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This failed to invoke the feelings and impact as much as The innocent man, secret love etc; However considering the time this was released its a pretty good job and enjoyed watching wholesome love melodrama. The climax could have been different, Leads acting was fantastic and kiss scenes are done well that we could get the feels.
I am onto stairway to heaven now. lets see how it goes

is this similar to secret love as well?

So , i waited for 3 years to watch this drama thinking that its on par with (I am sorry i love you) on a day when i need a good cry. Sadly , the story and weak screenplay made it a just a another melodrama. I admit that the climax broke my heard and bawling my eyes out, However the rest of the episodes did not make much of an impact. Mainly because it has so many illogical sequences that neither made sense nor convincing.
The first episode was perfect, it setup up things pretty good and makes you fall in love with the story, but its kinda downfall after 3 or 4 episodes.
Glad its only 10 episodes long. i love all Park shin hye's drama and she is excellent in acting in this as well. except her role was not consistent that her character did not fail to create the sympathy as it suppose to at the end. I am on to Stairway to heaven now . lets see how that one goes.

Currently watching Tree of heaven , I stopped watching melodrama for a while and had put the Autumn's tale, lover's concerto , stairway to heaven, on hold, and now its feels like i have to watch em all at one go.

i have not watched this one yet, But i watched over 300 K-dramas so far, There is no other drama which has traumatized me as much as I'm Sorry, I Love You, i cried my eyes out watching it , It took me days to come out of that agony and heartbreak. It made me feel like i was having a personnel loss of my close one.
I cherish this drama the most , but it always tugs my heart and have watery eyes whenever i hear that title.

is this (love to kill) has the same theme as Secret love? i have been in search of similar drama for a long time, the impact it was so dark and sweet mixture of scenes made it so special to my heart.

very poignantly explained and loved those poetic lines from the novel you highlighted and i agree with your observation .
She expressed one time what would it be like if they were met as a common couple to which the king responded , he couldnt even imagine it, indicating that there is no way he could give up his title for her. i think thats when she she realized there is no other way to be with him other than being his concubine.
yes this is indeed partly overlapped the theme of Moon lover.

It was the male lead who drew me into this for me. Thanks for that drama reference. I remember watching the crowed clown several months back, its coming back to me that the FL acted well in that one also did a good job in one of her other drama Kairos .
I admit i cried a lot before this Red sleeve drama ended. Somehow it always in the back of my mind eventhough she loved him she wanted the freedom to choose to express it or not, sadly i got the feeling that she was pressured into this relationship which she eventually gave into his persistence . I am sucker for romance, i always look for a romance tag in any drama which would give me extra push to watch it. Sadly this one although i enjoyed the drama , when i think back he pretty much ruined her life.

and your tiny little bubble is burst

yup, tagged

if you favor this male lead, then Just between lovers and The wok of love are two dramas you shouldnt miss. He lived the role in JBL.

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I really could understand your view, although i like them had their moments , its not the chemistry between the leads that made me like her in the end, its her character depth eventhough she gave in to the love for the king, she always knew she cant have the wholesome love from him and she realizes this will be tragic one way or the other from the beginning and still chose to be with him, I adore her role and what she stood for which is not the simple love and its beyond that (her freedom to life) .
Moreover The male lead's previous drama (Just between lovers) has set the bar pretty high. the chemistry between the leads are off the charts it made me watch three times , i was without being aware kept comparing the chemistry which this one did not meet for me.
Anyways all in all this is a definite life lesson and time well spent.

I absolutely love the fact that this is the only historical Korean drama i watched where all the characters can be empathized and there is not a single person who is completely despicable, All the characters had flaws , makes mistakes and had their own reasons which we could understand why they do what they do and we never really could fault them for it.
Old king, Queen, princess, Prince, court lady there is no real Villain here its all circumstances .
This drama on the surface looks like a romance , actually speaks strongly about the Women who are being imprisoned in their roles during the historical times and could not make choices or act on their own volition in most their lifetime.
it did felt boring in the beginning episodes and took time to pick up and get into the actual plot and got me hooked then on . This is a must watch

i finished watching it now, It made me cry a river , its been a while since i had a good cry strong enough to give me head ache.
Female lead grew on me on the later episodes, Her conviction on making choices and wanting to have the freedom to live as she desired was different take on a usual melodrama romance stories , in that way it stood apart and gave me satisfaction that i watched something fresh .

They could have chosen a different female lead for this . i am on Episode 7, I dont feel the chemistry between the leads or find her attractive. Kim Yoo Jung could have been an apt one for this role

The leads are good was the only reason i was able to get through with this. yes i did complete it and it was not completely waste of time in the end.

c'mon , you made me reconsider from watching this, a good smooch would complete the romance story and i am sucker for it.

Its really sad to see Cha Joo Young mostly getting negative roles. With the beauty she posses she could have been excellent main lead with good nature character which i would absolutely adore.
Instead i was despising her all these days before watching this based on the role she played in "wok of love" where i completely despised her. her atleast she had redemption but still she could pull of a main lead role for sure.
Baek Jin hee was excellent in her acting and so cute, however most scenes turned out to be cliche and cringy and the male lead made it hard to root for them, there was completely zero chemistry between them, He look like a dad to her. which ironically she stated as her principle.
Overall , its a good watch for the mere sake of the premise and i am sucker for office romance and atleast for 10 episodes before they confess to each other it was a enjoyable after that nothing much happens , could have been 12 episodes show.
Go watch it if you are fan of office Romedy.

Thank you , will watch it for sure, She is very charming and perfect for the role she played.

The premise is good, but very poorly executed, it fail to elicit any sort of emotion towards the main leads , There is no depth in characters. Female lead look adorable and main reason for me to kept watching it. Screenplay executed poorly. made it a below average for me, i didnt not engaged in story nor entertained. I just fast forwarded just to complete the narration when the leads get together. For me the drama was over when they confessed their love.