark but human nature-y enough) but by the time it was revealed I could not be bothered anymore. I also could not with Hyejin's behaviour after she and Dushik became a couple. What the h. was that? Almost gave me a panic attack. The poor guy said "no" again and again. I also just wish everything was not wrapped up so boringly in the end. Like Yi Joon's parents, did they have to get back together and all lovey-dovey? They could learn to co-exist and stop arguing like harpies in front of the kid and just go on with their lives. The café owner could learn to appreciate his 15 min of fate in the past and let it go, instead he gets a show. Etc. I expected the resolutions to be more true to life, I guess. Loved that tiny Confucian scholar kid, though. His friend Bora hitting him all the time was not cute though, come on.
Phew. This was rough. This drama is rich in bad moments. Bad pacing, bad jokes. I failed to like any of the characters, except the "Aramis" one. Maybe because we hardly spend any time with him. The romance made no sense. Maybe because I didn't really like either of them. The two pairings we start with made no sense either, and often nor did the actions they inspired. At least the classism and sexism are as rampant as in the source novel. Yay. I wanted to drop it, but every time I decided that, it got better for a while. I did enjoy its looks, the twists and turns and reveals, and Kim Myung Soo is a wonderful Injo. He made me laugh. On the whole, meh. Not as good as I expected.
I'm glad someone else sees this as it not being an excellent watch because it has 'eye candy'...My gosh I get…
Well, yes, I made it that far because I really enjoyed seeing all those beautiful Greek vistas on the screen... but the moment my dislike for the characters and the plot got stronger I did drop it like a hot potato.
I always find these kinds of comments on almost every show with an FL. It is unfortunate that sexism is indeed…
You are so right. I finished My Sassy Girl (2017) recently, with one of the loveliest female main characters ever, and to my enormous surprise people in the comments found her ''annoying''. A disgrace for this fandom, nothing less.
There is also King of the Wind/the Path of the King with Lim Ho as Sado. It shows him having mental issues but they are a result of his father and the court's behaviour, not some illness.
The reason for all suffering is mean owners, not the system itself, the drama tells us.
In Yub's pushing away both her love interests can make sense only by accepting that her one true love is Sa Wol.
The only believable and human couple were Dan Ji and the rich boy.
I did like how In Yub needed to take a whole year away from everything and everyone after all the horror though.
I found the ml and his whole "perfect at everything" annoying. A dark secret was insinuated early on and indeed it was ok (not too dark but human nature-y enough) but by the time it was revealed I could not be bothered anymore.
I also could not with Hyejin's behaviour after she and Dushik became a couple. What the h. was that? Almost gave me a panic attack. The poor guy said "no" again and again.
I also just wish everything was not wrapped up so boringly in the end. Like Yi Joon's parents, did they have to get back together and all lovey-dovey? They could learn to co-exist and stop arguing like harpies in front of the kid and just go on with their lives. The café owner could learn to appreciate his 15 min of fate in the past and let it go, instead he gets a show. Etc.
I expected the resolutions to be more true to life, I guess.
Loved that tiny Confucian scholar kid, though. His friend Bora hitting him all the time was not cute though, come on.
But I think that if that was his intention, then he failed.
The romance made no sense. Maybe because I didn't really like either of them. The two pairings we start with made no sense either, and often nor did the actions they inspired.
At least the classism and sexism are as rampant as in the source novel. Yay.
I wanted to drop it, but every time I decided that, it got better for a while. I did enjoy its looks, the twists and turns and reveals, and Kim Myung Soo is a wonderful Injo. He made me laugh.
On the whole, meh. Not as good as I expected.