The first half was so sweet that I almost got diabetes, the second half was like going to the hospital because I’m sick and the ending was just like eating tasteless food because the doctor said I had to. So yeah, I get why a lot of people are unhappy with the second half, but that’s life. Not everything is sweet, and as much as going to the hospital sucks, we have to do it sometimes. Could have been better but it was not bad. 7/10 (7 is a I would watch it again even if it was not my favourite)
Like most people I was left with mixed feelings about that ending. I liked the first 2/3 of the drama and then for the last part the story completely changed its direction, almost as if the last part was written by different people. I would be ok with who each person ended up with BUT I am definitely not ok with the main female lead ending up professionally realized but with no romantic interest. It felt like a happy ending with a touch of mackjang.
This was good, very good ... a really good soap opera. So if you like watching soap operas, you will love this, if you are tired of those, you will be like me, still like it for the awesome writting and acting. I probably wont watch it again since it is not really my kind of drama, but that does not mean it was not good. Chocolate is good, a lot of people like it, but there are people who dont. We should judge a drama by its quality and not personal preferences. People cant say Nutella is of bad quality just because they dont like chocolate. So there you go, thats what I think about this drama. ^^
Im glad I gave this drama a chance. Some negative reviews and coments almost made me put it in the not interested list. True, it does not have much romance, and I am someone who picks dramas who almost always have a lot of romance, true, it has many flaws, BUT it was still a good watch for me. Sometimes little hints of romance fit this kind of drama better than a romance that starts from episode one. And about the story itself, a lot of people were complaining about it being too obvious. Maybe it was, but it still made everyone think twice. It reminded me of Pretty Little Liars, an american tv show, everytime you thought you knew who A was, then the next episode you were like oh, its not him, its the other person, then the one after oh maybe it was him afterall and by the end everyone was A and no one was A. The writers kept tricking us into believing the culprit was someone else almost every episode and I cant say anything else without it being considered a spoiler. Anyway, it was not one of my favourite dramas but it was not as bad as many people describe it. I guess it just wont be everyone’s cup of tea.
I think this was the first Kdrama I watched but I am not sure since it was many years ago. But I believe this is the 3rd time I’m watching it. As a rom-com it is nothing special, there are better dramas out there. But as someone who studied in a cooking school for 3 years and who loves cooking and cooks everyday, I like it enough to watch it more than once. But it is mainly for the huge focus on cooking, which I love. If the cooking part was not as present as I have seen happening in other dramas, I would not watch it more than once.
If I pick a drama about cooking I expect it to be about cooking, and if a drama that should be mainly focused on cooking does not focus on that, then they must make everything else interesting enough for me to keep watching. Unfortunately I have to say that this one without the cooking part would pretty much amount to nothing, so I am a glad they kept the focus on that. Rated it 7/10
I personally did not like it as much as I expected or as the 8.5 rating made me believe I would like. I had a hard time connecting to the story and characters with the whole past/present thing all together in the same episode. The only drama I can remember that used this same going back and forth in time in every episode and that was able to wow me was the kdrama Circle.
I do think that it was well made and the actors were good and it had some sweet moments that I liked but unfortunately I felt bored most of the time. Maybe 24 episodes was too long. Maybe it was all the side stories with so many secondary characters having screen time. Maybe I just wasnt in the mood for this kind of drama. I dont know.
Im not saying its bad, its not. It just wasnt my cup of tea, but it might be yours so I would still give it a try if I was you.
I dropped this drama on the first episode not once, but TWICE. But it kept appearing in front of me so I decided to give it another chance. The first episode wasn’t that good for me, not bad but it just didn’t give me that wow I want to keep watching feeling. But by episode 2 the story starts to develop well and at the end, I watched everything and liked it. Although not my favourite be it for the romance or medical part, it is pretty good. I don’t know if I will re-watch it but I am glad I watched it at least once.
I can count on my fingers how many medical dramas I have watched. This one had a different vibe to it. It wasnt only medical stuff, it also had the disaster scenario, hints of romance, and much more. It was not perfect, had its flaws which made me skip a few scenes in the last episodes, and I wish there was more romance, although I understand for this type of drama romance is either non existent or has a small presence. But I liked it and I think it deserves the rating I gave it, which is close to the overall rating of this drama - 8.
This is hard to review for me. I put it on hold several times since the first few episodes and almost dropped it. But I am glad I did not. The first few episodes were in my opinion boring most of the time but necessary for us to understand what the main characters went through in their childhood, how that changed them as they became adults and the motivations behind each character. So if you can get through the first few episodes without dropping it you might start to enjoy it once it shows them as adults, which was the case for me. At some point I felt the pace got slower but then it picked up again and I did not binge watch it as I usually do, instead I would watch it during my meals and pauses from work which made me enjoy it a lot more.
I feel that there were 2 main problems with this drama - 1 is obviously the 50 episodes that could have easily been 30 instead and the other is the fact that they had too many genres in one drama - melodrama, romance, investigation, comedy, and so on. Those 2 things made the drama draggy at some points and I believe people who try to watch a lot of episodes in the same day might feel tempted to drop it.
But at the end I did not regret watching this, it made me smile so many times, made me tear up too and feel frustrated at the actions of some characters. I would not rewatch it as it is 50 episodes long but I would definitely rewatch some scenes. I guess the rating for this drama is pretty accurate compared to other dramas. I gave this a 7, which for me is the rate I give to dramas I liked enough to rewatch.
No problem. Chicago Typewriter isnt on my list but I have thought about adding it a few times because it has a few elements from some of my favourite dramas. Might give it a try later. I am a person who picks dramas depending on my mood, because I like a lot of different things - historical, rom-com, action, investigation and police dramas, time travelling, sometimes even melodramas (not too often tho). And usually if I feel like watching a korean drama, then the next ones will also be korean, and if I feel like watching thai, then the next ones will be thai, and so on. If I had to pick between all languages, korean dramas are my favourite and I have recently started to learn korean so my plan to watch list is mostly filled with korean dramas. XD
Same thing, I respect your opinion too. I read some of those comments of people who werent going to watch it because of the cheating but then did and agreed with it. But like you said, I have a very well formed opinion about this and if the cheating is presented in a positive light it is one more reason for me not to watch it no matter how good the drama is, because I would be going against what I believe is right. It might seem odd that I am this firm about it but if I watched it and ended up liking it to the point of agreeing with the motives for the cheating, then I would be having a fight with my own conscience. There are so many good dramas out there that I don’t feel like Im missing something from avoiding dramas with cheating, be it presented in a negative or positive way. So I thank you for the recommendation but I would rather stay away from it. :)
No. And from what I read about it, I probably wont ever watch it. I read the female lead is married, and no matter how bad a marriage is or how many excuses there are, I see it as something that is not right. I never get into any dramas or movies knowing there will be any kind of cheating. It is one thing when I dont know and start watching it, but if I know ahead of time, no matter how good it is, I wont watch it. I had that problem with a thai drama that has high ratings. I was enjoying it until the male lead cheats on the female lead not once, but twice. Dropped instantly at that episode.
I liked it but I felt if it wasnt for the cast and a few other things I liked, I might have dropped it. The story itself has many flaws. The concept is good and the flashbacks with the children and teenager cast were pretty interesting - a mix of cute, funny and sad. But I felt that there was no need for 16 episodes with this plot. The result would have been better with either less episodes or a better developed story. Anyway, its a good one time watch, but I probably wont watch it again, at least not the entire thing. A drama with a similar concept - friends become lovers is Fight For My Way. That one was a pleasant surprise for me as I had no expectations when I started it and it ended up being one of my favourite kdramas of 2017.
Dont love it, dont hate it, just watched it for the sake of watching it. I guess I have watched way too many dramas so its getting harder and harder to find dramas that I find super interesting. There were a few things about this one that I liked but most of the time I was bored and skipping scenes. Felt like the story was going around in a circle just to drag it long enough for it to have 20 episodes.
If I pick a drama about cooking I expect it to be about cooking, and if a drama that should be mainly focused on cooking does not focus on that, then they must make everything else interesting enough for me to keep watching. Unfortunately I have to say that this one without the cooking part would pretty much amount to nothing, so I am a glad they kept the focus on that. Rated it 7/10
I do think that it was well made and the actors were good and it had some sweet moments that I liked but unfortunately I felt bored most of the time. Maybe 24 episodes was too long. Maybe it was all the side stories with so many secondary characters having screen time. Maybe I just
wasnt in the mood for this kind of drama. I dont know.
Im not saying its bad, its not. It just wasnt my cup of tea, but it might be yours so I would still give it a try if I was you.
I feel that there were 2 main problems with this drama - 1 is obviously the 50 episodes that could have easily been 30 instead and the other is the fact that they had too many genres in one drama - melodrama, romance, investigation, comedy, and so on. Those 2 things made the drama draggy at some points and I believe people who try to watch a lot of episodes in the same day might feel tempted to drop it.
But at the end I did not regret watching this, it made me smile so many times, made me tear up too and feel frustrated at the actions of some characters. I would not rewatch it as it is 50 episodes long but I would definitely rewatch some scenes. I guess the rating for this drama is pretty accurate compared to other dramas. I gave this a 7, which for me is the rate I give to dramas I liked enough to rewatch.