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My Secret Romance korean drama review
Dropped 9/13
My Secret Romance
1 people found this review helpful
by ellie
Sep 8, 2020
9 of 13 episodes seen
Dropped
Overall 4.5
Story 4.5
Acting/Cast 6.5
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

I really wanted to like this drama :/

When I first read the synopsis, I was so excited to begin watching! It was so refreshing to finally see a drama that didn't shy away from sexual topics, but unfortunately this one fell flat.

The first few episodes are pretty good, the pacing is great and the plot isn't half bad. However, even then there were some issues, especially with plotholes and cliche use. I ignored these and pushed on, because I loved how this drama wasn't prude in it's romance AT ALL while also not being explicit. However, after the plot had established itself, the whole thing fell flat. This drama felt like it had no clear progression for me, it felt like it was going in circles at times. It depended heavily on cliched plot devices to progress it and it was too riddled with misunderstandings for my taste.

One thing I did enjoy was the skinship, it was refreshing to see the FL genuinely enjoy herself and I like that they included light makeouts, not just pecks. Other than that, the acting was okay, but the FL's naive personality began to grate on me as I continued watching. The ML's break in his serious facade was charming at times.

The OST was okay, not too bad but not memorable. The theme song is cute. At times, the music mixing seemed to be a little amateurish

I would not rewatch this drama considering I could not finish it.

Overall, unless you really like your kdrama cliches, misunderstandings & lies, I would not recommend. There is a reason why people dislike kdrama cliches and this drama showed me why.
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