PLOT
This drama is about a girl, Jie An Jie (AJ), whose father is a rich entrepreneur. However, her life is nowhere as easy as it may seem - due to unfortunate events she was in exile for six years, experienced a car accident; first lost her boyfriend and then was abandoned by someone who took a really important place in her heart.
The premise of the drama is really good - we get to follow the struggles of AJ as they are unveiled throughout the drama.
The thing that bothered me about the plot (I will refrain from spoiling) was that there is one important fact that AJ does not know about - but any viewer can guess it within the first few episodes; most of the other main characters find out about it somewhat later, but she does not find out until much later - at which point, whilst it does have an impact on her, it seems like quite an anti-climax. I think that the script did not make the most of that aspect of the story.
Also, the plot did slow down in the third quarter of the drama... I would say that skipping a few episodes around that time might be a strategic move (unless you enjoy the side plot which gets a lot of attention at the time).
CHARACTERS
Another thing is that I found AJ's character rather weak, especially with regard to interpersonal relationships - most of the time she escapes from problems or at best shows a passive attitude. Though in fairness, she also shows good character development in other areas, as she makes substantial efforts and progress both in her work and art.
The main lead character seems in order, but I could not quite help but wonder what made him so interested and devoted in AJ... He is really talented and fierce in his work and really gentle and caring in love - pretty much an ideal combination!
The other characters were fine - AJ's brother, Piao Zheng, was a lot of fun to watch - he cared about AJ a lot, but also had an interesting and entertaining love story.
There was also some valuable character development to be seen in other characters (I shall not spoil) - during the course of the drama some of them realised their mistakes and corrected their ways. Though it was a little annoying that they usually did it when it was already too late to reverse the effects of their actions... I guess that it is more heart-clenching and educational that way.
There were also some other pairings in the drama. Though I found it weird that one of the really side characters suddenly became really prominent around 3/4 into the drama. He appeared for a total of about 3 minutes in all previous episodes and suddenly his love story and problems at work became the main focus of a few episodes, at the expense of the OTP (who hardly appeared at all!), which added to the dragging nature of the third quarter of the drama...
A cute, but sometimes overused aspect of the drama is that similar situations seemed to be happening to a few people at the same time - for example, we have one couple experiencing some problems - a scene later: similar thing happens to one of the other couples... This was applied to some important events, but sometimes would involve something as unimportant as multiple characters being in restaurants at the same time.
ACTING
I was pretty satisfied with regard to acting - my main regret was that AJ's character was not as interesting as I would have liked it to be for Wang Ziwen - she is such a versatile actress, but it seemed like this character was a little too bland.
MUSIC
OST was appropriate, though as far as I remember did not include too many songs. The two songs that it did contain were pretty and nostalgic.
OVERALL
I enjoyed watching this drama, though it was far from being among my favourites. It was pleasant to watch, had some weaknesses (the major one being the script - such a missed opportunity!). I would give this one a go if you have nothing else to watch or if you are looking for a nice, entertaining, neither summery, nor wintery, lukewarm drama.
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Good but wasted episodes
This was an interested drama, but the story was not long enough to make 50 episodes, so there were filler pieces. The filler pieces took away from the drama and so the end was a bit rushed to make up. The main female lead was a bit too simple but the male lead was so sweet, dedicated and romantic. The supporting characters were good up to a point. But after just became annoying. The pair that hijacked about 5 episodes were not liked at all and it was not clear where that story came from. At one point I had to check to make sure that I was still in the same drama.Overall, a good story, but could have done with a review and maybe more rewriting.
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This review may contain spoilers
Let me be honest by saying that I watched this drama because of Jia Nai Liang because I liked him in another drama I saw. That being said... I have a few issues. First off, the female lead was... well lets just say she could've been better. The actress was good don't get me wrong... it's just the character I have an issue with. Like, how could she not put all the clues together to get that Mr. Xi was Elvis? She only ever saw the negative in him until all of the sudden she likes him. Parts of her character just make no sense and I get it that she's got some trauma from what happened before she left for abroad, but she CONSTANTLY misunderstood people. I also have issues with Yali... but I could be here for HOURS listing everything wrong with her.
Secondly, this was another drama that although it was good... it was too long drawn out. Not to mention the last few episodes centered around Yang Kai's issues not our leading couple and felt like they weren't really supposed to be there. Like what was up with Piao Zheng suddenly going to Africa as well as the sudden hair change for YK and Anjie's bestie Mo Jia Zhen (and the sudden change back for MJ)? Continuity seemed a bit off.
In conclusion, the story is good... both the romance and the revenge parts. I just feel like it could've been condensed, the female lead could've been a bit less pathetic (Yali too).
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the best character is the main male lead. The FML is too weak and dumb.
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The writers have revealed a glimpse of a major issue that happened before the female lead left home and I must admit that it has somewhat altered my feelings toward one of the male leads., not a pleasant one. The writers revealed a glimpse in the past where our male lead was aggressive towards the female lead. Of course this happens early on and in the past however when our female he reentered the scene he is a sweet loving person. I on the other hand I have a hard time saying oh I like him after witnessing it.
Music: I will say in all truth that I normally don’t pay attention to the music or sound effects during most shows however I noticed it during the series. Due to the nature of this series and the events that are taking place I found that the music that was playing during certain scenes just did not fit. Our two leads are having a conversation. The facial expression of our female lead is one of indifference with a touch of sadness. The music that was playing during her talking was bubbly if not Corky tones that often went along with something funny that happened or something slightly humorous. It was strange and just felt really out of place.
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Well
So I decided to watch this because I just watched “When A Snail Falls In Love”. Boy was this a mistake, I don’t have many words for this.It is long and drawn out, I never got to the plot, I made it to episode 4 of full watching and all the way to episode 15 skipping through and jumped to episode 50 to get it over with.
I don’t know if it was long and drawn out, the delusions of a lot of the characters, to the color white that the main fl always seems to be in or how no one knows how to explain themselves.
I would not recommend watching 50 episodes of this
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Wang Ziwen
Gözümü yoran, sevimli olmayan, güzellik desen yok neden bu kaını seçmişler bu diziye. Başrol oyuncu erkeğe yazık olmuş. böyle yakışıklı başrole hiç uymayan başrol kadın izlerken onun sahnelerinin geçip gitmesini bekledim. Oyunculuk gücü bile yok. Keşke başrol kadının yerine daha iyi birini bulsalarmış. Çin dizileri içinde izledğim ve sevemediğim başrol kadın........................Diğer taraftan başrol erkeğinin oyunculuğuda görselliğide mükemel. bu adamı romantik komedide izlemek isterim................................ ona yakışışan hem oyunculuğu hemde güzelliğyle hoş bir aktirisle yeni bir dramada........................Was this review helpful to you?
