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Turns out, there's really no place like home

BrightestStar

Turns out, there's really no place like home
My Roommate Is a Detective chinese drama review
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My Roommate Is a Detective
3 people found this review helpful
by BrightestStar
Aug 25, 2020
36 of 36 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.0
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 4.0

Good for it's trying to be

It's good for what it is, it was perfect for my mood during the last couple of months. A light comedy-detective show, with almost episodic cases. The 2 male leads had a lot of chemistry and I enjoyed their growing relationship throughout the drama. I enjoyed that Lu Yao was light-hearted as opposed to the typical mysterious oddball detective. As for the female lead, she did have her merits, and I find the actress performed her very well actually. It's just that her character remains flat, childish, and a bully who actually is very dependant on her dad despite denying it.

Cases varied from fun to tragic to boring. Overall it was a nice and fast-paced watch.

I enjoyed the setting a lot. It felt more like a 1920 setting with people from this era. The decor used was nice and neat, makes you want to live there, or at least visit. The fashion in the drama is also a lot of fun. They did great on the execution of the opening and ending song and clip. It made you eager to watch more. The opening clip was particularly very vell executed in an artistic way, in my humble opinion.

Slight spoiler (but not really) ahead.

The romance in the drama was SO out of place. The actors just didn't have such chemistry, I felt nothing. Also, the characters were just too toxic to each other. In real life, they'd be the worst type of couple. He's manipulative and she's abusive. Both are very childish. On the other hand, the side romance was beautiful.
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