I have very strong feelings about this drama, enough that I felt like I should skip-watch it to get to the last episode and see how it turned out and clearly I have more time in my hands than I realise as I definitely felt like I just wasted 12 hours of my life with this one.
DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME
Honestly, I was hankering for some Melodrama/Revenge stories after watching 'Secret' (which was excellent!) and the whole love/hate dynamic was heartbreakingly good to watch. In Secret the chemistry was amazing and I'm sure I'm not the only one who wanted some censorship friendly hate s** , or at least some bruising kisses between the Main Leads. This is how I ended up watching this show. Boy did I take the wrong turn! I really don't understand why this has a 7.9 rating and glowing reviews.
Story was not bad, immature at times but actually thought out. nothing earth-shattering or even highly original but easy to follow and the mystery that we follow throughout all 19 episode get resolved somewhat satisfactorily at the end. Just that the way it was filmed was confused in the sense that you realise that the director/writer just wasn't sure if this was a Melodrama, a rom-com, or a thriller.
Cast/Characters were totally mismatched. Nothing against any of the actors, they played their part well enough but whoever did the casting was either romantically numb or just plain blind. Marcus Chang had better chemistry with BFF/spy and should have been given the main female lead role. The actress playing Xi Yu should have been cast as the vet. and the vet as the bff/spy. The only perfectly casted actor was the fiancee. She did the job well.
Honestly the writer needs to learn to write better tv female leads. The main female felt like a caricature of a warm-hearted, kind, earnest & naive Damsel in Distress. Seriously I cried for feminism as she tumbled her way across the screen not even thinking about self preservation (seriously the whole town knows your face and are after your mommy, change your hair style and wear some Clark Kent glasses or something!) I get that's why the other characters are supposed to feel protective over her but one can be a spunky, sassy damaged heroine who others want to protect too!
Music/OST was the only real redeeming quality, both the opening and ending songs were very catchy.
Overall waste of time. I stuck it out because the reviews says it gets better. I'm here to tell you that it doesn't. I do respect that other people have different opinions and if you decide 1 bad review is not going to stop you from enjoying this, then go ahead. I reserve the right though to draw comparisons with this and the worst Harlequin romances I've read so far (and trust me I've read quite a few, don't judge, I travel a lot ok?)
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