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I was eagerly waiting for this after i discovered we are getting Sang Yan's own story, because i really love him as a character from 'Hidden Love'. Though i am quite disappointed, I still appreciate that he gets to have his own romance as well, not just her sister.
The story, well i would say it's slow, like very slooooowwww, and that's not an exaggeration, nor a critique, because I'm all for slow romance, we're not new in these waters because cdramas are always slow, hence why they would run up to 30-40 episodes, unlike kdramas and jdramas. But yeah, the story is slow, they are really taking their time building up the world and the characters, all the relationships and dynamics between them. Some sideplots might seem like fluff, but it's not filler for the sake of dragging the runtime, because the exploration helped the main plot develop.
It's very dark as well. If you came here thinking it would have the same feel as 'Hidden Love', you'd be disappointed, just like i was at first, because this one has a lot of mature themes and it's very serious since the characters are already adults.
The romance can be toxic depending on how you see it, because there's a lot of teasing, push and pull, make-up and break-up. To me i didn't really find it annoying or frustrating, because seeing what FL went through, you would feel for her. You need to understand she's like that because of her past, so it's hard to hate on her decisions, because they are valid.
I didn't mind that she fell first, he fell harder type shit, but in the later parts of the drama, they kept showing that it was all ML's ploy, he was in control of the situation that led FL to fall for him, its not bad, but you didn't have to do that because that ruined the natural flow of their romance development for me. Also, it led me to one of my realizations, i know dramas sometimes glorify Handsome men being so in love with the woman, but here it's not even in love, they made it seem like he was really obsessed with FL to the Max.
One thing as well, coming from someone who watched 'Hidden Love' years ago, i can't help but compare the version of Sang Yan here, because it's like they flipped his character with Duan Jiaxu, it was really hard adjusting to their characters when you're used to his mischievous side, and he seemed more distant here with his family. Though as a man i kinda get the switch here because when we fall in love, we get serious for some reason.
Overall, good and well written, though super slow. By the way, i love the color of this drama, like the way they filtered and edited the show. It is very heartwarming and cozy, in contrast to its title, which is very frosty. I think that complements the cold/dark/sad story.
The story, well i would say it's slow, like very slooooowwww, and that's not an exaggeration, nor a critique, because I'm all for slow romance, we're not new in these waters because cdramas are always slow, hence why they would run up to 30-40 episodes, unlike kdramas and jdramas. But yeah, the story is slow, they are really taking their time building up the world and the characters, all the relationships and dynamics between them. Some sideplots might seem like fluff, but it's not filler for the sake of dragging the runtime, because the exploration helped the main plot develop.
It's very dark as well. If you came here thinking it would have the same feel as 'Hidden Love', you'd be disappointed, just like i was at first, because this one has a lot of mature themes and it's very serious since the characters are already adults.
The romance can be toxic depending on how you see it, because there's a lot of teasing, push and pull, make-up and break-up. To me i didn't really find it annoying or frustrating, because seeing what FL went through, you would feel for her. You need to understand she's like that because of her past, so it's hard to hate on her decisions, because they are valid.
I didn't mind that she fell first, he fell harder type shit, but in the later parts of the drama, they kept showing that it was all ML's ploy, he was in control of the situation that led FL to fall for him, its not bad, but you didn't have to do that because that ruined the natural flow of their romance development for me. Also, it led me to one of my realizations, i know dramas sometimes glorify Handsome men being so in love with the woman, but here it's not even in love, they made it seem like he was really obsessed with FL to the Max.
One thing as well, coming from someone who watched 'Hidden Love' years ago, i can't help but compare the version of Sang Yan here, because it's like they flipped his character with Duan Jiaxu, it was really hard adjusting to their characters when you're used to his mischievous side, and he seemed more distant here with his family. Though as a man i kinda get the switch here because when we fall in love, we get serious for some reason.
Overall, good and well written, though super slow. By the way, i love the color of this drama, like the way they filtered and edited the show. It is very heartwarming and cozy, in contrast to its title, which is very frosty. I think that complements the cold/dark/sad story.
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