What a long review for a production I don't like!

Usually, these kinds of mini-series somehow move fast, regardless of whether the script is bad or not, but I didn't feel that way about this series.

I'm on episode 22. Since it's a mini series, I'm trying to finish it, but even if I speed it up, I'm having a hard time. I don't want to drop it since I watched most of it, but I get bored. Frankly, I don't have much expectation from these kinds of series, I watch it mostly to see the chemistry and a little bit intimacy between the couples. But even that doesn't drag. There are no exaggerated intimacy scenes, as mentioned. At least, it's not impressive. (Maybe because of the way the script goes) It wasn't even halfway through the series.

I wouldn't even want to talk about bad editing since it's common in most Chinese dramas, especially in mini-dramas but here an example such as when the ML lies back when the camera is in wide angle, sits down when the camera zooms in, leans back again when the camera is in wide angle again and finally faints forward while in a sitting position. What I'm trying to say is that while the female character is slowly reaching out to kiss, they appear in different positions from different camera angles in the same scene. It's as if they shot this scene from different angles, different positions and times and stitched it together. I don't know how to explain it just watch the last scene of episode 21 and you'll understand what I mean.

Next paragraph may contain spoilers I am not sure. But not major spoilers I think. It's more about the personalities of the lead characters.

The majority of the series is filled with misunderstandings and intrigues. (maybe some old fashioned makjang drama im not sure) The FL can't decide who to trust, she constantly changes her mind, she doubts the ML for a moment, but then she trusts him completely. Of course, a person can be a suspicious person, but this character doesn't reflect this well. Suspicion doesn't end instantly, it covers a longer process and it takes time to trust completely. Or a suspicious person doesn't believe everything someone says right away. But she believe whatever someone says and completely erase the other. In one incident, person A says something accusatory to person B, immediately believes A and accuses person B. Then person B says something against person A, this time immediately believes person A. And the cycle continues like this very long time I think. Also at the beginning of the series, she goes to dangerous places with the person she thinks is the murderer, stays alone with him, and while she is alone with him all the time, she directly tells him that he is the murderer. It's not about testing, it's just careless in my opinion. I am sure there are good dramas done that better. The male character, on the other hand, falls madly in love with him without any sign of emotion. It gives the impression that the emotional development between them, especially ML's, has skipped over in the script.

Normally, I try to ignore these in such miniseries and watch only for the intimacy and romance of the leads, but since I cannot feel that in this series, it is difficult to ignore it. I don't know if I could explain it, but if I want to make a comparison with a series I recently watched, https://mydramalist.com/770473-embrace-in-the-dark-night wasn't very good either (for example, there was a scene where the rules of physics were completely ignored), but at least it was gripping, it made me want to continue, and most importantly, the emotional development was more convincing.

Even if I didn't expect originality, I have to say that it is a below average production as the acting, cinematography, solid script and characters, and the execution are not very good either. I think am not very good at giving rating but when I compare it to productions that deserve higher scores or have received same scores here, I don't think this one deserves such a high rating. For me it is above average/5 so i give it a 2-3/10.

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