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Last Summer korean drama review
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Last Summer
7 people found this review helpful
by Ivy
15 days ago
12 of 12 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.5
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 7.5
This review may contain spoilers

A story of learning to stop running

I honestly love a lot of the things going on with the drama. It tells it's story in a very non-linear fashion, details are dropped in bits and bites rather handed to you all in one go. The characters are deeply flawed and drama slowly shows why over the course of the series. You have to be willing to sit with it and let the story unfold at it's own pace. (And the drama it's self tells you this, stories have backstories and you have to be willing to read to the end).

Ha Gyeong is probably the character with the most depth here, we learn the most about her, her feelings of fear and anger and abandonment and loneliness. The walls she's built around herself in response to those feelings. She's in love with Do Ha and we all know it and she's running from those feelings as fast as she can. The ultimate fear of being known and truly seen by someone else.

Personally I think there are a lot of layers to this show, there are layers of hurt and shared history and unexplored feelings. The drama is so self-aware, it knows these characters are flawed and immature and the narrative calls that out a lot.

I've really enjoyed the journey with these characters so far and I can't wait to see how the show wraps it all up. It's really too bad this didn't find a more receptive audience because I think it's a diamond in the rough.
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