Oh My Drama Lover (2020)

Can anything be messy like this? Um..... NO

It's the perfect example when someone tries to put romance, mystery, comedy, and little fantasy together but in the end, nothing makes any sense other than turning into a perfect disaster.. sounds like a big word right but it was all messy and till the end, we get nothing more than. Why I watch this?

I guess it's becoming a trend these days for authors to become part of their own novel. So it started with all confusion having no idea where's the story going or why many things are happening at the first place. The story was just okay okay but it was bad in the execution and I didn't felt the chemistry between leads that much, yeah there were some sweet moments but more cringy. The side couples um I'll say fine. But honestly, the most boring part was the mystery thing. I mean when you have mystery as the main genre, it expected to be the core of story but it wasn't a mystery at all for me coz my all guesses were right in the end.

Well if you have a lot of free time then you can give it try but it's not worth it... just average drama which even isn't average. Not recommend watching, still if you are insisting you can give it try to the first few episodes, and then decide.

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female novelist getting inside her own novel and the complicatedness and story behind it

This drama tried to be Someday or one day , but this drama didnt really work. I think thats why people rate it so low. Its has some plot holes and did make sense/ add up. This drama is not a cute love story ( well part of it is) Its more thriller/crime mixed in with romance.

The female lead is a novelist and is in the process of writing her story " Detective ceo." Somehow through a car accident she gets into the world of her book, but she loses all her memory about her old self. Inside the story she is another character called Qian Zhen Zhen. (btw inside her story she is another person, even the way she looks). The male lead is Lu Li, the assistant of Qian Zhen Zhen. In her story Qian Zhen Zhen is a lu cha biao and tries to seduce the boss.. ( the boss is the story's main lead) Her personality changes when the female lead Li Chun Xi ( the novelist) gets inside the story. The female lead novelist person is more calm and collected, sometimes the wild Qian Zhen Zhen will occasion come out, and try to seduce the boss.... lol... As the start of the story I was unsure who was the male lead was... but slowly she spends more time and develops a relationship with the assistant. They get wrapped in interviewing a psychologist, who is the main culprit behind everything that is happening. He's an evil mastermind. Turns out he knew the assistant's older brother. He set up the assistant's brother suicide. Thats why the assistant wanted to investigate him.

The story gets someone confusing when the female lead starts to remember who she is but partly, It made her seem like she had two personalities, or that she is crazy. The mystery aspect of this drama is heavy, but the story is written weirdly. But its through the female lead novelist finally remembering her whole identity that starts to help solving the case/ putting the bad guy in jail. not to mention the evil psychologist got someone else to do the dirty work.

But despite this there is still love! its a pretty cute love story/couple. I believed their chemistry and romance. Also the kisses where not just pecks on the lips, but feels more real. But obviously the drama is not focused on romance,

Im not sure if I really liked how it ended, i mean like every story there is an ending and she gotta wake up... The ending is interesting... haha

I think its a decent watch!!

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Recommended

Drama is pretty refreshing. This drama is basically a mix set up of novelist getting into his/her own book + a murder mystery + romantic story ( not your typical fluffy love story). The story was perfectly written as well as wrapped without any major loophole. If you are looking for something new, refreshing, a bit thrilling and a story that you can't predict then this one is for you. I won't write much cause this review shouldn't act as a spoiler but if you want to have some spoilers then you may message me.
Hope the review is helpful.
:-) Thank you for reading.

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I expected more

This drama was just okay for me.

I think I may have had really high expectations for this drama which is why it was a huge let down. I watched a lot of dramas with a similar concept, girl goes into a romance book (Lost Romance), girl goes into script (Romance of Tiger and Rose), girl is a character in a book (Extraordinary You), girl time travels to the past (Love is better than immortality/ Parallel Love/ Cinderella chef), and more, all of which I loved, but this drama didn't even come close to any of the others.

I liked the FL and ML. The FL didn't annoy me, though her scenes were really cringe when she became her book self. The romance was really, really sweet between the ML and FL. Not the typical boss/employee relationship, though it did take me 2 episodes to realise who the ML was.

The ending, though happy, did not satisfy me one bit. It was too short and could have been better.

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I want my hours back

I blame my completist streak, I knew I should have dropped this after the first episode. Good looking actors does not equal a good story.

Plot was interesting based on the description but from the start, acting was already bad. I was hoping it would improve but it didn't. Even with 24 episodes, I was not able to connect to this drama. Even the kisses did not give me flutters.

They tried to do so much but ended up with nothing done well. There is supposed to be a mystery that was not a mystery at all. The romance part was very messy that you do not know who to actually root for because you don't know why they even like each other. Chunxi of the real world and Zhenzhen of the novel world felt disconnected and did not feel like the same person living in different bodies.

Luli was the only saving grace in this mess, the only one who gave some micro expressions. But sadly he couldn't carry the whole show.

The ending in the real world felt like fan service. I don't know if the FL and the ML's lookalike would even have a chance cause she did not even ask if he was single.

I guess the writers relied on tropes on this one but sadly did not deliver. Would not rewatch even if you pay me.

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Different Chinese Drama

"Oh My Drama Lover" basically tales the story of a third-rate mystery novel writer Li Chunxi, who gets transported in her own novel 'Detective CEO' after a car accident. In the novel Li Chunxi (Claire Jia) has no memory of her former self and becomes an antagonist named Qian Zhenzhen (Zhu Li Lan).
Qian Zhenzhen confused and gets a character reformation. She becomes totally a better person. In the process she also falls in love with her assistant Lu Li (Zhang Meng), who seems to have his own story. Li Chunxi having the same name and face as the writer end up with her love Ouyang Chen (William Lou), where the past Qian Zhenzhen acted as an obstacle. In the last this drama has an open ending.
"Oh My Drama Lover" is not a fluffy romance drama. It also conveys a serial murder mystery. Although the plot was not so strong and kind of predictable. But in a Chinese Drama it is kind of new and fresh. The moments between Lu Li and Qian Zhenzhen were sweet. The supporting cast did a decent job. If you are looking for a fresh concept in Chinese drama you could give "Oh My Drama Lover" a try.

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