You can love even when there's no time or place to love. Queen For Seven Days was a really good drama that needed the viewer to focus on certain elements to be fully appreciated. You don't need to know the historical background to see the show, but in my opinion it would be useful to appreciate it in the way it deserves to . In fact, I had a love-hate relationship with every character in this show, but I must say, this was what made the drama good. STORY The story itselfs is nothing much. Basically it revolves around bad parenting that generated trauma, trauma that generates other traumas. All the traumas, the weaknesses, the misunderstandings are manipulated by the ones who ran after power. Power ends to ruin brotherhood, love and sincerity. The drama had a really nice start: I appreciated the first episodes the most. The story went on so smoothly and lightly-hearthed. From the second part till the end, the story picked up a really bittersweet flavor, which lead to kind of a 'passive' watching. At some point I felt the story was just going nowhere and repeating itself, but It was not that bad though, because I think that at that point the main focus was on the characters more than the story itself. CHARACTERS Characters were a m a z i n g, basically the only thing that kept me going on. As much as I loved this drama, I still don't have a favorite character. Everyone was so humanily weak, bad, overly egoistic or too caring. The prince was very weak, his older brother was probably the weakest ever. Chae Kyung was cringely naive, and her family had so many ups and downs. However, this is why I liked the drama. Everyone had a different goal but the same way to accomplish it. I found very moving Seo No's character reasons and ideas, he was the only commoner between aristocrats. I won't go too deep in this because it's too easy to spoiler, but just keep in mind that everyone will make you questioning yourself about who is right, who deserves the throne and so on... The actors were awesome in their perfomances, Lee Dong Gun was at his best. He gave probably the best performance of the show. However, I must say other characters weren't as 'problematic' as his and they weren't given the opportunity to fully shine because of the script itself, in my opinion. MUSIC Again, I liked the music in the first episodes more than the others. I found the english song very suitable and nice. It was also light-hearted and I liked it. From second part on, the drama intensifies, so music gets dramatic. REWATCH VALUE Honestly I don't think I will watch this drama again. All the drama, the sorrow, the things that got me angry don't make it a show I would like to rewatch. OVERALL Queen For Seven Days starts with the most tragical flash forward. I don't like to think about sad endings, I love happy ones. However, I couldn't help but to keep watching it even tho it got more and more tragic episode after episode. Again, I think one should know the real history behind it before starting the drama. I feel like most of the people are not able to catch the real meaning of it. Most of the watchers I spoke to talked about 'siding' with a character or another. I honestly think people should watch this drama 'coldly', without taking sides. I was impressed by the acting of Lee Dong Gun, and his character was the one with the best scenes, but this doesn't mean I'd side with him. I pitied him as I pitied other characters, and that's all. I often wondered why people thought he should've been the king when he had serious mental problems. (His brother was not the best option, but at least he was trying to help the commoners and not destroying the country. ) I think the writer intention was to inspire the viewer to question himself: the effects of bad parenting, lies someone says to protect another are right or not?, how deep can love be and so on... I recommend it to someone who is looking for a nice drama filled with a 'hidden' love. It has a very sweet love story and it gets kind of "tenderly dramatic". First episodes are light and smooth, so it's not very difficult to get into the drama.