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Land of Dreams chinese drama review
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Land of Dreams
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by emberzmars
Sep 4, 2024
24 of 24 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.0
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 6.5
Rewatch Value 6.0
This review may contain spoilers

Fast-paced enjoyable older male, younger female minidrama

I decided to check out this mini drama after seeing short clip on Youtube. I rarely watch dramas with much older male lead and younger female lead so I was curious to see how the story unfold.

What I liked:
1. Plot - The series is fast-paced and easy to digest. The villain was set up nicely.
2. Change of leads' dynamics - ML took in FL when she was 10 years old and raised her as younger sister Some reviewers were bothered by the age gap and "sibling" dynamics and claimed that ML had groomed FL. I disagree - Xiaosheng was never inappropriate with Mengshen until he developed romantic feelings for her when she was 20 years old and showed mature behaviour. Xiaosheng and Mengshen were not biologically related so it is ok to become lovers.
3. Romance - Wow, this is one of the few cdramas that show ML and FL being turned on / showing desire. That last scene in episode 15 and early scene of episode 16 were sensual. The actor and actress were not awkward during their intimate scenes, which is good.
4. Qi Ze Yu characterisation - At first I thought his only purpose in the series is just a love rival. Glad that his character was given depth - he was smart and became an ally to both ML & FL. Qi Ze Yu's random English sentences in middle of conversation with Mengchen were amusing.

What I disliked:
1. Mengchen - I disliked that she was rash upon finding out her family's secret. The amount of physical pain inflicted towards ML. Pity him!

Favourite scene
When Qi Ze Yu asked Xiaosheng & Mengshen to tone down their PDA
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