Pros: this drama had some really wonderful scenes (peak cuteness, peak angst - scenes that make your heart soar and ache in the best way), a powerful female lead, some creative and unique plot points, and two gorgeous lead actors with pretty good chemistry.
Cons: So. much. filler. Even the process of skipping through most of it was exhausting. Also tonnes of death. To the point where you just become desensitized to it and it adds to the draggy-ness of the story. Finally, a very disjointed last few episodes, which makes for an unsatisfying ending.
I will probably re-watch some of my favourite scenes at some point, but there are too many cons to justify giving this drama a high rating.
For me the things the drama got right were Seo Woo's character and story, her relationship with Eun Joo, and her relationship with Ha Won. The scenes related to those characters and relationships were a pleasure to watch. Very sweet and comforting. Soon Ho and In Wook's characters, on the other hand, were worse than boring. They were aggravating. I skipped as many of their scenes as I could. I didn't worry about the logical inconsistencies with the AI, snow, who knew what when, etc. so I was able to really enjoy the parts I focused on. Some people said this show was too slow to binge, but I easily watched it in two days. If you're considering watching this, my recommendation is to do the same: figure out the parts you like and focus on those parts. It's not a masterpiece where every part is great, but it is a very sweet and enjoyable drama that's worth watching if you focus on certain parts.
This drama is so difficult to review and rate because on the one hand there were many, many things that I found frustrating, annoying or disappointing, and yet I still found myself enjoying the story or at least always wanting to click "next episode" to see what was going to happen next.
Part of that was an un-met expectation that things would start to fall into place and the special meaning behind certain characters and plot lines would finally be revealed and make sense. And part of it was just a good-looking cast and a story that was not emotionally draining to watch. But part of it was that the central characters / actors were engaging and the plot was rarely boring. Even when they were huge cliches, or did things that didn't make sense or acted a bit annoying, I still found myself invested in the leads' stories. There were a few moments with great chemistry, and despite the disappointingly incoherent plot the emotional commitment between the leads and few other elements did provide some emotional satisfaction.
The sad thing is that if the writing had been stronger, this really could've been a "great" drama instead of landing somewhere between "good" and "okay".
Thank you for all of your lists! They are my favorites in the whole site!I feel you should add wayyyyyyy before…
You're welcome! I'm glad you find them useful ^.^ Yeah, there are a few where I'm torn. It's hard to nail down (or remember) exactly when some characters "fall" as in fall in love vs. having a soft spot for someone or "wanting" them without exactly loving them.
also whats up with the synopsis??? lmao its literally explaining like every single part of the plot,, toooo many…
I just re-read the synopsis because I was planning to send this page to someone to recommend this drama and thought "wow this really should be updated". I've submitted an edited synopsis proposal.
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Cons: So. much. filler. Even the process of skipping through most of it was exhausting. Also tonnes of death. To the point where you just become desensitized to it and it adds to the draggy-ness of the story. Finally, a very disjointed last few episodes, which makes for an unsatisfying ending.
I will probably re-watch some of my favourite scenes at some point, but there are too many cons to justify giving this drama a high rating.
Part of that was an un-met expectation that things would start to fall into place and the special meaning behind certain characters and plot lines would finally be revealed and make sense. And part of it was just a good-looking cast and a story that was not emotionally draining to watch. But part of it was that the central characters / actors were engaging and the plot was rarely boring. Even when they were huge cliches, or did things that didn't make sense or acted a bit annoying, I still found myself invested in the leads' stories. There were a few moments with great chemistry, and despite the disappointingly incoherent plot the emotional commitment between the leads and few other elements did provide some emotional satisfaction.
The sad thing is that if the writing had been stronger, this really could've been a "great" drama instead of landing somewhere between "good" and "okay".