Watching the drama and then reading the book to compare
Lately, I've been wanting to read books by 千山茶客 because her novels' adapted dramas have been well received.
Note: I watched the entire drama at 1.5 speed and found it just right. I did start at normal speed, got bored, stopped for half a year, then came back, starting from the beginning. If parts seem draggy, maybe watch at 1.5 speed.
This drama does not disappoint. I think the plot was quite good, no glaring loop holes. I've been watching Cheng Lei dramas back when he was only doing short dramas and this is the first of his full length dramas that I've watched. He did not disappoint.
I like Zhou Ye in Love Me, Love My Voice and it was pretty cool to see her playing such a different role.
Regarding voice dubbing...I'm not sure why they chose to dub all the mains and the important support roles. Usually, at least some of the mains/seconds will dub their own voice. Perhaps the actors were busy? In any case, Zhou Ye does have a naturally higher voice so I can see why they would go with someone with a deeper female voice. Cheng Lei's voice, if I remember from A Familiar Stranger, would have been fine. Maybe scheduling just didn't work out.
I've also been following Zhang Kang Le since he debuted and I thought he did a great job playing such a complicated character in this drama!
Looking forward to reading the book and seeing how it differs from the drama! If you want a good revenge story though, pretty much all of 千山茶客's books are rebirth/revenge. The censorship probably got rid of the dying/rebirth bits (The Double doesn't have rebirth in the drama as well, but it's there at the beginning of the book!), but the revenge is still there.
Edit: I finished reading the book. IT IS HILARIOUS!!! This is my favorite book of this author so far. It’s less revenge heavy and more personal growth/healing from past. The drama is probably 60-70% similar to the book with several minor characters turning into “two combined into one.” The ending is also significantly different. Still, I thought it was closer to the book than “The Double.”
Note: I watched the entire drama at 1.5 speed and found it just right. I did start at normal speed, got bored, stopped for half a year, then came back, starting from the beginning. If parts seem draggy, maybe watch at 1.5 speed.
This drama does not disappoint. I think the plot was quite good, no glaring loop holes. I've been watching Cheng Lei dramas back when he was only doing short dramas and this is the first of his full length dramas that I've watched. He did not disappoint.
I like Zhou Ye in Love Me, Love My Voice and it was pretty cool to see her playing such a different role.
Regarding voice dubbing...I'm not sure why they chose to dub all the mains and the important support roles. Usually, at least some of the mains/seconds will dub their own voice. Perhaps the actors were busy? In any case, Zhou Ye does have a naturally higher voice so I can see why they would go with someone with a deeper female voice. Cheng Lei's voice, if I remember from A Familiar Stranger, would have been fine. Maybe scheduling just didn't work out.
I've also been following Zhang Kang Le since he debuted and I thought he did a great job playing such a complicated character in this drama!
Looking forward to reading the book and seeing how it differs from the drama! If you want a good revenge story though, pretty much all of 千山茶客's books are rebirth/revenge. The censorship probably got rid of the dying/rebirth bits (The Double doesn't have rebirth in the drama as well, but it's there at the beginning of the book!), but the revenge is still there.
Edit: I finished reading the book. IT IS HILARIOUS!!! This is my favorite book of this author so far. It’s less revenge heavy and more personal growth/healing from past. The drama is probably 60-70% similar to the book with several minor characters turning into “two combined into one.” The ending is also significantly different. Still, I thought it was closer to the book than “The Double.”
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