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This plot is shockingly simple and honestly quite boring. A lot of it could have been cut actually, while Seo Mi-Rae is a highly interesting character with believable hopes and dreams/fears, the writers fail to follow through on her emotional journey and leave her quite lacklustre. Jisoo did a surprisingly good job with the acting, she has been getting better and better but honestly a lot of the characters are under developed - the male lead for one, Park Kyeong-nam is just there for most of the plot. He does nothing. We get no further insight into who he is, why he likes Mi-Rae, or his relationship with his writer Hwany. The plot would advance if we replaced him with a sexy plank of wood. He has no personality, no character and is really very boring.

I would say, the story would have developed better if we had more insight into the side characters - particularly Yun Song. It was a missed chance.

This drama felt like it was trying to make a social commentary but then couldn’t commit to what it would have really needed to do - so decided to just drop it in favour of a boring relationship with no real backing.