I do appreciate that even within these few episodes, the 3 women are written really well. I feel like I have a good grasp on their characters just from their interactions with each other.
Xia Zi grew up very independent (wants to be the prince that takes down the dragon) due to her parents. Her parents build her up to go seek out beyond where she grew up but she ended up burn out. Minawaer is someone who has always dreamed big and wanted to be the princess but felt trapped within Kashgar so turned to marriage to try to escape. Lai Li is the mediator between the two but also has a temper of her own especially when it comes to wanting to take over the family business and live in guilt due to her older brother. Impressed that within these few episodes, I am able to understand these characters. I have to give props to the scriptwriter and the actresses.
It is very true how sometimes children attribute the best moments they have experienced in their childhood to their dads when moms are often behind the scenes setting things up and making sure everything is running. I love that scene in episode 3 when it is shown who is actually the one riding the motorcycle.
There is, all the 3 women have romantic connections, but this drama focuses more on their individual conflicts/growth and their friendship with each other.
Oof so real, sometimes when you move on to what you think is "grass is greener on the other side", you realize that it isn't all that and maybe the original place where you were from was actually better and the people who stayed flourished. But then the people who stayed also felt maybe their lives could had been better if they left.
Yeah, I side eye that too, but it is happening so much in C-dramas now. A lot of the OP/ED credit scenes are now…
It is their way of cutting cost. 😔 There were talks of even using AI to "help" with C-actors' acting some time ago but thankfully that is shot down (for now).
Not episode 1 already got everyone crying... I too cried. I also enjoy the setup of seeing the relationships between the girls already. Xia Zi and Minawaer having that frenemies relationship while Lai Li is the mediator between them. I like that it is not straight up just some trio that have no frictions between them because every friendship group will always have some tension especially when it involves envy.
The episode schedule dropped. CCTV-1 will be releasing 2 episodes a day (wrap up in 4 days) but with VIP on iQiyi, it will be done in 3 days (4 episodes on the 1st day and 2 episodes each for 2nd and 3rd day).
I hope the drama treats her better than the novel. In the first life, as FL had a crush on 2nd ML and became 2nd…
They changed it for the drama. ML is now the uncle of the novel 2nd ML (Chen Xuan Qing) instead. But based on this cast list order here, seems like he isn't the 2nd ML anymore and it is Winwin's character instead. The 2nd FL's novel name is Yu Wanxue but I don't see it in this cast character list so maybe they changed her name too or they erased her character. So just based on that, they already changed a couple of things already.
I hope the drama treats her better than the novel. In the first life, as FL had a crush on 2nd ML and became 2nd ML's step-mother, she abused her power as mother-in-law and bullied the 2nd FL (2nd ML's wife). Then in the second life, FL doesn't have a crush anymore but 2nd ML fell for FL this time. So now you have 2nd FL who is in a loveless marriage and doesn't get treated well (one example is 2nd ML imagining FL instead when they have intercourse and treated 2nd FL roughly). This drama probably has to change these plotlines because viewers might end up disliking the FL and 2nd ML a lot while 2nd FL is basically a victim that didn't have a say in any of this.
This really reminds me of To the Wonder! I’ve wanted a drama with a similar vibe for so long, and now I’m…
Bloom Life is considered the sister drama of To The Wonder. 😊 Both CCTV/iQiyi (and the official accounts of both TTW and BL) posted about them together before. TTW is meant to promote Northern Xinjiang and BL is meant to promote Southern Xinjiang. However, the director/scriptwriter are all different, so still has to remain to be seen on the plot/overall quality but hopefully it is as good as TTW!
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Xia Zi grew up very independent (wants to be the prince that takes down the dragon) due to her parents. Her parents build her up to go seek out beyond where she grew up but she ended up burn out. Minawaer is someone who has always dreamed big and wanted to be the princess but felt trapped within Kashgar so turned to marriage to try to escape. Lai Li is the mediator between the two but also has a temper of her own especially when it comes to wanting to take over the family business and live in guilt due to her older brother. Impressed that within these few episodes, I am able to understand these characters. I have to give props to the scriptwriter and the actresses.