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Flower Boy Next Door korean drama review
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Flower Boy Next Door
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by cas
Dec 15, 2019
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed
Overall 6.5
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 6.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
This review may contain spoilers
Oh god, this drama just annoyed me more and more every episode. I could see why some people enjoyed this show, but oh god I’m surprised I didn’t pull all my hair out by the end of the show

Likes:
The first 3 episodes were really enjoyable ngl. By the first episode it pulls you in. Most of the cast was also very enjoyable (besides Park Shin Hye’s role but we’ll get into that later). Enrique was so adorable and his spirits lifted up most of the show. He’s honestly the main reason why I kept going. Oh Jin Rak was also pretty cool, annoying at some times, but I did feel bad for him. I liked Enrique more, but I wouldn’t have been mad if he ended up with Dok Mi. I also liked the secondary couple between Kim Seulgi and Go Kyung Pyo, in fact, I actually liked them more than the actual main couple. The show also has some good moments, mainly when it was comedic and happy and stuff. Too bad most of those moments were short lived since Dok Mi always ALWAYS seemed to weigh down the light mood. The show did give me a few laughs at times and there was some really cute moments between the main couple.

Dislikes:
Dok Mi oh mY GOD. At first, I was intrigued by her, and in a way I could relate to her (besides the whole spying-on-a-guy thing). The whole being anti social and crap was laughable at first, and I would think of myself at some moments, but after a while it just got plain annoying. She’d do this whole push-and-pull thing with Enrique. One day she’ll like him and then like an hour later, something will like go off in her brain and she’d ignore him. She also had like little to no character development. So how she was in episode 1, she was almost the same in like episode 13. The only thing that changed was the whole stalking ordeal, but it really wasn’t that big of an issue. I honestly found her more and more annoying every episode. Also Do Hwi was just, ugh. Instead of just 1 irritating female character let’s just add 2 in the show while we’re at it. Do Hwi had no purpose and was just there to make things annoying. These two characters pissed me off the most and it makes it even worse that one of them is literally the protagonist so I could barely enjoy the show without rolling my eyes. There also wasn’t really much of a story, which I didn’t really mind that much, but (SPOILER) the last 4-5 episodes about Enrique going to Spain was pretty much useless and was kinda just there to keep the show going. (SPOILER END). This show could’ve been a lot better if it was a web drama or if it was like 12 episodes instead of 16.

Overall:
This show does has some good points, but there was so many things weighing it down that I couldn’t enjoy it as much as I anticipated it to be. That is not to say that other wouldn’t enjoy it. I found some moments of the show cute, and Enrique was just so adorable that he really carried the whole show. The plot is simple, so don’t expect a whole mind-blowing story. The OST is not really ground-breaking. I didn’t really pay attention to it. It’s not terribly though. Overall, if you can deal with the annoying push-and-pull relationship then you might like this show. If you can’t, stay faaaarrrrr away from this drama.
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