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Sydney, Australia

korean koukla

Sydney, Australia
Reflection of You korean drama review
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Reflection of You
4 people found this review helpful
by korean koukla
Dec 8, 2021
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 10.0
Music 10.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
This review may contain spoilers
I have a love-hate relationship with this drama. Even as I write this review, my feelings are still mixed? Was it entertaining? Yes, for the most part. Was it predictable at times? Yes, very. Did most of the characters annoy me? Yes, I could not stand Hui-ju the female lead, her daughter Li-sa, the rude sister-in-law Doctor, the annoying, overbearing mother-in-law and even the male lead Woo-jae at times. Did the ending suck? YES!!! It's kinda anti-climactic really.

I should say that I only watched this for two reasons: 1) For Choi Won-young, my sexy dilf who I'm OBSESSED with and 2) For Shin Hyun-bin.

The acting on this show was flawless. All the actors were superb. Even the child actors understood the assignment despite however annoying Li-sa was at times. I really enjoyed seeing Shin Hyun-bin in a role completely different to her character in Hospital Playlist. She proved that she has a lot of potential. I think she perfectly played a tortured and complex character so well; whereas the other female lead had like the same two facial expressions (either fake smiles or a shocked face)

For the most part the storyline is entertaining but very, very predictable. I found it very hard to like Hui-ju as a character because of her cheating. I felt sorry for her wronged husband who loved her so much that he was willingly to pretend to be in denial about her affair despite knowing for all those years. It was heartbreaking to see him unravel as Woo-jae re-entered his wife's life and tormented him about their relationship .

Woo-jae annoyed me a lot. He shouldn't have married Hae-won again if he was just going to obsess over Hui-ju. He started the drama saying that he wanted to apologise to Hae-won for the hurt he had previously caused her, but he just turned her into a bigger monster by the end. Granted I know he didn't exactly regain his memories when he married her, but he could've told her that he was against getting married again until he was sure it was what he wanted. I started to really hate him when he kissed Hui-ju on his wedding day and then still went on to marry Hae-won. Despite her drive for revenge being annoying at times, I did feel for Hae-won. She deserved better than to have the two people she loved the most do this to her. I was hoping that she would end up with Hui-ju's brother because he treated her so much better than Woo-jae and she deserved a proper shot at love and happiness. I guess its implied that they will end up together but not shown.

I knew the show would end up with a reversal of fortune. Hae-won returning back to her old self again as Hannah, a sucessful artist, no longer dark and twisted but happy and full of life again; and Hui-ju now being the one living in hell, tormented and tortured by her mistakes and her past. I definitely think Hui-ju deserved that kind of ending, but I really felt so sorry for her husband. He truly did not deserve to live with the feeling that his wife abandoned him and her family for someone he was always felt insecure around due to his inferiority complex. The husband deserved so much better in my opinion. I would've rather see Hui-ju take the fall for Woo-jae's death and do time in jail than this ending.
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