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Moonlight chinese drama review
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Moonlight
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by RSB
Aug 25, 2024
36 of 36 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 7.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 4.0
Rewatch Value 4.0

It's not that I disagree with the positive reviews...

...but honestly I don't have the attention span for this kind of slow-progressing storyline.

The slowburn romance was lovely. Ding Yu Xi absolutely blows it out of the water as the tsundere ML who is clingy and head over heels in love but unable to show it. I love a good grumpy/sunshine setup.

But the majority of the drama revolved around the FL's career in editing and her workplace troubles, which almost immediately got tiring and I started skipping scenes by like 8 episodes in. (Ironic, actually, since I personally have worked in the fiction editing business for years now. You'd think it would be uniquely interesting to me.)

Also, Esther's voice >.< I cannot get over the baby talk, it's just impossible to ignore.

TROPES:
- boss/employee relationship (author & editor)
- grumpy ML / sunshine FL
- ML falls first and is clingy, possessive, jealous, physically affectionate
- cheerful, hardworking but poor FL
- love triangle & eventual secondary couple
- workplace drama set in the publishing industry
- good skinship, great kisses, but be prepared to wait for it
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