Writing My First Review Because Scent of Time Surprised Me

It is very RARE that I am on the edge of my seat waiting for the drop of every new episode of a costume drama series. Typically I drudge through all the filler episodes to get to the exciting good parts, and most of the time I get very disappointed with an anti-climatic ending. The ONLY other drama series that defied all expectations was Joy of Life Season 1. I eagerly await for Season 2, but while waiting, I stumble upon this "Scent of Time" series. Seemed pretty contrived and over-played storyline in the beginning, but very quickly I was drawn into the unpredictable plot, and the twists and turns of events in every new episode. I have NO idea what the FL is going to do next, and THAT is why I have rated this series so highly - It is very difficult to achieve what "Joy of Life" and "Scent of Time" have done - keep you engaged, make you care about what will happen to the people in the story, and surprise you again and again. I haven't finish watching the end of this drama yet, BUT I can't wait!

PS - Of course, Joy of Life is still better than Scent of Time, but that is a high bar to overcome, and you can tell that a whole lot more money were spent on the production of Joy of Life than Scent of Time.

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Ridiculous Unrealistic Plot

The drama started strong, but at some point the plot descends into the absurd and ridicuous. The ML insists on acting aloof and non-caring until the FL's life is in danger, but it is the very fact that he doesn't tell her the truth that leads her into danger. And the most ridiculous part of this drama is how gullible the FL is. Anyone, a complete stranger that she meets for a day, can make up any story and she will believe it and commit murder base on what she hears with NO evidence to back it up. Who is that STUPID??? And how many times can she stab the ML and NOT already killed him?

This drama is simply not watchable.

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