lianavine

So I went into this not really knowing what to expect. My main reason for watching was Jun Ho because holy he's gorgeous and I was so hooked from the first episode. The premise and the story felt very remeniscent of The Smile Has Left Your Eyes and I even at points thought the ML looked very similar. Overall the romance was cute and the story was interesting but I just felt like the actual point was lost.

There were some really emotional parts and I liked the characters all around but some side characters felt a little pointless? The sister story didn't make much sense to me why it was there, the writer best friend and her hater also didn't really add much to the story and don't get me started on the useless love triangle.

I feel like my reviews always focus on the negatives because most of the time that is what I notice the most after I finish the show but let me list some positives first.

The acting was great and the leads did an amazing job at playing their roles. The story was sweet and sad and I love that combo. I love a good time jump ending where you can see how everyone is moving forward after the story has ended. I also loved the grandma and her side story, although the ending was sad. I probably could list more if I thought about it because I did at the end of the day give it a high rating but let me just highlight some negatives as well so you know whether this will be for you.

I just feel like the story was kind of pointless? We spent a lot of time at the construction site but this seemed like it was more just a way for them to be able to trigger MLs trauma flashbacks. Also, the FL forgetting the time she spent under the rubble was kind of strange to me and then her remembering it again seemed so sudden as well. I already mentioned the love triangle but let me again jsut say that this seemed like it had no other point except to trigger the miscommunication and some jealousy from the ML. It was so unneccasary, we could have literally just had the second ML be a good CEO that's handsome without him needing to be interested in the FL. This would still be a good way to bring in the jealousy without feeling like the love triangle was forced. Then there was the "breakups". I already don't like this in a show and it happened TWICE. Like seriously, the first time I would have understood but it just doesn't do much for me. Then near the end it seemed like it was kind of rushed.

I loved the Smile Has Left Your Eyes and I was hoping this was going to leave me with the same feelings when it was all done but it kind of didn't move me as much as it was trying to.