Most Kdrama are following the usual troupe with little innovation in story telling and they get boring after first…
Few years back even average kdramas used to get rating around 8.5 but now same is the case for cdramas. And its not like dramas with something new are getting low ratings, dramas with unique concepts like The Art of Negotiation, Tempest are badly rated. Even for dramas that gave good rating now had below 8 rating while they were being aired.
At this point it's concerning why Kdramas are being rated so low recently. It has became so rare for a kdrama to be 8+ as soon as the first episode is released the ratings drops.
It was a good political drama and unlike other reviews I liked it till end. The best part was that it was my first time seeing good English speaking actors in a Korean drama lol.
Cheon Sang Yeon wasn’t as bad of a character as I first thought. In fact, she felt quite realistic because we often meet people like her in real life. The real problem was that Ryu Eun Jung was just too kind-hearted. It would take her years to finally find peace, and then Cheon Sang Yeon would always return to destroy it. It’s a shame that because of Cheon Sang Yeon, she and Kim Sang Hak could never truly be together, even though they deeply loved and cared for each other.
I didn’t really feel bad for Cheon Sang Yeon until the very end. Even though her death was tragic, I believe that even if she had lived a long life, she would only feel remorse near the end of it.
I also didn’t quite like the part about assisted death. It’s still a new and sensitive concept, but I personally feel it should not be promoted.
The beginning was really good, it felt like actually living in history. But towards the end, it seemed like they were just adding as much angst as possible. Overall, it was quite enjoyable, though I would have liked it more if they had maintained a better balance of lightness throughout.
I didn’t really feel bad for Cheon Sang Yeon until the very end. Even though her death was tragic, I believe that even if she had lived a long life, she would only feel remorse near the end of it.
I also didn’t quite like the part about assisted death. It’s still a new and sensitive concept, but I personally feel it should not be promoted.