odetodramas
Disappointing
I enjoy dramas centering around a group of friends, especially when they're relatable storylines about women in their 30s. Unfortunately, this one was a miss. The monologues at the end of each episode felt over-the-top in trying to be insightful, the pacing was uneven, and there was so much product placement (BMW, Oreo, that mobile game). The biggest thing this drama was successful at was making me want to go to the gym; I loved that the women were always working out together.
I did like Victoria Song as the bubbly Sun Yi He. Of course, I wanted to yell at her because her relationship with Sam was clearly going to be a train wreck, but I loved her dedication to her job and her friendship with Yu Tian. She experiences a lot of growth throughout the drama. After seeing Tony Yang in All is Well last year, I was excited to see him here and loved all his scenes. Ren Ran was my second favorite and I loved that she was a successful career woman, but her romantic storyline was also an emotional rollercoaster. David Wang is really good at playing unlikable businessmen, I swear that's the only role I've ever seen him play.
Oh, Ding Ding. She has the most lighthearted romance storyline and I love enemies-to-lovers, but it quickly became annoying. He turned into a lovesick puppy so quickly and she was too immature. I couldn't take her job with managing the boy group seriously, and when things take a turn for her towards the end, I wondered why she didn't simply get a job?! The opposite of Ding Ding is Karen, the most mature of the four. She owns the gym where they're always working out at, and she's a divorced single mom so naturally she has a different perspective than the others. Her son is cute and there's an emotional storyline with her mother, but the writing just didn't resonate with me.
The ending didn't even feeling like an ending! I had to double-check that there wasn't another episode. Similar-ish dramas I enjoyed more than this are: Find Yourself (also starring Victoria Song), Be Melodramatic (Korean). I haven't watched Nothing But Thirty yet but hear good things about it.
I did like Victoria Song as the bubbly Sun Yi He. Of course, I wanted to yell at her because her relationship with Sam was clearly going to be a train wreck, but I loved her dedication to her job and her friendship with Yu Tian. She experiences a lot of growth throughout the drama. After seeing Tony Yang in All is Well last year, I was excited to see him here and loved all his scenes. Ren Ran was my second favorite and I loved that she was a successful career woman, but her romantic storyline was also an emotional rollercoaster. David Wang is really good at playing unlikable businessmen, I swear that's the only role I've ever seen him play.
Oh, Ding Ding. She has the most lighthearted romance storyline and I love enemies-to-lovers, but it quickly became annoying. He turned into a lovesick puppy so quickly and she was too immature. I couldn't take her job with managing the boy group seriously, and when things take a turn for her towards the end, I wondered why she didn't simply get a job?! The opposite of Ding Ding is Karen, the most mature of the four. She owns the gym where they're always working out at, and she's a divorced single mom so naturally she has a different perspective than the others. Her son is cute and there's an emotional storyline with her mother, but the writing just didn't resonate with me.
The ending didn't even feeling like an ending! I had to double-check that there wasn't another episode. Similar-ish dramas I enjoyed more than this are: Find Yourself (also starring Victoria Song), Be Melodramatic (Korean). I haven't watched Nothing But Thirty yet but hear good things about it.
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