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Flames of Desire korean drama review
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Flames of Desire
1 people found this review helpful
by Tia
7 days ago
50 of 50 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 10.0
Rewatch Value 4.0
This review may contain spoilers

Ambition and Greed Fuel A Family War

This drama took me a WHILE to watch. But I've finally finished it. It was an interesting look at seeing how greed literally tore one powerful family and everyone else apart. The best character in this drama to me was Yoon Na-Young, she was a fascinating villain protagonist to follow. You could consider everyone in this drama (except for Min-Jae) villainous somehow. Even Jung-Suk was a weak enabler for most of the drama. I didn't really care for the romance. I grew to be annoyed by In-Ki eventually (yes, I understand why she was the way she was), but no, Na-Young did NOT intentionally abandon you. 💀 And then the whole relationship with In-Ki and Min-Jae (they were step-siblings!) rubbed me the wrong way.

The pacing was not good. 50 episodes was far too long, because the second half dragged on WAY too much for me. I was skipping full episodes towards the end. Because of that, I personally wouldn't rewatch this drama. The acting and the music were great. Top-tier! But the story suffered a bit because it lost steam after episode 20 or so.

I'd recommend this to people who like business dramas or melodramas with angsty romance. If not, then skip it.
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