Embrace in the Dark Night (2024)

for Wattpad lovers ?

it's my first time writing a review so please coperate with my complicated writing. 🫠

things I liked about the show :
ofc! the chemistry was super good so I liked everytime their was a steamy scene and they played the ost 😭😭😭 ohhhh I got so many butterflies in my stomach everytime it happened but the moment it ended I started questioning myself what am I doing lol bcs there was no great plot it was just straight up Wattpad story but i still loved it bcs of 3 reasons

1- ML
2- short and sweet (only 15 min eps)
3- so Wattpad coded lol


if you're looking for a great plot and deep cdramas so it's not for you but it also does have a very good storyline it's just missing something 🫢

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OFF THE CHART LEAD CHARACTER CHEMISTRY

What is this? What exactly was this? The chemistry between the leads was too real and I was not READY! I am telling you that those kisses were too HOT for a Cdrama and I was not prepared. How dare this come without a warning lol.

I am so accustomed to the lil pecks they call kissing that I wasn’t ready. The story line was also fun, a little predictable as I already had an idea who the villain was (and I was correct) and already know who the guy in black was. That hat and mask wasn’t fooling anyone besides the female lead. That was hilarious. No way you cannot tell your man from a distance from the back let alone he was all up in her face and space with a hat and Covid mask and she can’t tell. DNKM. Was well put together YOUKU just might and I mean might get my .99c for the continuation.

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This is a no for me

There are many things I didn't like about this. In general, I avoid writing reviews because I have a hard time explaining my thoughts, I get bored, or I forget what I watched. I'm currently on episode 14. I decided to start writing before I complete it because I will surely forget almost everything.

Anyway, the plot so far has been interesting, but I can see some mistakes. The beginning, up until they said goodbye to each other, was good. Those episodes were well done, but how dumb was that boss? He trusted the ml after only two days!? How could he trust him so quickly? I find that to be a mistake. The female lead was fine during these episodes, so I have nothing to say about her.

I hate amnesia tropes, so when we learned that the female lead lost her memory, I was like, "Bro, why?!" because this trope is so overused. I was happy when I found out she didn’t lose her memory and was pretending to be her sister. I liked the idea of her trying to get revenge, but here comes something I didn’t like. After meeting the male lead, the female lead becomes so dumb! It's annoying! I try to understand her, but what she does seems rushed to me and not smart. She got caught so many times, and they even tried to kill her (I mean for her sister). I’m not saying she needs to give up, but I wish the writers had done something different with the plot. Why is it always the male lead coming to save her? I wish the female lead could be smarter and defend herself a bit at least. Of course, I understand that she can’t just fight against men, but I still feel that she keeps doing things without thinking and doesn't learn from the consequences.

I liked episode 17 because it was all fluffy. I'm currently on episode 18. Did she really think it was going to last? She was always getting caught.
Complete! This was bad!! The only things I liked were the tension and the second couple. The acting was fine, and I liked the kissing scenes. Now, onto what I didn't like: the male lead. Also, what was with the ending? In general, everything! It was bad! I wasted my time. I’m not watching the side episodes.

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if horny 15 year old wrote a drama

THIS IS FREAKY ASS WATTPAD SHIT!!! take a shot for every time he picks her up, forces a kiss, pins her against a wall, and saves her when shes in danger. you'd blackout lOL.

this story was so wattpad LMFAOO. like all the wall pins, the dom bf, etc etc... it was good ish! dont get me wrong! still freaky! but very very very repetitive... the same like 3 things happened over and over again....

also, erm don't get why he forced her to do stuff so many times... kinda yucky but i guess if theyre going for that wattpad look, it makes sense. overall nO part of this is realistic at all. not at all. EVERYTHING IS FREAKY!! no character building... main girl so fucking weak... he picks her up and forces kisses on her every second... interesting. but if ur into that go ahead.

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Simultaneously good and bad

So for a short drama there are parts of this that are genuinely impressive — the cinematography is good, the sound mixing fits the vibes, and I admit...some steamy scenes were great and a breath of fresh air from the cutesiness that c-dramas usually stick to.

With that being said, it felt somewhat overdone. I lost count of how many times the ML kabedonned our FL or pinned her wrists down, and because the drama WAS so short, I felt like we really needed to just cut some of the kiss scenes and just work on the plot more.

There are moments where the story jumps around; it's not crazy and you can still follow the overarching plot (which is actually quite solid and needed more screentime), but I was still left feeling confused as to when we got from Point A to Point B.

The acting is also inconsistent. There are some very impressive moments, like a particular crying scene for our ML. But every single character feels a little stiff at some point and the dubbing doesn't help at all.

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Spicy but Silly

If you want to watch something with a lot of steamy kisses then this is a great show. But it depicts a toxic relationship and there isn't any romancing. Just brute force which amounts to sexual harassment. There are so many things that I found aggravating and non-sensical about the plot in general as well. I found myself rolling my eyes and thinking, "this is dumb" quite often.

So why have I given this a 7.5? Well there are 2 reasons:
- Despite the show having so many cliches, the mystery kept me intrigued and I did like the main couple but I kept hoping they acted more normal. Especially the male lead. He was a bit more gentlemanly in the beginning and later he had so many contrasting behaviours that I wasn't sure if I hate him or not. At one point the female lead does finally slap him and he deserved a lot more so I was pleased for her. All of this made me want to keep watching and see where it would lead.
- The more important reason is the second couple that you see later in the series. It's an older woman younger man trope and they have a much more normal relationship. They are nicer to each other. They look great together. And the female lead is mature. I get turned off when female and male characters that act childish. Fortunately neither act like that. I just wish they had more scenes together.

The thing that would have improved the series would be if the main leads actually communicated with each other. That among other aspects were bizarre. I also felt like the male lead treated his friend far better than he did the female lead who he is supposedly protective of.

There is one particular OST that plays at the end of the episodes as well that I quite liked.

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Great Cdrama ever

Well this drama was a rollercoaster. But I would call this drama a dark romance story straight Outta Wattpad.
The story is good, cinematography is also good ✨ but actors lacking in acting skills . They lack so much in expressing their feelings. Like, female lead is just there without any expressions. A little more expressions and acting skills would've made this drama even more better.
I also think this drama lack a little bit of logic. There are few things in their storyline that lack so much logic. they could've shown with more logic than just doing it in a dumb way.

Let's talk about characters now.
FL- her acting skills lack so much. But let's give it an applause for the chemistry and tension with the ML. Her character isn't one of those typical FLs where she's just sooo " oh hero pls save me my prince charming, I'm weak and fragile ", but she's not " that's how it's done love " type of girl either. She's not that smart but not that dumb either.

ML- this guy!! I think he played his role pretty well with all those dark and morally grey vibes. All the fighting scenes were awesome. A little bit logic with his actions would've been great😂

Overall it's a nice Cdrama I've ever watched till now in romance department. Romantic Scenes and chemistry is on point!! I'll probably re-watch it!!

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Perfect if you're in the mood for some Wattpad level story, crap if otherwise

Honestly, no other way of describing it, this series came straight out of someone's Wattpad fantasies - packaged with all the most generic and cliched tropes, a love-hate relationship, a useless FL, and an ML who comes to save her ass from every single situation.

But one good thing about this series is that it's short, so not really much time is needed to invest in this short series. The relationship between FL and ML is certainly spicy, not something I'd ever expected to see from a China-released drama, which makes me wonder if tv producers are experimenting with something new here. The plot itself is kinda crap, everything is kinda crap honestly, but ML made it worth it, especially if you're in the mood to watch some total fantasy mystery dangerous bad boy carrying a weak helpless girl one-armed in 100 ways.

In conclusion, give it a go, for some it's so bad that it's good in a weird way (like me), for others it could be so cringe that you'd much rather not waste your time watching the rest of it.

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