i like it but it's so confusing from 2014 to 2018 to 2006 i can't arrange the events which happens before which
2006 = their high school years 2014 = YM's return from England and her working at a broadcasting studio 2018 = present (in the early episodes, those would be the opening scenes we'd see where it then flashes back to the past)
you can watch until ep 18 with eng subs at www.dimsum.my :)
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The book opens with the same scene as the drama, so it also starts out with them as a married couple and is told in a non-linear fashion through flashbacks and anecdotes.
2 eps, every Monday-Wednesday. (VIPs get 12 eps on Monday)
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Yep it's based on a true story. Highly recommend the book. It literally gives you fluffies inside XD
No. Copying/pasting an earlier reply I wrote on this point: It's a happy ending. In fact, the web novel starts in the present where they are already married. The web novel is not written in a linear fashion. Rather, you get to know the characters and their story through the anecdotes that the author shares (it's written in the first person). These anecdotes span their years together, including how they met in high school and eventually came to be as a couple.
I will update to add that the drama has taken a similar approach where, in the present, they are married, but then we will bounce back to their high school years or the years that follow their college graduation.
Mind letting me know if it’s a happy ending or sad ending?? :3
It's a happy ending. In fact, the web novel starts in the present where they are already married. The web novel is not written in a linear fashion. Rather, you get to know the characters and their story through the anecdotes that the author shares (it's written in the first person). These anecdotes span their years together, including how they met in high school and eventually came to be as a couple.
I'm rereading the book in prep for the drama and just reached that scene, and can confirm for you that you are…
I don't know about melancholic, but I would agree that the drama looks more dramatic than in the novel. I kinda get it though. As much as viewers always say they want a sweet story without any conflict, when we get that, people then complain it's not interesting. Conflict hooks viewers' attention. Also, since the story in the novel is not told in a linear fashion, but rather through anecdotes that alternate at times from past to present, I imagine the screenwriter for the drama had to fill in the gaps in between.
As for Guan Chao and Hao Wu Yi, I haven't met it yet to the end of my reread but my recollection is the same as yours: there is no love line for either of them.
Like you, I'm excited for Janice Wu's performance in this drama. She's never disappointed in the few dramas of hers that I've seen, and I think she'll be perfect for the role of Joey. I'm not familiar with the male lead actor, but I'm looking forward to getting to know him. I'm also *super* excited for tomorrow! :D
IT IS FINALLY GONNA AIR! and it seems pretty accurate to the book too except the whole she couldn't go to England…
I'm rereading the book in prep for the drama and just reached that scene, and can confirm for you that you are correct. That's actually part of the reason why they had their four-year "Cold War." Mr. F confessed to Joey (in his method of style, of course) and she rejected him. Part of the reason for her rejection though was when she arrived at their high school farewell dinner, she was already upset as she'd just learned from others that he was leaving for school in England. Since she didn't know about it before that night and didn't learn about it from Mr. F, that means (in the book, at least) Mr. F didn't ask her to study abroad with him.
Another difference, based on the trailer, is it looks like Joey has a father who gets into an accident (which is why she gives up going to England?). In the book, however, her parents are divorced and she grew up with her mother and brother (Guan Chao). She mentions how coming from a single-parent home made her feel inadequate at times.
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2014 = YM's return from England and her working at a broadcasting studio
2018 = present (in the early episodes, those would be the opening scenes we'd see where it then flashes back to the past)
Hopefully that helps!
I will update to add that the drama has taken a similar approach where, in the present, they are married, but then we will bounce back to their high school years or the years that follow their college graduation.
As for Guan Chao and Hao Wu Yi, I haven't met it yet to the end of my reread but my recollection is the same as yours: there is no love line for either of them.
Like you, I'm excited for Janice Wu's performance in this drama. She's never disappointed in the few dramas of hers that I've seen, and I think she'll be perfect for the role of Joey. I'm not familiar with the male lead actor, but I'm looking forward to getting to know him. I'm also *super* excited for tomorrow! :D
Another difference, based on the trailer, is it looks like Joey has a father who gets into an accident (which is why she gives up going to England?). In the book, however, her parents are divorced and she grew up with her mother and brother (Guan Chao). She mentions how coming from a single-parent home made her feel inadequate at times.