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gemini

The BL Abyss

gemini

The BL Abyss
Tempted korean drama review
Completed
Tempted
1 people found this review helpful
by gemini
Nov 30, 2021
32 of 32 episodes seen
Completed 1
Overall 5.5
Story 4.5
Acting/Cast 6.5
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

Cruel Intentions but for kids

When I saw this show pop-up on Netflix as a recommendation I was excited to watch it, the trailer made the show out to be something different from your average romance kdrama. As I watched the first few episodes I realised what it was about - Cruel Intentions - or at least the book that that film was based on. Now although I wouldn't consider Cruel Intentions the greatest film of all time, it's a pretty decent film. So I became pretty invested in the show and was interested to see where they would take the story and characters and how similar or different it would be from the film.

They took it everywhere! With the hundreds of side character stories that were happening all at once.

There was so much going on storywise you really had to focus if you wanted to keep up.

The whole bet and revenge plan had no reason to it and it was all very... tame? Especially following the 'outing' of their teacher's affair at the beginning of the drama. The actors themselves seemed ok and the chemistry between them was there and that was probably the saving grace of this show but I don't think they were given the best direction or story to work with.

I feel like I've been pretty lenient with the ratings I have given, I wouldn't recommend this drama or give it a rewatch.
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