I get that this story has a lot of secrets that will be revealed "in due time," but beyond that teasing intrigue there is almost nothing else going for this drama. The progression of the romance is weak and unbelievable. The rationale behind the VP's behavior doesn't make sense. I mean, you're together for 9 years and then all of the sudden, let me act a lovesick fool around you. There's nothing gradual with how things are progressing and honestly the romance is taking up too much of the story time. I'm only hanging in there because Park Seo Joon is bae.
I'm skipping over everything else. Will update as the series progresses...if I even make it to the end.
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Cliched and predictable
Couldn't watch after the second episode. Everything was too predictable and cliched while some aspects were too farfetched to believe. Logically speaking, the eponymous secretary Kim went into the job for the money so why wouldn't she honestly consider her boss's generous offer, which included a house, to retain her? The excuses were too forced and fake and I just couldn't put myself through this boring BS fest. Oh, and it was annoying having to be subjected to the male lead's showering body a lot. It objectified him just like showing flesh on an unnecessarily scantily clad woman would objectify the woman. You know this show is shallow when they'd use this device to fish for views, and you know it's an artificial device when it added nothing to the storyline.Was this review helpful to you?
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Can't stand narcisstic boss and doormat secretary
There were so many rave reviews about What's Wrong with Secretary Kim. I had never watched Park Seo Joon's dramas so this was my first. I also watched it for Chansung because I liked him in My Holo Love.I gave up What's Wrong with Secretary Kim after episode 3. If you are looking for boss-secretary romance drama, go watch 'The Secret Life of My Secretary'.
What I liked:
1) Supporting cast - Many wonderful actors and actresses in this drama e.g. Pyo Ye Jin, Kang Ki Young, Chansung, Hwang Bo Ra (she was captivating)
What I dislike:
1) Male lead characterisation - I couldn't stand his narcistic personality and arrogant attitude. So self-absorbed.
2) Female lead characterisation - She was a doormat. I don't understand why was she still in touch with her ex-boss after resignation. If she was required to train new secretary, then she should just handle training and not give in to boss's work demands.
3) Childhood connectrion trope - Why was this trope used when the trio had not even maintained friendship as they grew older?
4) Romance - I feel like Park Minyoung was wrongfully cast for this series. I couldn't see any "romantic sparks" between her and Park Seo Joon.
Favourite scene
The only memorable scene from the 3 episodes that I watched was the sports day.
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Since I was a fan of Kpop for long time, but this is my first time get into k-drama as usually, I always listen to the songs from many kpop groups, but I was falling in love with this drama very quickly. Thanks allkpop for posting the article about bts v sent coffee truck for park seo-joon, that’s the main reason I can watch this beautiful drama...
I wish the ending would be better if park minyoung chooses her boss over lee tae hwan
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Did not pique any interest in me in any way
The synopsis didn't sound promising: Can 9 years of nothing develop into something more? More than what, sounds the first question. Hundred times zero is still zero... Still, I tried 1 episode of this.About the secretary from this drama's title, whom the ML keeps for 9 years: First time she showed up, I realized it was Kim Na Na. From 'City Hunter'. Don't remember the actual actress' name... About 32 years old, now. Actually older than the lead guy. No wonder that she no longer wants to be all work no play. "What's Wrong with Secretary Kim"? She'd probably like to have a life, now.
Now, we are shown she's such kind of a personal assistant who personally selects a necktie for the guy every morning, and puts it on him, too (that looks kinda husband-and-wifey:) At the beginning, we watch one of those mornings. He seems to be active in being pleased with himself. My, after 9 years, she must be TIRED with him. Yet she never loses her polite smile no matter what he says, and overall seems extremely well adjusted to his ways and never fails to meet his expectations. Her behavior is absolutely flawless, you have to admire her. After first 15 minutes of the runtime, she informs him of her decision to quit.
I must say that as an viewer, I was not even looking forward a possible romance, here. Both ML and FL were of age when most people are already married and/or have a kid, and neither of them was my type so much that I'd be particularly keen on watching their office romance. Actually, the only cast member I was pleased to see was Kang Ki Young, whom I remembered from his previous funny roles. He indeed brings funny moments in here. Else, the first episode consists mainly of the ML trying to find the reason why his secretary wants to leave. In the end, she tells him the truth: something I wrote in my 2nd paragraph. Nothing's wrong with her in the slightest. But, what's up with the boss?:) To be continued...
Episode 2: Kang Ki Young keeps to amuse me and after all, even ML amuses me. It's good that he's such a narcissist. It's funny. Also, he's actually secluded in that, with his secretary being the only woman close to him (he also has some kind of phobia preventing him from skinship with women). Oddly enough, his total self-conceit actually gives him some kind of innocence. It's good that the writer thought of such story, else his interest in bland, couple years older woman would not look believable. Episode 2, secretary Kim is already training her successor. We watch her early flashback when she was a newbie herself. In other words, when she was still human. She had to turn into stone to serve him with such perfection all those years. She in fact would have quit immediatelly, had she not needed to pay off some family debt... Now with that debt finally gone, it is high time for her to become alive again, to LIVE her life, before she's too old for it... Her boss, on the other hand, is in state of barely covered panic, upon losing all the safety & convenience she provides. So, when hearing that she'd like to marry, he proposes to her. When hearing (from his subordinate/only friend) it's needed from him to date her first, he tries to somehow court her. When the whole office goes out for a drink (which itself is questionable: who needs to see their coworker's ugly side when drunk?) he joins, to everyone's poorly covered dismay. During the party, he tries to accommodate secretary Kim clumsily, while everyone around keeps getting drunk. I wondered whether she'll get drunk too, and plainly tell him that she had to sacrifice her best years to him, and how much she now wants to be free from his slavery. She stays sober, though. Merely asks him why did he do everything he usually does not, that night. His response is like it's confirming that he lives on a different planet from her. She learned to cope with that well in work-related matters. But what to do now when he means to get personal? Maybe, it would be better had she got drunk. Instead, they text each other like a pair of teenagers... Resulting in next morning, he addresses her personal rebuke as work-related. He does not understand that she meant those traits unacceptable for her boyfriend to have, not for her boss. Then he tells HER to refrain from speaking of personal matters at work, LOL. Ugh... Anyone wanna date their boss? I'd say it's generally irksome with any personality or situation. Thank god for all these far-fetched drama elements which actually make it somehow bearable. The bottom line of this episode: We were given a couple of hints in the flashbacks. First, when she yelled back at him, he actually responded with respect. Second, she was the one first offering to tie his necktie. He didn't require it from the new secretary...
Episode 3: The boss is trying to be all romantic and takes his chosen one on a date according to her preferences. Turns out, secretary Kim has a totally childish taste (riding a merry-go-round, watching fireworks, receiving stuffed animal) which isn't a good fit neither with the character nor with the 32 year old portraying actress. She doesn't look the same like in 'City Hunter' anymore... Also, that ponytail she keeps wearing at work, it looks like fake hair. Same for Park Seo Joon, he looked cute in 2 years earlier 'Witch's Romance', interesting what difference can 2 years make. His looks remind me of a porcelain doll. Nice, but not very manly... Overall, looking at the main couple, we can see two people who already started aging. So, they don't have that much time for nonsense.
Episode 4: Getting bored... Don't really care whether these two would start to date. Putting this on hold.
Episode 5: After putting the show on ice for 3 months, I watched episodes 4 & 5. And... This show just does not stir any interest in me in any way.
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Touchant et divertissant
Ce drama s'inscrit dans la lignée des histoires romantiques sans surprise ou rebondissement.Et pourtant… Pourtant je me suis laissé embarquer dans cette histoire avec plaisir, et sans jamais m'ennuyer. C'est vraiment un drama plein de fraicheur, et le couple principal fonctionne vraiment bien. D'ailleurs, c'est un des dramas, où l'amour se ressent vraiment dans leurs gestes d'attachements, tout comme dans les scènes des baisers, qui sont clairement plus véridiques que dans certains dramas.
L'histoire des leads est recherchée, et change un peu des histoires habituelles.
Park Seo Joon porte très bien son rôle d'égocentrique qui une fois qu'il est sur le point de perdre quelque chose, se rend compte de la valeur de celle-ci, et fait tout même si c'est maladroitement, pour montrer son amour à la femme qu'il ne veut pas perdre.
Le tout saupoudré d'humour et de scène rigolotes où j'avoue avoir bien ri. Sincèrement j'ai passé un bon moment, contrairement à d'autres dramas où la romance ne nous embarque pas à ce point là.
A découvrir pour se vider la tête, et se laisser porter par une simple, mais jolie histoire d'amour.
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Dorama maravilhoso e muito completo. Quem ama uma história entre destinados vai amar em dobro.
Cara, que dorama. Eu já tinha visto um e estava muito apegada a ele, por isso mesmo que eu achava que esse dorama NUNCA iria ultrapassar as expectativas que eu tive.Ok, de primeira eu não fui muito surpreendida, mas aos poucos você fica dependente da série! MDS!
Fora que tem muito humor equilibrado (equilibrado porque tem uns doramas de romance que colocam tanto humor que fica mais comédia do que tudo) com o próprio Vice-Diretor.
Olha, confesso que essa protagonista é muito bem construída porque ela tem a própria opinião, sabe? Ela não se deixa levar simplesmente e faz o que tem vontade. Ela é eficiente, tem maturidade e ainda assim sabe se divertir. Eu amei a Kim!
O protagonista é aquele cara que você quer um na sua vida, mano. Ele SEMPRE protegeu demais a Kim, mas pensa num cara que só sabia pensar na secretária? Era ele. O único problema é que ele nunca soube demonstrar bem isso. Mas pensar numa criança protegendo outra tão bem..., ah mano.
Fora que (SPOILER, SPOILER SPOILER TREMENDO)
imagina só uma criança que teve que se rastejar até o outro lado da sala só para pegar uma tesoura, fora que ele nem poderia olhar para cima porque tinha o cadáver de uma mulher pendurado ali...., cara. Ele simplesmente guardou tudo para si durante todo esse tempo e só protegeu todo mundo! FORA QUE ELE É O CARA MAIS ENGENHOSO COM AQUELE *AUREA*.
Eu simplesmente não tenho palavras para descrever esse dorama. Ele é muito fofo mesmo, tem tudo que eu amo que é duas pessoas destinadas, te prende do início até o fim, tem tanto início-meio-fim bem definidos e sem ter algo fora de nexo, sabe? Eu sinto falta de doramas de escritório nesse estilo.
Destaco a produção perfeita!
Figurinos lindos, cenários perfeitos, MUITA química entre os personagens, MUITA emoção, MUITA risadaria com aquele protagonista e sua *AUREA*, amei aqueles efeitos de emoji voando pela tela e amei cada música que soube se adequar a cada tipo de situação.
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Mi aspettavo qualcosa di decisamente più spinto e poco divertente, invece alcuni personaggi tra cui il protagonista maschile mi hanno fatto scompisciare xD Anzi, diciamo che è pure tutto merito suo e delle situazioni che intrattiene con diversi personaggi che gli ruotano attorno. Inoltre la coppia tra lui e Park Min Young è stata fenomenale, la loro chimica era perfetta. Lei l'avevo già vista acerba in Healer e non posso non ammettere che abbia fatto passi da gigante: sarà per l'accoppiata con Lee Young Joo, ma è stata fantastica.
Se cercate un drama romantico che vi faccia ridere e scoppiare il cuore, l'avete trovato! ♡
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EU PENSEI QUE SERIA SÓ MAIS UM ROMANCE DE ESCRITÓRIO
No início pensei "Como vai nascer um romance disso?", eles são muito diferentes, ele é todo egocêntrico e arrogante, se ama tanto que chega a ser chato no início, mas depois a gente acaba se apaixonando por como ele é apaixonado por si mesmo hahahah. Ela é uma secretária muito "Secretária", é eficiente, focada no trabalho e sempre está com um sorrisinho simpático na boca, mesmo quando o chefe fala algo muito nada a ver, ela sorri e concorda, como a gente trataria uma criança que inventa histórias. Cheguei a pensar que com o andamento da história, ele mudaria esse lago egocêntrico, mas não, ele fica assim até o final e a gente aprende a gostar dele do jeito que ele é.Há muita comédia, ri demais com esses dois e com a turma do escritório. Não houve um momento de barriga na história, talvez no penúltimo episódeo apenas... Os secundários fazem um conjunto muito cativante, e me deixou com muita saudade.
Há um plot no meio da série referente ao mistério dos pesadelos que envolvem o triângulo amoroso, chorei o episodio inteiro! E olha que para eu chorar em dorama tem que ser algo muito sério hahaha...
Já assisti 2x e agora estou lendo o mangá para não perder nenhum detalhezinho. ...A música do casal do nada vem na minha cabeça e não consigo tirar...
Então por que 8,5? Há 3 casais que se formam na história além dos protas (pelo que eu me lembro), 2 deles não me cativou muito e achei chato. Faltou alguma coisa no final do irmão escritor, as últimas cenas dele tem um clima de "despedida merecida "que não lhe cabe pelo andamento da história. Parecia que ele ainda "culpava" o protagonista por algo, como se o protagonista ainda "devesse" algo para ele, e isso me deixou furiosa.
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