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Nirvana in Fire chinese drama review
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Nirvana in Fire
2 people found this review helpful
by Terrica18
Apr 4, 2020
54 of 54 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 5.5
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.5
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
I was hesitant to watch this series but decided to give it a chance based on the reviews that I read. Most people have given it high reviews, I thought surely it would be amazing. I guess I am continuously the oddball when it comes to rating the series but anyway I will give My honest review.

Plot: The series revolves around a man who was betrayed along with his father, family and fellow soldiers by ambitious men both equal and superior in status. Our lead suffered greatly and as a result he was away for a very long time. The series starts off by showing his reentry into the world that wants betrayed him and his effort to seek revenge and clear his family‘s name.
It should be noted the series is predominately about revenge and revealing the wrong that has been done. There is a significant amount of brotherhood and loyalty shown within the series which made it more pleasant.
You will see the normal power-hungry royals and those people who will stop at nothing to please them and maintain their sense of value.

Message: Although it was revenge driven, I do believe that there was a significant message within the series one in which I believe that we can all relate to it in terms of admitting mistakes.

What I liked about the series was that it it had action as well as an intense amount of intellectual plotting. The young male guard was fun to watch.

Well I just like about this series with that it was extremely slow. The people tops slow. They walk slow. They argue slow and they plotted slowly. Everything just seemed so slow. I also feel that it was dragged on way too long. Although there are many significant moments that happened near me and it just felt draggy. Once the major event happened/big reveal happened the show kept going. That being said the last two episodes really added no value to the series. Nothing changed it was really anti-climatic and the ending was just blah.

I actually feel weird saying this but I really did not like our male lead. He did so many things and used people to obtain his goal but he is suppose to be good. He seriously used and betrayed someone who thought that he was a good friend.

On another note, I felt there were loop wholes. How he got to where he was. He just was.

Action: Some
Plotting: endless
Politics: yes
Romance: none present
Good acting: yes
Brotherhood: yes
Betrayal: YES
Karma: slow but yes
Suspense: sort of but not really.
Rewatch for me: nope, too long and slow.
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