An American Classic with a Korean twist

Maybe the thought of reading a story about three sisters living in poverty bored me. I never bothered reading the novel. To be completely honest, I never even knew the the basic plot of the novel. I just thought it would be about women, like the title suggested.

When the news came out that there would be a Korean remake, it didn’t interest me. I just thought it would be another boring kdrama.

Then I saw the casting, i was taken aback. "such great actors" I thought. But that wasn't enough to get me started on this show. Then I tried reading the reviews here on Mdl and most of them were positive, saying it was a 10/10. So I decided to give this a try.

And I loved it....Its one of my favourite shows now. The plot, the casting, all the crazy plot twists that I never expected. Thanks to this show I've discovered that I love thrillers and even tho I haven't finished it yet (if the ending is bad I'll come back and edit this review) but I have great expectations for this show. Its just so so so so good.

If you haven't tried it yet, please do.

Edit:
okay so I JUST finished the show and WOW. I thought that they might end up ruining it but they ending was so well wrapped!

One of the best shows of 22 without a doubt!

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I don't normally write reviews....

So this is probably the second time I'm writing a review. I heard a lot about Taxi Driver before I gave it a chance and what pushed me to watch it was a friend's recommendation who's really picky about what she watches and the reviews on MDL.

First of all, for someone who's lost a loved one to similar incidents as portrayed in the show and can empathise with the plot and the characters, this is a great show to which I can connect at a deeper level than someone who hasn't experienced something similar.

I love how Lee Je Hoon perfectly portrayed Kim Do Gi, a man driven by his need to protect other people from going through everything he went through and Kang Ha Na (Esom) who didn't want to believe that the law was flawed, changed her idea about how justice was delivered.

I loved the cast for this show, they were familiar faces, good actors who played their characters well.

I'll admit that at the end the show became a bit predictable but that's not necessarily a bad thing. I enjoyed it a lot.

Its one of those shows, when you reach a certain point, you just know that it's different.

9.5/10

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Not a huge fan of fantasy shows but....

I watched Hotel Del Luna last year despite not being into fantasy shows, particularly....the ones with ghosts/spirits but Hotel Del Luna had good reviews and I watched it and absolutely loved it. After my recent kdrama burnout, I decided to try something different once again and tried this show after reading the reviews here on MDL and can I just say that it was a lot better than I thought it would be?

The rate at which I've been dropping shows made me think that maybe I'd drop this one too but despite finding the opening of the show a bit boring I didn't give up and enjoyed it a lot.

It can't compare to Del Luna but it's still pretty good. I loved the plot and the execution. The casting was great and the leads had chemistry so I believe that not adding the romance element was a missed opportunity, I mean....to me it felt like they were just partners the whole time, would've been better if there were some feelings involved.
I loved the comedy aspect of the show, I've been watching serious shows and needed something like this. They could've done a better job with the bgm. I loved the ending too tho after episode 14 it slowed down a little.

It was predictable but predictable isn't always bad. I think it was a good show, not jaw-dropping, crazy good but still a good show.

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