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Cheating scumdog!
Lol i think i am getting more mature... usually im not to into this type of drama haha. This one was enjoyable because of how strong the female lead was. However I didnt really like that her cheating husband got off so easily.Female lead finds out that her husband is having an affair with someone at work. She was once really smart, capable but sacrificed it all to be a full time stay at home mom. This drama is about how she meets with the second female lead aka the mistress in trying to link hands in getting more evidence for the divorce, while all at the same time trying to strengthen herself.
I didnt really like the drama because it gave way too much limelight to the evil male lead. He basically lead the drama and was so selfish , evil and sinful. I wanted to punch him so many times through the screen. He barely got any punishment and mostly everything went this way..
Dumb bitch award goes to the second mistress aka 3rd female lead , like literally she hella stupid in thinking the male lead loves her. She was head over heels for him but all he wanted was the money and sex..
Worst in law award goes to the male lead parents. Seriously what kind of parent, thats what kind of son.... They are so horrible to the female lead . They do things to the female lead daughter and say horrible words.
The mistress aka 2nd female lead redeems herself because she finally sees the true side of the male lead. She herself has her own sufferings/struggles. She evenly becomes really good friends with the female lead. I really liked their friendship, when each other has diffculties they got each other's back.
I didnt care for the romance between the female lead and huang xiao ming... no offense
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It is a good-centric drama about vengeance on a cheating husband. Good drama.
Alliance is a modern drama about Lin Shuang, a brilliant student with great potential who ended up giving up her career to be a full-time mom. She was betrayed by her husband, who had an affair with a co-worker.She teamed up with the mistress to avenge her husband and, in the process, rekindle love with an old classmate, Gu Xu.
I like the plot, and the flow of the drama is good. It kept me engaged in the story. The acting is okay; I wish there were more romance between Lin Shuang and Gu Xu.
Li Ze Feng was good at playing a selfish and conniving bad husband. Overall, I enjoyed this drama and recommend you should check it out.
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One step forward, three steps backwards
This drama should serve as a cautionary tale for women to choose wisely in a marriage. It tells a story of empowerment, healing, and new beginnings. Lin Shuang gives up her brilliant career to be a housewife and a mother just to find out a few years later that her husband is unfaithful. Instead of sulking in depression, she picks herself up and pursues self-improvement for the sake of herself and her daughter.The plot moves between different storylines of friendship, marriage, workplace, parenthood in a very realistic way. Lin Shuang achieves through trial and error overcoming multiple roadblocks all the while having to deal with her soon to be ex-husband's dirty schemes. She is kind and likable, hard to anger, and tends to avoid confrontation, which makes her an easy target for manipulation, especially by her overbearing in-laws. But, while I enjoy a good tale of female empowerment, Lin Shuang's character is just too good. She lets a lot of things slide for the sake of dignity, which is unsustainable and quite often hard to stomach. The breaking point is when she checks Wei Ming's parents into a nice hotel after they abducted her daughter to use as a bargaining chip in the divorce proceeding.
The pacing starts to drag as soon as the drama introduces secondary and tertiary characters nobody cares about. I couldn't care less about Jiang Xi mom's cancer or a continuous marathon of her brother's failures. I am here to watch a woman brave through a divorce, not filler characters being ridiculous. Another issue is that Lin Shuang has to deal with too many roadblocks. It's a drama, not someone's life story. For every step forward, she always takes three steps backwards, which makes the drama tedious to watch.
Lastly, the story reaches its logical conclusion at around episode 28 when the divorce is finalized. Everything moving forward is Wei Ming's new set of matrimonial problems with the next missus and Lin Shuang's incredibly slow and uninteresting romance with Gu Xu. The romantic development with Gu Xu should've been part of the story much earlier. After the divorce, it felt like the writers tried to scramble the plot because they forgot something.
Overall, this is a good slice-of-life drama with likable characters and semi-decent pacing. I recommend having a fast-forward button on stand-by.
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Inspirational
Without question, this is a high calibre, well thought out and impeccably acted drama. I love how they did away with silly tropes and that, even though we knew what ending was coming, it never felt boring or unnecessary. Kudos to the actors and those involved in any way with this drama. Bravo indeed.My only reservation ...and it's a minor one because this wasn't truly the point of the drama...is that I never really felt the connection or chemistry between the two leads. I know we heard often enough of the ML's longstanding devotion for the FL but it wasn't something I felt beyond his loving gaze...and I'm still not sure how she went from being an appreciative friend and beneficiary of the ML's kindness and connections to being in love with him. It just didn't jive with me..in fact I felt a greater connection between her and Martin, her best friend's love interest.
I do appreciate the comraderie that grew between the wronged wife and the mistress. Lovely and so supporting and deep. To me, that was the greatest love in the tale...the unbreakable friendship between two women who should have been wary of one another.
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The Power of female friendships.
I wasn't expecting this drama to be so good, but it really is very good.It reminded me of First Half of My Life in a way.
The female lead's outlook and the way she approached her dilemma of a cheating husband was so impressive, graceful, mature and pragmatic; she's also a genuinely nice person so that makes her endearing.
My biggest takeaway from this story is its portrayal of female friendships, the way women support and help each other is what made this story so refreshing. There are many instances where there is genuine animosity between women but the narrative takes us through a journey of the women reaching an understanding of each other and appreciating each other's challenges.
Additional themes are the role of women in marriage, the workplace, familial relationships and society in general. The story shows how difficult it is for women to balance family and career and it also highlights the different and higher expectations placed on women compared to men. Men have fewer expectations placed on them beyond being a financial provider.
This is an excellent drama with a worthwhile message.
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A new favorite
This drama is really underrated in my opinion! It tells a believable story with deep characters that you really get invested in, while dealing with some really complex societal issues. It’s not your standard love story between 20-somethings by any means, and I love it for that. As a mom myself trying to balance career and family, I was really impressed with how they faced that challenge head on. It really isn’t like anything else I’ve watched, and I loved it! Definitely my new favorite modern drama.Was this review helpful to you?
