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Starts of great, decent for most part but deflects from the novel and ruins the ending
Just another cliche one time watch romance chinese drama with the whole CEO and middle class girl plotline and how he makes her dreams come true with aviation industry settings. I think I have lost count of how many times I have seen Miles Wei play the same CEO type of roles but then again it suits him well. Li Xie Ning did extremely well with her role plus her portrayal of a air hostess turned pilot was great.
The storyline is nothing new or out of the box with the strong point of the entire drama being the chemistry between the leads and second leads. The pacing was decent and didn't feel over stretched and draggy at all, the humor at times was also on point.
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Here comes the biggest shitshow of this drama. The one thing that I loved about the novel was how the relation between the leads progressed and how they both were there for one another during the tough times. There was no unnecessary breakup something the drama forcefully added for no reason. They literally turn FL's character into a coward who at the very first instance of trouble turned her back towards the man who literally was there during her toughest times both professionally and personally. I do get she loves flying and how hard she has worked for it but instead of trusting her partner and herself, she simply dumps the man out of nowhere. Even when the whole mess is solved and knowing she screwed up and hurt the person who loved her, she still doesn't take a single step to mend things other than giving a bullshit emotional speech and simply moves on while he is the one making all the sacrifices and taking steps towards her. They literally made FL just like her mother. Even before this shitshow during their entire relation arc it was clear it was the guy who was head over heels while she was the one taking everything for granted.
FL and her broken relationship with her mom was a big part of novel and her character development something this drama fucked again. FL resents her mom for abandoning them and moving on with her new family. While some of the resentment was born from a misunderstanding where as a kid ,FL thought she was cheating with but it turns out he was only her manager and it is cleared by the end something FL does apologize for but the main thing was in the story her mother never once accepted FL as her daughter in front of others and behaved like strangers while showering love on her step daughter. She was never there in the past after FL's dad died leaving FL struggling for herself and her dreams while the mother was busy with her new marriage. By the end FL makes it clear that while she is wrong for thinking her mom cheated, she can't forgive the fact her mother was never there for her all her life while she was poor and struggling and now that FL has everything she wants, be it money or a loving boyfriend it is too late to make amends. She makes it clear she will be her daughter but only in the name and wants nothing more to do with her and rightfully so. All the confrontations that happened between them were so beautifully done.
While this drama goes the full cliche forgive the selfish parents no matter how horrible they were just for the sake of happy ending. The whole reunion between them literally had me facepalming but then again they did turn FL' character into a selfish coward just like her mom so wonder she forgave her mother and was all lovey dovey. I literally skipped through the last eps since looking at it made my blood boil.
A good drama ruined by the ending.
The storyline is nothing new or out of the box with the strong point of the entire drama being the chemistry between the leads and second leads. The pacing was decent and didn't feel over stretched and draggy at all, the humor at times was also on point.
-----------------------SPOILERS BELOW------------------------
Here comes the biggest shitshow of this drama. The one thing that I loved about the novel was how the relation between the leads progressed and how they both were there for one another during the tough times. There was no unnecessary breakup something the drama forcefully added for no reason. They literally turn FL's character into a coward who at the very first instance of trouble turned her back towards the man who literally was there during her toughest times both professionally and personally. I do get she loves flying and how hard she has worked for it but instead of trusting her partner and herself, she simply dumps the man out of nowhere. Even when the whole mess is solved and knowing she screwed up and hurt the person who loved her, she still doesn't take a single step to mend things other than giving a bullshit emotional speech and simply moves on while he is the one making all the sacrifices and taking steps towards her. They literally made FL just like her mother. Even before this shitshow during their entire relation arc it was clear it was the guy who was head over heels while she was the one taking everything for granted.
FL and her broken relationship with her mom was a big part of novel and her character development something this drama fucked again. FL resents her mom for abandoning them and moving on with her new family. While some of the resentment was born from a misunderstanding where as a kid ,FL thought she was cheating with but it turns out he was only her manager and it is cleared by the end something FL does apologize for but the main thing was in the story her mother never once accepted FL as her daughter in front of others and behaved like strangers while showering love on her step daughter. She was never there in the past after FL's dad died leaving FL struggling for herself and her dreams while the mother was busy with her new marriage. By the end FL makes it clear that while she is wrong for thinking her mom cheated, she can't forgive the fact her mother was never there for her all her life while she was poor and struggling and now that FL has everything she wants, be it money or a loving boyfriend it is too late to make amends. She makes it clear she will be her daughter but only in the name and wants nothing more to do with her and rightfully so. All the confrontations that happened between them were so beautifully done.
While this drama goes the full cliche forgive the selfish parents no matter how horrible they were just for the sake of happy ending. The whole reunion between them literally had me facepalming but then again they did turn FL' character into a selfish coward just like her mom so wonder she forgave her mother and was all lovey dovey. I literally skipped through the last eps since looking at it made my blood boil.
A good drama ruined by the ending.
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