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This review may contain spoilers
Disappointing Second Half
Love For You started off quite strong. We dove straight into a flashback of how the two characters met as children of 2 single parents. And after a rocky start, both drew closer to each other and were forced to lean on each other in the absence of their parents.
There were many issues that I would have looked past had the second half not tired me out. Here are some of the issues that come to mind. Several spoilers ahead.
- As young adults, both leads were clearly attracted to each other. They finally shared a kiss but then went back to pretending nothing happened. This happens a couple more times.
- The ML eventually pushes the FL to move to a different city. She returns as an adult and they still don't discuss their problems. The same thing repeats, both share a kiss and then it's back to living as though nothing happened. Now the FL is able to koss the ML as if it's nothing, At least as adults, I expected them to communicate better.
- The main frustration starts when the FL is auditing a problematic company that the ML is involved with. This starts around 14th episode or so and continues until ep 29. The story was dragging because of this. I don't think we needed these many episodes. Worse thing is (big spoiler) they quit the audit midway. All that for what?
- I was irritated that the ML continued to work for a problematic company. It was clear he would not be allowed to quit. Still he did more work than the audit team so at least it was still interesting to watch him.
- We saw flashes of the things ML had to do while the FL was in another city but it was never properly shown except in flashes.
- I had to watch the last 8 episodes in 2x because I was tired of the slow moving story.
- The ML was made to rescue the FL way too many times. Having her hang off a low warehouse bridge while he's actively bleeding was a bit much for me.
- Once everything was over, I was hoping to get a decent ending for both. Some distraction free romance but nope. The ending was a let down. In this matter too, the FL had to take the lead.
Strong points.
- The intro theme is just stunning. The music is wonderful!
- The child actors did a great job.
- The story in the first half when both were teen to young adults was interesting.
- The leads have chemistry. It's unfortunate we hardly saw any romance.
- Both leads are a green flag.
- FL is a strong character.
Many people did enjoy the drama. I was just too disappointed for far too many episodes to rate it higher than a 7. And this score is just for the excitement I felt at the start of the show. By the end, I felt like I had been watching a completely different drama.
There were many issues that I would have looked past had the second half not tired me out. Here are some of the issues that come to mind. Several spoilers ahead.
- As young adults, both leads were clearly attracted to each other. They finally shared a kiss but then went back to pretending nothing happened. This happens a couple more times.
- The ML eventually pushes the FL to move to a different city. She returns as an adult and they still don't discuss their problems. The same thing repeats, both share a kiss and then it's back to living as though nothing happened. Now the FL is able to koss the ML as if it's nothing, At least as adults, I expected them to communicate better.
- The main frustration starts when the FL is auditing a problematic company that the ML is involved with. This starts around 14th episode or so and continues until ep 29. The story was dragging because of this. I don't think we needed these many episodes. Worse thing is (big spoiler) they quit the audit midway. All that for what?
- I was irritated that the ML continued to work for a problematic company. It was clear he would not be allowed to quit. Still he did more work than the audit team so at least it was still interesting to watch him.
- We saw flashes of the things ML had to do while the FL was in another city but it was never properly shown except in flashes.
- I had to watch the last 8 episodes in 2x because I was tired of the slow moving story.
- The ML was made to rescue the FL way too many times. Having her hang off a low warehouse bridge while he's actively bleeding was a bit much for me.
- Once everything was over, I was hoping to get a decent ending for both. Some distraction free romance but nope. The ending was a let down. In this matter too, the FL had to take the lead.
Strong points.
- The intro theme is just stunning. The music is wonderful!
- The child actors did a great job.
- The story in the first half when both were teen to young adults was interesting.
- The leads have chemistry. It's unfortunate we hardly saw any romance.
- Both leads are a green flag.
- FL is a strong character.
Many people did enjoy the drama. I was just too disappointed for far too many episodes to rate it higher than a 7. And this score is just for the excitement I felt at the start of the show. By the end, I felt like I had been watching a completely different drama.
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