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I am on episode 10, Bong Yis entire personality trait as for now is Ba Reum. I am very disappointed at her writing so far.

Do not feel bad for putting it on hold. Just because a series is considered a masterpiece, that doesn't mean it will appeal to everyone. I also do not love it so far.

Mu Chi is also my favourite so far. I understand that it's plot driven but I think that for this type of story, the characters should have been written more meticulously, especially since the drama deals with some serious themes. However, my opinion can always change in the later half.

After putting it on hold, I will start watching it again from the beginning.

I like being a professional hater and I'll finish it in order to be able to judge it more thoroughtly. 😂 I have finished the first 10 episodes and as for now, I have no idea how they plan to handle the morally aspect between nature vs nurture regarding psychopathy, especially since they shoved the whole psychopathy genes element.

"im watching it now and it's pretty much shit" lowkey this is how I feel while watching it now, lol.

I can barely care about the main leads in Mouse after spending more than 10 hours with them.... Don't get me wrong. I UNDERSTAND the characters. I UNDERSTAND their issues. But so far, I just...don't care about them. They could die and while I would feel sad, I wouldn't mourn them for that long. I think that because of the complicated story and all the twists in-between, characterization was brushed aside, especially when it comes to the female leads (yes, I will keep commenting about the writing of Bong Yi and Hong Ju until they'll get better later on). It's as if they're written based on tropes and the fact we don't spend a long time with them outside of all these investigations doesn't help them to feel more "human" if you know what I mean. Maybe it will get better.

It's a very common trope in thrillers, even if I hadn't been spoiled before watching the show, I would have still guessed it.

Listen, as someone who doesn't enjoy Mouse that much, I think that calling a series stupid just because it doesn't incude romance and because the main character is morally questionable is a stretch. If thrillers are not your genre, that's totally fine.

I am also happy to find another person who felt the same. I don't understand why some writers insist on adding a romance subplot when it's clear they cannot make it plausible.

The way she wrote the characters in general feels kinda...dry for me? But the writing for the female characters in particular is pretty lackluster.

Having watched the first eight episodes, I can confidently say that Ba Reum and Bong Yi are the definition of a hetslop. Aside from the fact Bong Yi still went to high school in the beginning (I don't care if she was 18, there is still some power imbalance, which Ba Reum was aware of), their dynamic is not compelling enough for me to care about them ending up together or not. The actors are doing well individually but the chemistry is not there. I hope the romance subplot won't be highlighted that much later on.

Yes!!! Exactly that! If they really wanted to include romance, they could have invested more in Se Ah and Geon Woo. Ha Joon shouldn't have had a crush on Se Ah, he had an already interesting storyline with his sister, there was no need to reduce him to a SML.

And if I said that both boys had the personality of a blank paper then what...

I totally agree with you. It was underwhelming.

To be completely honest with you, I am focused on kdramas right now, I haven't tried watching series from other countries. If we're talking about kdramas only, Beyond Evil, Black Out and Strangers From Hell are very good thrillers (albeit the first ones lean more towards the psychological aspect). Monster (2004) is also one of the best psychological thrillers of all time, in my opinion. As for this year, The Art of sarah, which had some similar themes with Mousetrap, did some things slightly better.

But again, Mousetrap was by no means bad. For me, it didn't become my favourite but I was still able to enjoy it and I found some things to appreciate.

Respectfully, people should be allowed to give their own opinion no matter what. I might give a 10 to a drama and someone else will give it a 1. Will it upset me? Kinda, but I'll respect their opinion. I rated Mousetrap with a 7.5, not a masterpiece but not a bad series either. Some aspects worked, some others didn't. I am not a professional critic, nor I need to be in order to justify my review.

And if you are referring to the top reviews, both people are always very good when it comes to articulating their opinions.

Meeeeeee

The rating is very decent actually. I personally liked it, I just found the pacing disjointed and for a 10 episodes drama, it dragged a lot in the middle. And I say it as someone who loves slow paced stories and whose most favourite series are Beyond Evil, Through The Darkness, Black Out and Monster (the anime). But I agree about people not being able to understand the ending because of not paying attention, honestly the story isn't that hard to grasp.

PREACH

Loved him!