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Poisoned Love chinese drama review
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Poisoned Love
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by KimchiByTheSea
Nov 25, 2020
24 of 24 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 10.0
Rewatch Value 6.0

A giant scoop of fluffy and angsty tropes

If you're searching for that drama to tick all the original boxes, this isn't it. This is a well-executed, yet trope laden drama.

To start off, our FL has some childhood trauma that has manifested itself into a sleep-walking condition. This results in her being exceptionally vulnerable to the world and the people in it. Enter stage right, our ML. He is everything that our FL needs to cure her illness, but misunderstandings are abundant between the two and a series of comical yet slightly frustrating events follow.

PL is definitely not the worst out there, but certainly not my favorite. It is well made, but I found the storyline focused on only one problem at a time and the misunderstandings took up the majority of the screen time. I definitely wanted more exploration into the two leads background and the side couple as well. I felt there was some lost potential in some places. Where is really picks up is the romance. The ML is so sweet to her once they get together and entirely smitten with everything that is his FL. They bring the fluffiest of fluffy romances to life, and it's absolutely adorable to watch. There are some serious moments in here that are related to the leads pasts, and there is plenty of trauma and angst to pass around the characters. The comical moments in PL did help to keep the mood light, and annoying side characters only stay for mere moments, which was nice.

All in all, if you're looking for something quick and relatively commitment free, I would try this. It's cute in many places, but has just enough plot to keep the story from dragging along.
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