Immature drama with some unnecessarily dark parts
Beware: this drama has trigger warnings for SA and DV (in separate instances). Although it cuts them to be as off-screen as possible, the shock and repercussions are clearly shown, so avoid this drama if these topics are uncomfortable for you.
The drama is flawed primarily because of the maturity level of the writing. As the above, there's some dark parts that felt tonally off given some of the other plot. There's also many character-level inconsistent writing, for example, the FL is written to be both an immature kid but also an intelligent woman. The attempt to make her a relatable girlfailure isn't bad, but then almost everyone surrounding her also acts as if they were high schoolers, sometimes even the elderly. As the drama goes on she gets more and more mature, because the writers realized they wanted to follow storylines about her being a decent mom and decent struggling businesswoman. It's probably for the best, but then why include the annoying immature parts and confuse the audience until this point?
Even if it gets better with the FL, immaturity plagues the other characters. I can't blame the actors' performances given the material, but it is weird to see mid-thirty year old adults (and sometimes even the elderly) act like teenagers for the entire drama. Many of the issues in the drama arise as a product of stupidity or ignorance with some miscommunication, which makes the situations more frustrating to watch than usual. Certain characters are telegraphed to be just tools rather than being realistic. Characters reactions don't stay consistent to their characters making them feel fake.
As other reviews have probably noted, ML is probably the only reason to watch this, but he doesn't have a huge amount of screentime. I'd estimate maybe 20%? It's way more on FL, and even the daughter (my other most likeable character) and the FL's ex get more.
If you are in the mood for a female centered modern drama, I would highly recommend to watch a different drama that at least feels more age-appropriate with smarter writing and plot such as Remembrance of Things Past, Alliance, Nothing But Thirty, There Will Be Ample Time, Meet Yourself, or many others, even many family dramas are fairly decent at following female characters.
The drama is flawed primarily because of the maturity level of the writing. As the above, there's some dark parts that felt tonally off given some of the other plot. There's also many character-level inconsistent writing, for example, the FL is written to be both an immature kid but also an intelligent woman. The attempt to make her a relatable girlfailure isn't bad, but then almost everyone surrounding her also acts as if they were high schoolers, sometimes even the elderly. As the drama goes on she gets more and more mature, because the writers realized they wanted to follow storylines about her being a decent mom and decent struggling businesswoman. It's probably for the best, but then why include the annoying immature parts and confuse the audience until this point?
Even if it gets better with the FL, immaturity plagues the other characters. I can't blame the actors' performances given the material, but it is weird to see mid-thirty year old adults (and sometimes even the elderly) act like teenagers for the entire drama. Many of the issues in the drama arise as a product of stupidity or ignorance with some miscommunication, which makes the situations more frustrating to watch than usual. Certain characters are telegraphed to be just tools rather than being realistic. Characters reactions don't stay consistent to their characters making them feel fake.
As other reviews have probably noted, ML is probably the only reason to watch this, but he doesn't have a huge amount of screentime. I'd estimate maybe 20%? It's way more on FL, and even the daughter (my other most likeable character) and the FL's ex get more.
If you are in the mood for a female centered modern drama, I would highly recommend to watch a different drama that at least feels more age-appropriate with smarter writing and plot such as Remembrance of Things Past, Alliance, Nothing But Thirty, There Will Be Ample Time, Meet Yourself, or many others, even many family dramas are fairly decent at following female characters.
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