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Non-Biased Review Up to Current Ep 19
This is my first ever review so please excuse me if this isn't the best.
So this story is simple, a rebirth series where our FL gets killed and used by one of our antagonist. It's a pretty fast paced story with only 24 eps. I like Chen Duling so I decided to watch it for her and it's my first series for Zhou Yiren. You see what happens to our FL in ep1, what transpires and how she meets our ML before her death. Right after being reborn/brought back, she basically goes into action trying to change her fate all in what seems like a night. I liked the pacing this was going at, I had questions but it kept me interested because it wasn't beating around the bush in the beginning half and I wanted to see where and how she was going to change the course of her life.
We got to see our FL fail and get back up, get mentally stronger while figuring out who in the palace she could use to get her revenge. This then introduces us to what I would call our 3 main antagonist. In the first half, it get's interesting, as the viewer I'm trying to figure out what their intentions are and just what kind of character they are. As to the fiancé in our FL's first life, we already know straight up what he wants so to me his character is already set in stone. The other two, it was a mystery because I still didn't know exactly what kind of "bad" guy they're going to play but one thing for sure, there is A LOT of using each other, and mind games between FL and the 3 antagonist. Especially Deng Yi and Xie YF, in the beginning it was funny to see but in the second half I got bored of it and was watching their parts on x2 speed. It gets a little redundant. One of the biggest issue for me is that the 3 antagonist and the FL are all playing a game of chess. It's a back and forth back and forth game and as of ep19 I'm like okay, where is this going now? I need more, I need something to happen, I need to start seeing their cards because we don't have a lot of eps left until the end and I don't want it to rush (which is probably will). This series isn't heavily focused on the politics, which I prefer. It has just enough since she becomes the Grand Princess so I appreciate that.
The plot itself could use more, and I've seen some watchers say she's not getting rid of anyone etc, no killings, but to me it's understandable from both sides because one, I get that she's the Princess, she can't just go on a killing spree, which is why she was trying so hard to bring into light the fact that her ex-husband wanted to kill the current emperor. She's playing this chess game with the other 2 antagonist who are also very smart in their own way and probably have survived all this time because of the tactics they used. I also understand why some are annoyed because no one bad has died yet, and I so wish it had happened already because sometimes Im like, okay where is the revenge? Like c'mon, lets get to it, but then I remind myself she's not just a generals daughter anymore. So I'm trying my best to be patient. The revenge just seems to be very slow at moving in order for us viewers to see the results. The story/plot isn't super heavy and dark, which I appreciate but there's definitely room for improvement.
Now, for the MAIN reason why this series still has me even though there are some areas for improvement... my ML and FL. I seriously LOVE all their scenes together. It's never dull and dry. This isn't just a "because they're beautiful and handsome" reason, I'm talking about their chemistry and what they bring to their scenes. I've said this already, but their love isn't on a grand scale like other ML/FL's we've seen. Their actions say much more than their words. The gazes they give to each other says so much without a lot of conversation in my opinion. The way they wipe each others tears, the way they hold each others hands, from the teasing she gives him, to him not being able to look her in the eyes, I mean it's just everything. You feel the tension, the playfulness, the longing, and the way A'Jiu goes out of his way to protect her? Don't get me wrong, she's not a damsel in distress where she always needs his help. She can stand on her own two feet. This series isn't heavily focused on romance but gives us very very good couple scenes where it makes you giddy and in my case, just smiling ear to ear cause I get butterflies from their interactions. I think this series is a somewhat good balance of romance, politics, drama, mystery etc. with some areas for improvement. I'm waiting for the rest of the eps to rate it again. I always say, watch 3-5 eps to see if you like it, if you don't, you gave it a fair shot. Sometimes drama series don't really get going until ep 5 for me. Anyways, I'm excited and I can't wait to see how this all plays out!
So this story is simple, a rebirth series where our FL gets killed and used by one of our antagonist. It's a pretty fast paced story with only 24 eps. I like Chen Duling so I decided to watch it for her and it's my first series for Zhou Yiren. You see what happens to our FL in ep1, what transpires and how she meets our ML before her death. Right after being reborn/brought back, she basically goes into action trying to change her fate all in what seems like a night. I liked the pacing this was going at, I had questions but it kept me interested because it wasn't beating around the bush in the beginning half and I wanted to see where and how she was going to change the course of her life.
We got to see our FL fail and get back up, get mentally stronger while figuring out who in the palace she could use to get her revenge. This then introduces us to what I would call our 3 main antagonist. In the first half, it get's interesting, as the viewer I'm trying to figure out what their intentions are and just what kind of character they are. As to the fiancé in our FL's first life, we already know straight up what he wants so to me his character is already set in stone. The other two, it was a mystery because I still didn't know exactly what kind of "bad" guy they're going to play but one thing for sure, there is A LOT of using each other, and mind games between FL and the 3 antagonist. Especially Deng Yi and Xie YF, in the beginning it was funny to see but in the second half I got bored of it and was watching their parts on x2 speed. It gets a little redundant. One of the biggest issue for me is that the 3 antagonist and the FL are all playing a game of chess. It's a back and forth back and forth game and as of ep19 I'm like okay, where is this going now? I need more, I need something to happen, I need to start seeing their cards because we don't have a lot of eps left until the end and I don't want it to rush (which is probably will). This series isn't heavily focused on the politics, which I prefer. It has just enough since she becomes the Grand Princess so I appreciate that.
The plot itself could use more, and I've seen some watchers say she's not getting rid of anyone etc, no killings, but to me it's understandable from both sides because one, I get that she's the Princess, she can't just go on a killing spree, which is why she was trying so hard to bring into light the fact that her ex-husband wanted to kill the current emperor. She's playing this chess game with the other 2 antagonist who are also very smart in their own way and probably have survived all this time because of the tactics they used. I also understand why some are annoyed because no one bad has died yet, and I so wish it had happened already because sometimes Im like, okay where is the revenge? Like c'mon, lets get to it, but then I remind myself she's not just a generals daughter anymore. So I'm trying my best to be patient. The revenge just seems to be very slow at moving in order for us viewers to see the results. The story/plot isn't super heavy and dark, which I appreciate but there's definitely room for improvement.
Now, for the MAIN reason why this series still has me even though there are some areas for improvement... my ML and FL. I seriously LOVE all their scenes together. It's never dull and dry. This isn't just a "because they're beautiful and handsome" reason, I'm talking about their chemistry and what they bring to their scenes. I've said this already, but their love isn't on a grand scale like other ML/FL's we've seen. Their actions say much more than their words. The gazes they give to each other says so much without a lot of conversation in my opinion. The way they wipe each others tears, the way they hold each others hands, from the teasing she gives him, to him not being able to look her in the eyes, I mean it's just everything. You feel the tension, the playfulness, the longing, and the way A'Jiu goes out of his way to protect her? Don't get me wrong, she's not a damsel in distress where she always needs his help. She can stand on her own two feet. This series isn't heavily focused on romance but gives us very very good couple scenes where it makes you giddy and in my case, just smiling ear to ear cause I get butterflies from their interactions. I think this series is a somewhat good balance of romance, politics, drama, mystery etc. with some areas for improvement. I'm waiting for the rest of the eps to rate it again. I always say, watch 3-5 eps to see if you like it, if you don't, you gave it a fair shot. Sometimes drama series don't really get going until ep 5 for me. Anyways, I'm excited and I can't wait to see how this all plays out!
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