Joanne R

My main problem was in understanding Jeonghan’s motivations throughout the series.

He was obviously friendly with Iljo when they were school age, but as an adult he apparently developed some sort of apathy, or antipathy, for him, without any real explanation.
He, obviously had some form of feelings for him to take him in and to continually take care of him. But, then it turned toxic so quickly. Why?

It also bothered me how abusively possessive he’d turn, how poorly he’d treat Iljo, again, without us understanding what drove him.

Apart from that, which I was, obviously, able to put aside, the story was different. The writing was decent. The characters were flawed and incomplete, but interesting.

Some people claim the ending fell flat, but it was fine. It had a satisfactory ending, in my opinion.

So, overall I did enjoy it, with all its faults. It’s, certainly, worth the watch.

UPDATE:

I’m rewatching it and I think I found the motivations that drove Jeonghan’s confusion, personality changes, and offensiveness— he was confused about being in love with and intimate with his cousin. I only figured it out, because I read so many comments from people who were disdainful toward that idea. It didn’t bother me, since they wouldn’t be having babies together, but I DO believe that may have been the driving force through the entire show, up until nearly the last episode.

I feel better now. I think the writers could have made that clearer, if that was the motivation behind every thoughtless and abusive turn of Jeonghan’s personality.