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A beautifully crafted drama
“Generation to Generation” is an incredibly crafted story that showcases generational pain/blood feuds, the beauty of friendship, the beauty and yet pain of love, and the power of prejudice/hate being overcome by forgiveness and love.
Is it perfect? No. It has its flaws for sure. Don’t even get me started on how many times they demonstrate someone is injured by blood spewing from the mouth. Good grief. And the slow burn was killer sometimes, especially when the kiss scenes we got were nothing to write home about despite our leads’ incredible chemistry. But, overall, its flaws are far outshone. So what makes this worth watching?
* One of the most beautifully complex, nuanced plots I’ve seen from a drama. (No shock from the original novel writer of “Love like the Galaxy”.) We watch this story unfold in the generation of our two excellent leads, but the whole story is weaved with stories of the past. This never once gets boring. You’re completely sucked in. They chose a SOLID cast for the flashbacks. This drama’s emotional tapestry of healing had me crying literal tears more than once.
* A romance that is addictive. Friends to enemies to lovers? Sign me up. A morally gray, red flag, burn-the-world-for-his-lady ML? Sign me up. A FL who actually can defend herself and him? Chemistry that will have you rewatching scenes? A slow-burn that actually feels worth the angst? A couple who risks everything for their forbidden love? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Honestly, Mu Qingyan is one of the most swoon worthy MLs I’ve seen in a while too so there’s that.
* A SOLID ENSEMBLE CAST. ‘Nuff said.
One of the things I found most interesting was the way that this drama emphasized how people write narratives that can live on for generations, causing harm and lies. I loved how Cai Zhao unfolded the secrets of the three women who had gone before her but had been demonized by history. Not only did she discover the truth but she ends up paralleling all three as well as her heroic aunt.
Ignore the low MDL rating and go on the journey for yourself. For me, it was more than worth it.
Is it perfect? No. It has its flaws for sure. Don’t even get me started on how many times they demonstrate someone is injured by blood spewing from the mouth. Good grief. And the slow burn was killer sometimes, especially when the kiss scenes we got were nothing to write home about despite our leads’ incredible chemistry. But, overall, its flaws are far outshone. So what makes this worth watching?
* One of the most beautifully complex, nuanced plots I’ve seen from a drama. (No shock from the original novel writer of “Love like the Galaxy”.) We watch this story unfold in the generation of our two excellent leads, but the whole story is weaved with stories of the past. This never once gets boring. You’re completely sucked in. They chose a SOLID cast for the flashbacks. This drama’s emotional tapestry of healing had me crying literal tears more than once.
* A romance that is addictive. Friends to enemies to lovers? Sign me up. A morally gray, red flag, burn-the-world-for-his-lady ML? Sign me up. A FL who actually can defend herself and him? Chemistry that will have you rewatching scenes? A slow-burn that actually feels worth the angst? A couple who risks everything for their forbidden love? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Honestly, Mu Qingyan is one of the most swoon worthy MLs I’ve seen in a while too so there’s that.
* A SOLID ENSEMBLE CAST. ‘Nuff said.
One of the things I found most interesting was the way that this drama emphasized how people write narratives that can live on for generations, causing harm and lies. I loved how Cai Zhao unfolded the secrets of the three women who had gone before her but had been demonized by history. Not only did she discover the truth but she ends up paralleling all three as well as her heroic aunt.
Ignore the low MDL rating and go on the journey for yourself. For me, it was more than worth it.
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