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Ashes to Crown chinese drama review
Ongoing 24/24
Ashes to Crown
3 people found this review helpful
by sunshinemonu
3 days ago
24 of 24 episodes seen
Ongoing 1
Overall 5.5
Story 3.5
Acting/Cast 4.0
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 1.0
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Forced trope and lack of character development

I don't think I'm the right person to analyze the story since I dropped it after three chapters, but from what I saw, it's hard to understand how a character can be so complex.

I mean, when the protagonist spoke with that traumatized tone, as if she still didn't understand the situation she was in, you might say it was obvious because she suffered a traumatic event after seeing her father d* before her eyes, or being poisoned by her own husband or accused of betrayal. But she struck me as a weak character, lacking in backbone, or perhaps harboring deep-seated personal grudges that blinded her to what was right in front of her. The people around her praise her, portraying her as intelligent, as someone who reasons, who understands what's going on around her. But if the plot hadn't given her the chance to return to a point of no return, she might have gone down in history as the most foolish protagonist ever.

But as I said, it's not for me to judge the way something is written because I got bored very quickly. All the other characters seemed very boring to me. The protagonist caught my attention, but the excessive use of red made me nauseous. EVERYTHING, seriously, everything is red. I don't know who was in charge of the set design, but if there had been a variety of colors to express not just anger or disappointment with red, maybe I would consider continuing it.

Oh, and I'm not complaining about the acting; in fact, I liked how they portrayed the protagonist. I mean, I love his bad-boy, troubled vibe (which obviously puts him in a stereotype), but there's something that doesn't quite convince me, and maybe it's the excessive use of CGI. Perhaps they'll improve it in later episodes or change things that aren't noticeable in the first few. But it's often said that the first few episodes are essential for a story to be engaging, and I firmly believe that this is as much as I could give. Thanks, story, but I don't think you're for me.
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