MollySF
Wafer thin story full of cliches
The only interesting thing about this show is the inside workings of the show biz. The characters individually are nice but put together produce a yawn inducing mishmash. The main culprit is the cliched plot and the wafer thin story. A shorter more punchy story might have saved this.there is something seriously wrong with Mango TV that their produced dramas repeatedly have such ill thought out plots. i just looked through their website and checked the rankings and comments of their productions listed --except for 3-4 titles, every show seems to be in the same underwhelming rating range. Similar complaints of cliched writing losing the plot after 7th - 8th episode.
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Not worth your time
It was an uncomfortable watch because of the FL lack of range of acting-- she has 4 school dramas under her belt and she has acted ditto in each of them. Same clothes, same body language, same tomboyish character, same dialogue delivery, same expressions, even the clothes and hair style are the same. Either her range is so limited nobody offers her any different character, or she genuinely doesnt know how to interpret different characters.Plus she looks under the legal age of consent which makes it a tad uncomfortable to watch the romance. Not worth your time at all
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Only watch if there is nothing better available
The story was based on an interesting premise of the relationship between a man who abhors lies and a woman who is constantly fibbing. But the FL 's dry as bones personality really did not go with along with the premise. The woman was supposed to show high social EQ and defuse situations by stretching the truth or downright lying, but honestly there was such a lack of charm and expressiveness in the actor that the irritable and zero EQ male lead appeared more scintillating. I think this is a case of miscasting. The entire logic of the FL being able to make good the situations spoilt by the ML's unbending rules didnt come through.I was trying to imagine someone with natural charm like Bai Lu or Dilraba ; with such actors the premise would have worked well. With Liang Jie's earnest , colorless and timid personality, it comes unstuck.
Full marks to the actor playing the male lead's sister. She was absolutely glorious and here's wishing the FL had even an iota of that child actor's animation.
Xin Yun Lai performed the ML really well. He brought out the dourness, the quiet watchfulness very nicely . Its a shame that his act was not able to get support from Liang Jie.
Plot holes like the prolonged senseless revenge track ( really? the ML was a kid and how was he responsible for a man losing a legal case?) , the volte face by the Xi Yun from a great boss to a mean avenger detrated from the quality of the story. Repeated tropes like the FL falling into the ML's arms at least 6-7 times were cringe.. I think creators overuse these stupid tropes only when the chemistry between actors is missing. A big downside.
I am sorry I just couldnt drag myself to watch beyond episode 16. I rushed to MDL to read what others had read before finding that other people were similarly bored out of their wits midway too. Dropping at #!6
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Disrespectful to all working women
The FL's overtures to the ML in the begining are to get an interview ; she is advised to and keeps the conversation simmering at flirty inappropriate advances to ensure she gets ahead. Ifthat is not perverse, I dont know what is.. Her late night inappropriate messages if dotn by any man would have made us run screaming SA to high heavans. I am sorry if this is how things are done in China, maybe there is a cultural subtext I am missing, but to me it just sounds plain wrong that a woman needs to do all this just to get an.....interview. There are literally millions of hard working women winning milestones and getting ahead without adopting any of the coy tactic adppted by the FL..... and they are the real heroes who deserve to be lauded.Was this review helpful to you?
