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WhiteLilly

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WhiteLilly

Germany
Gu Family Book korean drama review
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Gu Family Book
1 people found this review helpful
by WhiteLilly
Sep 3, 2015
24 of 24 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 10
Story 10.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 10.0
This drama just cost me the whole night, because I just could not stop watching it. It might be the most addicting drama I have ever seen, surpassing even Healer or City Hunter. In all, it was AWESOME. You would be crazy to miss on this, especially if you are into history-fantasy-romance - the love story here is phenomenal. And it manages to be so, although there are a few critique points. But first, what was so GREAT about it: 1) The main character - he is just adorable. Just the right amount of funny, goofy, badass, strong, emotional, all mixed into one. 2) The story - the drama starts with a beautiful and tragic love story by itself which makes a great start. The pace of the story altogether is great, and the development of our hero especially very believable. There are many highlights and quite some action during the whole plot, and of course there is a big emotional ending. 3) The female leading role can actually fight and is not a princessy princess, which is absolutely great. 4) You will live through MANY emotions, sometimes it makes you laugh out loud, sometimes sad. Thre are many characters who will trigger different reactions, the fate of e.g. the hero's first love is really tough. 5) The suspense at the end of each episode is unbelievable. And here come the two biggest PROBLEMS I had with this drama: 1) The music - during the most romantic scenes the music is just TOO MUCH. It just doesn't fit this historical-action drama,even if its about love. They totally overdid it, for me its too whiny. 2) The main actress (SUZY)... sigh. I don't know what the heck happened, but about midway through the series she started acting so bad, it really bothered me whilst watching. First, she was kickass, but then gradually, almost every take of her face showed just a dull staring expression, ALWAYS THE SAME. You cannot miss it. It is EVERYWHERE. Almost no emotions visible or childishly forced eyebrows, her mouth gaping open, especially in the last few episodes - OMG, I so came to hate this mouth because I could just not ignore her bad acting. Plus: When she had to play hurt/sick/fainting - this was on such an amateur level... It was almost emberassing to watch, really. She was a really bad choice for this tough female character. If the main male role had not been brilliant, this would NOT HAVE WORKED at all. So, the music and main actress sucked, but still, I am giving this drama 10 out of 10 just because it was 100% entertaining and emotionally versitile - and the love story was huge (I would have wished for a "straight" happy ending, but oh well...)
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