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Just A Bit Of Favorable
“Whisper of Fate” is not my usual type of drama. As someone who is short-tempered, I swear I almost lost patience with everyone in this show. There were moments so boring that I nearly dropped it — but since I had nothing else on my watchlist, I kept going. And honestly… it wasn’t that bad.
Some scenes gave me déjà vu of Tantai Jin — especially with Liu Yan impersonating Tang Li Ci and also Tang Li Ci’s Ming Ye energy. If you’ve watched those references, you’ll know what I mean.
Now let me be brutally honest:
A Shei was so useless here.
She barely did anything. Yes, she saved Tang Li Ci, but if you think deeply… none of the trouble would’ve existed in the first place if she wasn’t even in the story.
The most frustrating — yet one of my favorite — characters was Xiao Hong. She was insanely loyal. If Liu Yan is evil, she’s evil. If he's good, she’s good. She followed him to the very end. I honestly felt bad because she didn’t get her own good ending. We didn’t even get a small scene of her after everything finished. It would've been nice if she got a moment like Xi Fang Tao and Pu Zhu.
Even though it's 40 episodes, it feels like some scenes were cut or needed more explanations. There were questionable moments (I won’t mention them 😭), and since I didn’t read the novel, I was confused that we never found out:
Who the real princess was
And why Master Shao never got proper justice
Still, the drama is great for fans of xianxia and mystery.
Not recommended for romance lovers — because this is very ML-focused and romance is barely there, not even for side characters (which is actually my preference lol).
Some scenes gave me déjà vu of Tantai Jin — especially with Liu Yan impersonating Tang Li Ci and also Tang Li Ci’s Ming Ye energy. If you’ve watched those references, you’ll know what I mean.
Now let me be brutally honest:
A Shei was so useless here.
She barely did anything. Yes, she saved Tang Li Ci, but if you think deeply… none of the trouble would’ve existed in the first place if she wasn’t even in the story.
The most frustrating — yet one of my favorite — characters was Xiao Hong. She was insanely loyal. If Liu Yan is evil, she’s evil. If he's good, she’s good. She followed him to the very end. I honestly felt bad because she didn’t get her own good ending. We didn’t even get a small scene of her after everything finished. It would've been nice if she got a moment like Xi Fang Tao and Pu Zhu.
Even though it's 40 episodes, it feels like some scenes were cut or needed more explanations. There were questionable moments (I won’t mention them 😭), and since I didn’t read the novel, I was confused that we never found out:
Who the real princess was
And why Master Shao never got proper justice
Still, the drama is great for fans of xianxia and mystery.
Not recommended for romance lovers — because this is very ML-focused and romance is barely there, not even for side characters (which is actually my preference lol).
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