Only if your bored

This story started in a relatively positive way and was pretty cute at the beginning. Both the male lead and second male lead were very attractive. The female lead was also quite beautiful in my opinion. The costumes were fun. The female lead was portrayed as a smart independent woman and the male lead as a kind and considerate doctor. Typical chinese drama writing, contract marriage so someone can get what they want. Usually male CEO has to get married but in this drama the female lead was the CEO who needed to get married. Not very inventive but ok! I really did enjoy the drama till about episode 18-20 and then it went completely off the rails. She turned into such a stupid selfish bitch and I really could not stand her in the last 15 episodes. Any woman who hides a child from the father is pretty despicable in my mind. It sends all the wrong signals about what is responsible and decent behavior. This kind of writing just really infuriates me. Why could she not go to Germany with her husband like any normal human would? I get that the writers wanted her to look like she gave him up to help him but really? Her career was over anyway so she chose to run away and divorce him instead of staying by his side as his wife. He loved her and she said she loved him but obviusly she had no idea what love was. She was so self centered and selfish. The writing just made zero sense in the last 10 or15 episodes, it felt like they changed writers or something. This drama could have been 24 epsisodes and it might have been saved. The supporting characters were also very typical, nothing horrible but nothing great either. The formula writing continued. I would say watch if you are bored with nothing else but woud recommend a few other newer shows before this one.

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I really enjoyed this drama at the beginning. I thought the storyline was interesting and it definately pulled me in . It then went of the rails for me around episode 25-26. I just do not understand the obsession chinese writers have with the "I am breaking up with you for your own good' trope. It is so bothersome. I also really like Allen Ren and Fei Xing is cute but what is with the stylists on this show? Is it another life lesson we are supposed to learn? You can not be nice if you are cute? Only bad girls/mean girls can dress nicely? Whats up with that? The second couple I found a bit annoying but was rooting for them. It really lost my interest at around episode 30-31 and I skipped straight to the end. Lets now review the ending. It sucked! Made me really dislike the whole damn show and made me feel all the time I spent watching was a total waste. Way to go writers. The chemistry between Allen Ren and Fei Xing was ok. It was never really allowed to develop and I noticed some people commented that their was so little pda because Allen Ren is married? That really makes no sense why would any actor do a romantic comedy if they do not want any romance or displays of affection? All in all I can understand why some people really enjoyed it but for me it fell a little flat.

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I so desperately wanted to like this show. I am such a huge fan of Lee Min Ho and while Kim Go Eun is definitely not my favorite Korean actress I was willing to give her a chance. She is good at crying ? I just found her to be so annoying by the end of the show I could barely watch her. I am such a fan of his though that I tried to bear with it but found myself fast forwarding thru their scenes together. It is so sad that there was , in my opinion , zero chemistry between them. The saviour of the whole series was Woo Do hwan and his characters. He was so good in his dual roles. I know that the writer is famous and I have enjoyed a few of her other series but this one was a huge disappointment. While all the pieces may have been great they did not fit together well. If one is bored by all means watch it but do not expect anything special.
So I finished episode 16 full of hope that it would some how change my mind about this drama and make me like it. Unfortunately it did nothing of the kind. It was one hot mess. I watched it three times just to make sure I was not missing anything. Wow what a let down!

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Train wreck, plane wreck, horse drawn carriage wreck; any kind of wreck imaginable that is what this show is.. ML has visuals, thats the one star. FL is lousy actor in a lousy role. Script writers should be fired. There are plenty of cute ditsy comedic shows out there this is not one you should waste your time on. FL character is supposed to be kind, naive but she is just DUMB and stubborn. That is not a good combination. I wish she stayed dead after the first go around. ML is typical character of c-dramas. Boring and no personality. I get the target audience must be 13 and this was probably some web novel but honestly the bar is really dropping lately. Do not waste your time. If he is your favorite watch him in any of his other shows; anything is better than this.

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Slow Road Home

I did enjoy this drama to a certain degree. I really like both the leads; Jing Boran is so expressive and definatly has the visuals in this one. Seven Tan I have enjoyed in a number of her other shows. The story was more mature, slice of life which I truly appreciated after all the nonsense shows we have been getting lately. The scenery was great and loved seeing that aspect of northern China. Nice to see a show out filming on location. That being said, there were a few things that I found lacking. I was disappointed in the pacing of the show. It just did not seem to flow very well and did get very draggy in parts. To much of the same stuff on repeat. I also had a problem with the secondary couple. Their story was not well developed and I found their chemistry to be nonexistant. Just could not get them as a couple. The little boy was adorable, his father, the second male lead, a blockhead. Found it hard to believe he was a SWAT Captain. The other couple, Seven Tan's best friend and her husband, were refreshingly normal. I like Seven Tan but honestly was not so invested in her character. I realize Lu Chen was her first love but after getting back together after 10 years I found her to still be acting like a teenager in her interactions with him. It was a little to cutesy cutesy for my taste. She was not acting like a mature 30 something woman. Lu Chen was the stereo typical SWAT team captain. A man of very!! few words. His communication skills were a tad bit lacking. All in all this was one of my favorites for the year.

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Durian in Wonderland

This was definately not a show I would recommend to anyone. There were a few very funny moments at the beginning when they first transported but those moments were overshadowed by the utter nonsense and writing that was the rest of the show. Not one of the supporting characters were likable or decent people. The writer must have been on drugs or something when she wrote this script. I noted that she wrote another show which I also disliked so I will definately steer clear of her shows in the future. It was in my opinion one hot mess, the ending was terrible and it was a total waste of talent? Save yourslelf an agonizing 16 hours and watch something else.

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Fun

So this gets a good solid 7 from me. Not a masterpiece in my mind but entertaining. ML is adorable. It is somewhat hard to believe he is the youngest SWAT captain ever but we will let that go. Female lead is normal in pretty much everything. That is why I guess I enjoyed it so much. I can not tolerate these Cdramas where the female lead is in her mid-twenties and acts like a thirteen year old. I think all in all they were a pretty cute normal couple. The second couple I did find very annoying. The second FL was a stalker in my mind and the second ML was just a total blockhead. The third couple I enjoyed and was rooting for. This was a welcome relief from the last few shows I have tried to get through. I would say one of my favorite fluff dramas of this year.

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Uncontrollabe Nonsense

Where does one begin with such a trainwreck of a show? The cast? Let me see: They were all relatively seasoned veterens. I am not a huge fan of Kim Woo Bin but he certainly carried the show. His character was not a likable one so it was hard to empathize with him even when we found out he was sick. Bae Suzy was terrible? I mean it had to be her right? Her character was such a trainwreck the whole time but honestly does she not know how to act? Was it the director who made her act in such a manner? All the shrieking and flailing around. Drinking until passed out drunk. I understand she had been through trauma as a child when her father was killed but nothing she did after that made me feel sorry for her. She tried to take care of her younger brother which was exceptionally commendable but really I also think she was selfish. We were supposed to be empathetic to her, but I ended up not caring one bit about her or her plight. She really was a useless, horrible person along with the rest of them. Kim Woo Bin's phsycho mother. Thank god I do not have a mother like that. Just a toxic selfish bitch who lived in the past pining away for a man who threw her away. Wow! Then there is the atagonist family. Father, Mother, Daughter and Son. More toxicity in one family than anyone can possibly imagine. I did somewhat feel sorry for the son. He in a way was the only character in the whole story I somewhat empathized with. He was exceptionally weak and snivaling but at least he did not stoop to his parents level of low. The whole filial piety thing seems to be an excuse for so many toxic things to be allowed to happen. Is it really anything like that? Then there was the sister and the crazy fiancee of the son who was not really the son of the father. Both horrid wretched people. The only likable person was her brother. He was just a cutie all the way through. Every other person, managers, friends, etc. all had their own agenda and thought nothing of trashing/trampling on another person to make sure their agenda was carried out. Finally we get to the number of episodes. A completely unecessary 20. They could have and should have stopped at 16. It might have been a 5 if they had. I know this is an older show but it is still available on Viki so thought I would give it a try. It should just fade away never to be seen again.

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What was that hot mess?

I honestly do not even know where to start with this review. If you are looking for an overly long, overly dramatic, overly miserable story this one is for you. 70 episodes of nothing. The first few had promise but by episode 20 you start to wonder how you can possibly make it thru all 70. I am a big fan of all the actors in this but the script did nothing for them. The characters were all so flawed and miserable. Flawed is not bad, but the way they were written was just horrible. Wallace Chungs character was to me a weak and spineless guy who thought he was nice. Sun yi's character was just a pathetic, miserable, whiny idiot who brought much of her troubles on herself. Ray Ma's character I really liked at first but just find it hard to believe his character arc. Honestly not one of these people had a backbone and most deserved their self inflicted misery. The unrequited love of Wallace's friend, her psycho sister who was a stalker to Ray Ma. None of the characters were likable. I do not mind flawed but these people were beyond that. By Episode 40 I was skipping 5 or 6 episodes at a time because they were going no where. Could we see one more confrontation, hospitalization? I should try to read the book because inevitably they are always better than the screen adaptations. I could not like any of the characters so therefore stopped rooting for any of them. I honestly wanted the FL to just disappear I just got so sick of that stupid mopey look she had.
Watch this one at your own risk. It is a huge time investment and in my opinion not worth it.

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So Boring

So after all the anticipation and waiting for this drama I must say I was completely disappointed. It has every cdrama cliche and then some and it is such slow going I could not take it anymore. I stopped watching at episode 18 and went to the end. I will commit cdrama sacrilage right now and say Xiao Zhan did not live up to my expectations in this. Nor did Yang Zi for that matter. I am sure they could have written a better script than the one they followed and perhaps a cuter, funnier, more slice of life drama would have been the result. This one was just torture. I saw zero chemistry between the main leads. I understand the age difference thing but still it could have been much better. Save yourself from this one unless you are absolutely a diehard fan of either of the leads. You will need to be a blind follower to get thru this one.

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Could Have Been So Much Better

Where to begin with this one? ML was ok in my mind, I did not find him as attractive as most people did. He seemed a little flat and boring to me. The FL I found a bit annoying but ok at the beginning. As the story progressed she did fall into the typical c-drama pitfall of overacting; espcecially her crying scenes. There were way to many of them in my opinion. The chemistry between the leads was cute and funny for the first 20 or so episodes and I really enjoyed their push/pull relationship. I began to get a little tired of their relationship towards the end, particularly the female lead and her attitude and mood swings. She was all over the place and the gratuitous sex before she left the first time really irritated me. The second ML was typical of cdramas, he was the good guy/boring/never does anything wrong/just does not stand out type. The sister of the FL was just a horrible human being. I can not stand people who are their own constant pity party and blame everyone else for their own shortcomings. The cinematography was good, OST ok. Then we get to the ending which in my opionion ruined the whole story and made me angry I wasted 34 hours of my time. It also fell into typical cdrama trope land with a lot of unnecessary deaths/plot twists. Do the writers not understand that sometimes less is more? I tend to not read reviews before I watch a show; wierd right? I guess I really want to form my own opinion without outside interference. I then go read the reviews to see if many of my thoughts were validated . They certainly were for this show. Many people seemed to hate the ending of this show. With good reason I might add. All in all it was entertaing and funny thru the first 23/24 episodes and then it got really boring. If they had made the show 30 episodes they might have saved it but 34 was to many. I say watch if you have free time and nothing else on your watch list.

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A Story of Manipulation and Phsychological Abuse

So this show was an absolute nightmare for me. I got thru the whole thing but found myself yelling at the tv because I just could not understand the mind of someone who could write somethig like this. The whole show is a series of manipulations and phsycological abuse perpetrated by every lead character in this drama. Male lead is a jerk, second male lead is constantly manipulating the female lead to get what he wants. The two seconday female leads, the actress who is a crazy bitch and the female leads sister who is also crazy and the cause of all the hurt and drama to begin with. Who could ever love any of these people? Female lead is a doormat because she is pathetically weak minded and has no communication skills. Everyone of these characters were pretty much horrible human beings who professed love but actually had no idea what love was. There was really no good characters except maybe the sisters assistant/boy toy who was decent but nothing special. The mother was a manipulative miserable human being. How is a plane crash anyones fault? Irregardless of why they were on it. The male leads constant tolerance of the actress even after finding out she did multiple bad things to the female lead. Just unbelievable. The whole show was just awful.

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The worst yet

Absolutely do not waste anytime on this one. It is an older show from 2015 but honestly the plot was from 1960. Everything was horrible. The characters, the storyline, everything. The writers should be ashamed of themselves. The only saving grace was Hawick's handsome face. That is it! The FL was pathetic, disgusting and then some.There was no chemistry between any of the leads. Every message sent in this show is warped and so wrong. Keep a child from its father, allow a phsyco b..ch! to get away with anything, lie, lie and keep on lying. Seems to be a theme of these chinese shows. I could go on and on. The show was horrible all the way to the horrible ending. I am so sorry I wasted my time.

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Very Enjoyable

I have never been much of a crime/detective drama fan but I really enjoyed this one. It might be Chen Xiao, who is one of my absolute favorite Chinese actors but the remainder of the cast were stellar as well. It was 24 episodes so it did not really drag as much as those 30 episodes and longer dramas. It jumped between two timelines, the present 2010, and 1997. They did this very well in my opinion, it never got too confusing. I do not want to spoil anything by getting to deep into the drama but if you are a crime/police drama fan you should give this one a try.

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