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So much and yet so little
Ok I finished this drama... finally. And I'll keep this breif cause I usually do not write reviews. First the good parts:
-The acting: Steelar! Chen Du Ling just carried the whole show and Zhou Yi Ran, well that face speaks for itself. The supporting caste did a great job too. (The best thing of the drama ngl)
-The chemistry: The chemistry wasn't overly hot or sweet but still enough you could push through the whole drama for them and it makes sense since they both had their struggles. Noice.
-The ost: I know I did not rate the ost that high but it was genuinely good. Especially the intro.
-Sets and costumes: Do I even need
to say anything about it? Fire 🔥🔥
Now the bad things:
- The plot: I don't know why but this drama suffered a chronic case of bad writing and bad pacing. The pacing was too fast that you didn't really absorb anything and still too slow because nothing really happened. Things that were supposed to be given time were not guven any and things that could be just skipped was stretched. (Like the literary gatherings. Be honest, did we really need that?)
-The story: The story started out great with all these lines of revege and saving her father and all but at one point... it just dragged. The side charaters (Xie gongzi and Deng Yi) kept schemeing but nothing seemed to happen.
-A jiu: Sure the actor was steller but that does not mean the character was too. The character to me (personal opinion here) seemed to bland. He only had two degrees, i.e, A zhao and gloomy. No personal thoughts, wishes, alliances. He revolved around A zhao and I think (again personally) he could be given a bit more time.
Conclusion: So overall it is really not a bad drama. It just missed some marks but honestly you could definitely watch it and maybe you might enjoy it too! (I personally skipped whole of almost every episode after like ep10)
-The acting: Steelar! Chen Du Ling just carried the whole show and Zhou Yi Ran, well that face speaks for itself. The supporting caste did a great job too. (The best thing of the drama ngl)
-The chemistry: The chemistry wasn't overly hot or sweet but still enough you could push through the whole drama for them and it makes sense since they both had their struggles. Noice.
-The ost: I know I did not rate the ost that high but it was genuinely good. Especially the intro.
-Sets and costumes: Do I even need
to say anything about it? Fire 🔥🔥
Now the bad things:
- The plot: I don't know why but this drama suffered a chronic case of bad writing and bad pacing. The pacing was too fast that you didn't really absorb anything and still too slow because nothing really happened. Things that were supposed to be given time were not guven any and things that could be just skipped was stretched. (Like the literary gatherings. Be honest, did we really need that?)
-The story: The story started out great with all these lines of revege and saving her father and all but at one point... it just dragged. The side charaters (Xie gongzi and Deng Yi) kept schemeing but nothing seemed to happen.
-A jiu: Sure the actor was steller but that does not mean the character was too. The character to me (personal opinion here) seemed to bland. He only had two degrees, i.e, A zhao and gloomy. No personal thoughts, wishes, alliances. He revolved around A zhao and I think (again personally) he could be given a bit more time.
Conclusion: So overall it is really not a bad drama. It just missed some marks but honestly you could definitely watch it and maybe you might enjoy it too! (I personally skipped whole of almost every episode after like ep10)
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