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Abyss korean drama review
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Abyss
1 people found this review helpful
by vampbunny
Nov 10, 2023
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 6.0
This review may contain spoilers
Went into this looking past the reviews and while there are positives to Abyss, I found myself mostly confused after watching the whole thing. The story is interesting on paper and the drama even starts out grabbing your attention immediately, but the more it went on the more I found myself only wanting the romance portion and not the murder-abyss mystery.

The two leads and the romance story are what kept me going to completion. I thought about dropping it a few times throughout my watch through, but I'm glad that I pushed to get to the very end. If it wasn't for them and their acting + scenes, I wouldn't have been interested. I didn't really care for any of the other back stories at all, plus the villain is easy to guess from the beginning.

The plot holes are always a little crazy in fantasy dramas, but this one seemed to be on another level to me. Some of the questions you are left with are huge and the way the story progresses can seem a little messy. A huge one for me is how everyone just moves past that they brought themselves back to life. Not just 1 person, 3.. and everyone moves past it and continues on like they didn't die and come back looking entirely different. If you truly look at how their relationship starts it's so messy and toxic. How he was pining after her during his previous relationship, how he still is pulling both girls along for most of the drama while knowing who he truly wants to be with.. I do wish we could've gotten more scenes of how she liked him with his previous face. That is the downfall to these Ugly-to-Hot dramas for me.. they are still the same person they were before, but everyone treats them differently and suddenly realizes their true feelings or wants to express them after they are Hot v. Not.

Good for cute romance scenes, but the story wasn't one that kept me hooked or satisfied.
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