lvelyzampede

I am extremely biased towards these two actors and I think they have such wonderful chemistry like I need a second collaboration but that being said the only knowledge I had of republican dramas was Overdo so my expectations were quite low.

Anyways this broke my expectations, the cinematography was so pretty and the lighting and sets. It really reminded me of the Hong Kong republican dramas. I think that the actors fit their role perfectly the only problem I found was that XRH is not a very good screamer when she needed to be. She nailed it near the last couple episodes but the rest of her screams were mid.

Overall plot wise I really enjoyed it. He was such a red flag as expected but I'm so glad they strayed away from the books after the first couple episodes cause the book had me scared. In the series Yu Changxuan was actually in a way redeemable but the book version was insane. I wanted that man dead. However I did see a quality drop in storyline in the second half as other reviews mentioned.

I felt so bad for Pingjun. Everytime she found peace with something, the plot would flip and make her suffer again. Tell me why she was kidnapped like four seperate times. This poor girl. I also really disliked the Jiang Xueting plot I thought they wouldn't include the kidnapping but of course they did. I see a lot of people complain that its too tragic and whatnot but I think that its good to have different stories sometimes. Whats the good in always having a smooth sailing plot. I thought it was fun to explore some dark romance.

My one plot criticism is the amnesia portion. Hate amnesia plots, the whole time they were together it just felt wrong knowing her old spunk and personality wasn't there. Their honeymoon phase was so sweet but in the back of my mind I couldn't fully enjoy it knowing that this IS NOT Ye Pingjun. However I did like how sometimes during her amnesia phase that hint of stubbornness and spunk would come back.

The ending hit me hard. Like from a logical perspective Changxuan is a dick so good riddance but at the same time we saw his redemption. I think the scene comparing the empty hotel vs when everyone was safe was beautifully shot and really displayed the consequences of war.

I'm so sad its over. They were such a beautiful couple and I pray they will get a second collaboration soon. Their contrasting looks just makes it so good. The tough cold man vs the sweet female lead. I guess now we can say shes free from Yu Changxuan when this is like the one part of the plot she didn't want to be free of him.