It doesn't get better, utterly disappointing under the disguise of thoughfulness and fears, the values defended during the first part get thrown out the window fairly quickly.
Bloody slow as well, wasted their life and mine.
That's not what I'd call wanting an ordinary life.
I love the main actress so she makes it easy to keep going while hoping for a lovely outcome or something.
WTF.
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When supporting cast was the true main cast
It was boring and I couldn't understand a lot of things humanly. The Prota was somehow a stalker while the female Prota was quite strenuous and unpredictable. Much of her decision did not really made sense to me. She was very exhausting for my taste.In the end I couldn't understand what he found so great about her. There was a good plot twist, but not much was made of it. Ultimately, the supporting cast was more interesting than the protagonists.
I only finished it bc I hate to drop and I really wanted to know how it end. I‘m honest I had skipped from ep 12 to ep 16.
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I understood the point, but could be so much better.
What a waste of chemistry between the two leads… very frustrating caracters… I’ll give this note just because it was a really pretentious script… intended too much, delivered a slow pace show going nowhere... the caracters development it was hard to watch, the two leads looks like teenargers... I just can’t recommend this drama to anyone, the script could make some good changes from the novel, such as delivering a more satisfying ending ……………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………….……Was this review helpful to you?
Just say no
Life is too short to drag myself down with drama's like this. The only positives were the OST and I do like both of the actors playing the male and female lead. However, there was too much hurt, too many lies, too much toxicity and too many words left unsaid. If a series is trying to be real, I get it and can appreciate that, but It wasn't even realistic in my opinion. Fortunately I haven't experienced a work environment with this much drama and mistrust. It was a frustratingly, draining watch .Was this review helpful to you?
Waste of time if you like romance
The netflix clip gave the impression that this was a wholesome, boy meets girl drama which is what i signed up for and by episode 8 i realised i made a huge mustake. And after 11 i couldnt take it anymore. When does the person being broken up with ever gets a say!!? In this drama it wasnt done until she said so. It's a slow drag to depression and im not here for it. It was a lame open ending which i hate, after making us wait for so long, make up your mind to make it good or bad, not subpar!Was this review helpful to you?
Only for mature audiences
The show has slow paceing but after 2nd episode you r going to love the storyThe goods:
The fresh pairing and just how cute they look with each other, are the reasons we began watching. Of course, an office romance and that too in a bank setting piqued our interest equally as much. Various stories of difficult customers, the demanding nature of the job and more are the points which we look forward to during the show.
The bads:
‘The Interest of Love’ is extremely slow! You will want to usher the characters to get to some place or begin speaking already while they dilly-dally their way in. A lot of pondering, observing, and unexplained wondering is spread throughout the first two episodes but from episode 3 show will catch up.
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Bad Mess Of A Show
This is just not an interesting show; a potentially great story about rich and poor in Korea got lost in the messy four-way love saga that left me actively resenting the male lead protagonist for how he treated his girlfriend whilst pining for someone else. I would not recommend anyone to watch this as it's just not very good.Moon Ka-Young is great but she stands alone in her acting. Her peers just aren't very good and their characters lack depth or nuance. Kdramas and their love triangles are tedious. The best kdramas are the ones that don't make this subplot the front and centre of the show.
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WHAT WAS THAT FINALE ?
i was STRESSED, you mean everything happened FOR NOTHING??? Maybe I'll be kinda problematic for this opinion but it's just my perception.I like sad endings, i rlly love the feeling of nostalgia and the way things change and that's why I'm a huge fan of dramas like 2125 or moon lovers, but this show REALLY stressed tf outta me 😭, it was confusing, had unnecessary plot twists and a bad ending. It's really sad bc it had incredible memorable moments and the chemistry between the main characters was amazing. I think i am even more disappointed bc i was CRYING at that scene where migyeong and sangsu were in the car and they were breaking up, it was incredibly done and i completely loved it. I srsly think that they stole the show and i do not say that the other actors didn't did well it's just that sangsu and migyeong rlly stole my heart. Idk, At first it was kinda boring then it got better and finally it just went worse 😞 i would not rewatch the show
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My heart still aches with pain and turmoil
This drama took me through a journey. The end was not very favourable to me. Lots of disappointment mixed with a feeling of wanting more leaves me in an oppressive state of wanting more. I was so excited through the drama hoping that all the knots and entangled feelings and relationships will smoothen out but this drama leaves me unsatisfied to my very core. It does not do justice to its characters. I do not see any character development. After a progressive start, the storyline just went on to become far more confusing. I wanted the leads to have a moment where they could understand and acknowledge what they were actually feeling and what they wanted for themselves and their love interests where as some of the actions taken by them still remain a mystery.Was this review helpful to you?
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It's not romances and love....
Loves make maturity man......this not like this....Every human respect they past .. because makes u perfect..I'm totally irritating.and disappointed..I don't know what I write...Im simply bad mood...
Loves make maturity man......this not like this....
Every human respect they past .. because makes u perfect..I'm totally irritating.and disappointed..I don't know what I write...Im simply bad mood...
Loves make maturity man......this not like this....
Every human respect they past .. because makes u perfect..I'm totally irritating.and disappointed..I don't know what I write...Im simply bad mood...
Loves make maturity man......this not like this....
Every human respect they past .. because makes u perfect..I'm totally irritating.and disappointed..I don't know what I write...Im simply bad mood...
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It's a strangely compelling story about broken people failing MISERABLY at relationships
I think the dichotomy in the reviews say it all, people either hated it or loved it. It didn't really leave people indifferent.I imagine a lot of people were put off by the gap between what the series is and the expectations. It's not a rom com, it's not a comfort slice of life, it's not an ensemble series, it's not even a Makjang full of twists. It's not even really a love story, neither a realistic nor an idealized one, though maybe you could say it's a story about relationships, about how some people just can't make it work due to their shortcomings.
It relies a lot on execution: on the cast, on the direction, on the photography/cinematography, on the consistency... But here is the thing, it does work.
So you end up with a series about characters who self-sabotage, who lack the courage needed to make relationships work, who'll pick the easy path over the right one more often than not, who drown when life hits them without apparently even attempting to fight back, all in all quite gloomy and frustrating things, except you're inevitably pulled in as it's executed well enough to make you feel all the (often dark) emotions. It's easy to feel upset almost every time the characters make a decision because most of them will predictably give them pain, yet they still do it without breaking the willing suspension of disbelief. Characters are bad, but they can be strangely compelling and engaging; and ironically enough are consistent even in their inconsistency and lack of decisiveness.
I think if you can't handle it or really dislike the themes, then you're going to hate the series like crazy as a result. But if you're watching series for the emotions, good and bad, then I think it can be a pretty good watch.
It's kind of like watching the Titanic; yes it's pretty, but you're still watching a ship inexorably heading towards the iceberg, with very avoidable, very tragic results.
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Realistic but frustrating
To be honest, I watched this drama a long time ago, but at the time I hadn’t discovered reviews or MDL yet! 🤣The acting was really good, I have to say. Although I’m not usually a fan of Moon Ka Young based on the dramas I’ve watched so far, she played her role very well here. Yoo Yeon Seok was excellent as always, and Keum Sae Rok felt very realistic too.
The plot, however, was something I didn’t like. Okay, I understand that it’s a realistic drama and that every character had their own personal issues, but still… the indecisiveness made me furious at times. I couldn’t stand how much Ahn Soo Young focused on the hesitation she saw in Sang Su. If it was such a big deal for her — understandable. Move on. There was no need to play with both his feelings and Jong Hyeon’s feelings.
By “playing with his feelings,” I mean all the constant back-and-forth behavior: getting close, pulling away, returning again, and then abandoning him again. Why? It wasn’t healthy even for her.
Mi Gyeong was controlling and manipulative because she knew Sang Su had feelings for her “friend.” Another manipulative thing she did, at least in my opinion, was trying to become close friends with Soo Young. Although she knew Sang Su wasn’t in love with her, she still pursued him, and in the end she got hurt, even though she knew from the beginning that his heart wasn’t hers. A bit delulu? Yes. You love at your own responsibility!
For the other guy I have nothing to say because for me it was like a side character in the whole story!a guy there is just to fill soo Youngs gap!sorry for Jong byeon,but to me he was just the other guy existing!
This is the kind of drama where the characters’ issues keep repeating over and over again, and at some point nobody even considers therapy. Soo Young kept running away from situations until the very end, and the reunions after several years felt unrealistic.
Her relationship with Jong Hyeon never really stood a chance, just like Sang Su and Mi Gyeong’s relationship didn’t. But honestly, even the relationship between Sang Su and Soo Young never truly stood a chance either. It was toxic. There was lingering attraction and yearning between them, but that was all. I never felt there was actual love. Their personal problems and emotional complexes were stronger than their feelings for each other. 🥲
I also would have liked to see more character development because the situations kept repeating like a cycle without the characters truly improving. Even by the end, I never felt that Soo Young had really changed. It honestly felt like she could abandon him all over again. That’s why the ending didn’t feel satisfying or hopeful to me — it felt unresolved in an emotional sense, not just in a romantic sense.
Even the open ending was frustrating to me. In the past, I probably would have wanted them to end up together for the fairytale ending, but as an adult now, I understand that realistically they wouldn’t.
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