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Karissa Veronique

Southeast Asia

Karissa Veronique

Southeast Asia
Tempted korean drama review
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Tempted
2 people found this review helpful
by Karissa Veronique
May 22, 2018
32 of 32 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 4.5
Story 4.0
Acting/Cast 5.0
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 3.0
If you're a fan of an angsty and dark drama. This is for you. I started watching this because i was able to see the movie version (Chinese) starring Jang Donggun. It ended badly so i got curious on how the Korean adaptation would be.

I actually had high expectations since the character lineup was good esp Moon Ga Young and Woo Do Hwan. I'm not really a huge fan of Joy and i have seen her acting from The Liar and His Lover. I can say she has potential but to take on a really emotional role like Taehee's i personally think she was not that prepared for it but i can see her perseverance to try hard especially during emotional scenes. I also loved how Kim Minjae portrayed his role. He was the perfect SeJoo.

As for the plot its based on a book which has really complex, dark and rated theme. I'm glad that the directors were somehow able to showcase these themes in a moderated way. One issue that I had was that i didn't like how Taehee's character always seemed like she was ready to take Sihyun anytime any day even if he does something really stupid. Like she cannot be firm with her decisions. One thing I loved though was the push and pull between Sejoo and Sooji.

To sum it all up, i never imagined the ratings to be so low its rock bottom. Cinematography wise, it was pleasing and i enjoyed following the drama but it didn't really reach my expectations and i wanted more from the characters especially Taehee's it needed depth and so as the story line.
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