Solo por Amor (2023)

Extremely boring. Nothing moves forward. Characters are superficial.

>> Plot:
It's the typical problem of Chinese rom-com series set in the contemporary era. The plot lacks substance. I've watched 5 episodes, and there's no significant progression. If you're considering starting this series, you can save yourself time by beginning at ep.6. Maybe you can start at ep.10 with no problem, but I'm not gonna be here to prove it as it wasted too much of my time already.

>> Character Design:
The main characters are superficial, lacking depth in their minds. For example, the FL is cheated by her bf, but after being caught and FL already prepared to break up with him, it's apparently him who suggests breaking up with the reason that he wants a rich gf instead of her. And FL is just whatever.

The issue here is twofold:
1) The boyfriend serves merely as a plot device for the FL. He's there just to portray one point of FL as a popular girl with a cool personality. This bf is a character that lacks meaning and is unnecessary to exist.
2) The FL character itself has no grasp of emotions. She just cooly sits and stands >> this point applies to the ML and 2nd ML characters as well. There's no depth of feeling in any of these characters. They just sit, stand, and act cool.

The lack of emotional depth and character analysis is the perilous point of no return for all of these characters. These characters are uninteresting and fail to evoke any genuine emotion. It's become even more problematic when these characters are not just random extras but the main roles.

>> Dialogue:
The dialogue is also unhelpful. What they talk are not interesting at all. They just say whatever without any meaningful contribution, and what is said does not help moving the plot forward.

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Added note: After being disappointed with this series and deciding to drop it, I consecutively started 'Twinkling Watermelon.' Wow... it grabbed my attention within 2 minutes. The dialogue moves the plot, and the opening scene introduces an interesting point in the story. The characters aren't ordinary, and even the way extras play feels like they actually have meaningful roles. Everyone feels real.

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Impossível 36 ep

Eu odeio droppar!! Mas me forcei até o 14 e quando pensava que tinha até o 36° dava vontade de chorar!
Ele é o CEO de quase sempre, sendo um pouco atencioso, mas nada que me fizesse insistir em um relacionamento.
Ela muito inteligente profissionalmente e uma porta em relacionamentos!
Não aguentava mais ouvir os saltos dos sapatos dela correndo, literalmente o tempo todo enquanto acompanha ele, já que ele deixava ela sempre pra trás!! E a patética corria pra alcançar!!
A melhor amiga dá péssimos conselhos na maioria das vezes ( mesmo sendo toda traumatizada e não resolve seu próprio relacionamento por inseguranças)
A maior parte só falando de negócios de forma tão detalhada que quase viro acionista da empresa!
Sendo que focar em negócios e um saco! Muito tempo perdido num assunto que não interessa e difícil de entender!
Enfim: Não tem ator que segura esse roteiro lento!

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Strange but quite a good watch

This drama can basically be divided into three sections:
First section- episodes 1-9
This was bad.. the ML is your typical CEO, using his power to manipulate and mess with the FL’s career.
Second section- Epi 10-19
The storyline gets better, and now it’s clear the ML likes her, but I don’t understand why she’s hot & cold towards him? She will try to seduce him and when he tries to kiss her, she runs away? This whole vibe between them I found weird and strange, just couldn’t understand what the writers and producers were trying to achieve.
Third section- the rest of the episodes. So yes they get together, but they break up for about 5 episodes. Again, I couldn’t understand why, I mean yes the reason was because she used him for her revenge, but was it even that? I didn’t even get that in the beginning episodes. Maybe I missed it cos I did fast forward a bit here n there lol.

Anyhow, it’s not your typical romance relationship development, but the chemistry is pretty decent. Visuals of Dylan and Bailu are definitely on fire! I actually prefer the 2nd couple, but they didn’t have much screen time. 3rd couple was mediocre, boring development but Miles Wei was hot lol. Quite a few big stars in this drama, but I don’t think the storyline held up to expectations.

Should you watch? Yeah.. give it a go. Just keep an open mind and ff the boring bits ;)

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I gave up

I am not one to drop dramas. It takes a lot for me to consider it. But I really couldn't go on watching this one. I tried, I even adjusted the speed, even read spoilers to see when the story picked up again, and I really couldn't continue.

It's upsetting because I really like Wang Hedi and Bai Lu, and I was willing to put up with a lot of nonsense on their behalf, but even they couldn't keep me entertained.

The drama started off strong for me. It was entertaining and light, the cast was fun, and I liked the side couples as well as the main one. But around the 24th episode, I was starting to lose faith. By episode 27, I was completely over it. While the pacing was slow in earlier episodes, I didn't mind it so much because it felt like the writers were building towards something. But then by episode 24, it seemed like the writers were just making excuses for why the characters couldn't be together. While there had been some obstacles established early on and forgotten, by the time they were reintroduced, the characters were too interested in one another that those obstacles shouldn't have mattered. Combine this with introducing a new man to fawn over the FMC well past the halfway mark, it really just felt like the writers needed to fill extra episodes.

I think a 20-episode show would've been the perfect length, because the first twenty episodes were really good to me. It's after that that everything started to fall apart. Kudos to Bai Lu and Wang Hedi with doing a good performance while working with what they got, but they really deserved better. I'd love to see these two work together again, with hopefully a much better script. I think they could've had a really stellar drama had it not been for the very poor writing.

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Not worth it

Unfortunately this show fell really flat for me. I was really excited about the cast and there were characters I loved, but the pacing was terrible and all the awkward moments between ML and FL were too cringe. The soundtrack was also terrible. one of the songs sounded like Rick Astley’s “Never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down”. So I was constantly getting rickrolled every episode. The other musical choices were equally as bizarre.

I wish there had been better communication between the ML and FL. He was barely ever saying anything useful and always leaving her hanging. It seemed toxic.

The best friend gave terrible advice. And then how weird was it she didn’t even tell ShuYi she was in a relationship with Guan Ji when she knew every detail about SY’s relationship with Shi Yan?

Basically I watched the entire series hoping it would get better and it just never did.

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O drama é decepcionante, um desperdício de talento dos atores para dar vida a personagens tão mal escritos. Só é possível chegar ao final desse drama pelo excelente trabalho dos atores. Toda vez que vejo um drama com episódio especial, já sei que a chance da equipe de produção ter errado é imensa. Neste drama, o diretor fez uma edição sonolenta, usou cenas que poderiam ser descartadas e, com certeza, cortou cenas que, talvez, desse um ritmo mais aprimorado ao drama. O diretor Guo Hu costuma fazer excelentes trabalhos, mas neste ele deixou muito a desejar.
O roteiro não é bom, os personagens foram escritos com personalidades detestáveis. A protagonista feminina desafia a paciência, apesar de ser uma profissional de respeito, na vida pessoal é completamente sem noção e, tudo que acontece, precisa da opinião da amiga (essa então, melhor nem comentar, quem a escreveu estava num período de hiato criativo). O protagonista masculino, apesar de ter alguns momentos de fofura, é um personagem pouco agradável. A melhor personagem do drama é sobrinha do protagonista, ela tem todas as características necessárias de uma protagonista, pois tem inteligência, é perspicaz e de personalidade agradável.
Há vários casais, mas os romances são pouco cativantes, a aparição de personagens que ensaiam a formação de triangulo no relacionamento do casal protagonista, é desnecessária, muitos personagens são desnecessários na trama. O casamento de Tang Yi e Guan é um ponto positivo, pois, raramente, os casais mais velhos ganham destaque nos dramas.
Os cinco últimos capítulos entregam um drama mais vibrante e menos arrastado.
As atuações são muito boas, tanto dos protagonistas como dos coadjuvantes. Os atores, independente dos seus personagens não serem os melhores, fizeram a melhor interpretação possível.
O ator Wang He Di mostra a evolução no seu trabalho, desde seu primeiro trabalho (jardim de meteoro), até agora, ele cresceu muito no modo como atua. Ele contracenou muito bem com Bai Lu (ela é uma atriz pronta para qualquer papel, poucas atrizes são tão versáteis quanto ela), era possível entender a cena pelos olhares e expressões do casal.
A música era agradável.

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Extremely mediocre with very little plot, the secondary romance though kept me watching for a bit . . .

What else is there to say that hasn't been said already about the primary romance? Male lead takes no action or initiative, Female lead bounces around the edges hoping he will take notice. Doesn't make for great chemistry or interesting watching.

HOWEVER, the secondary romance between Guan Ji and Bi Ruo Shan, is sexy, mature and intriguing. I really liked the intrigue there between two sophisticated people who have dated around. I also bought into the conflict! Two people used to being slick and superficial having trouble being vulnerable makes sense to me. But, in the end, this relationship wasn't given enough screen time to keep me watching . .

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What if it could be better

I put a rating of 7 for now because I am a fan of Dylan Wang and Bai Lu but not in this Drama.

The story so far is more than ordinary and doesn't allowed to the ML and FL to be at they full potential ! I agreed with most of the ''negative'' review so far unfortunatly. The stylist is really bad and doesn't bring all the beauty of Bai Lu and the nice silhouet of Dylan. I will not speak about his glasses. I will find out by ourself. I have to admit that ML suppose to be older than the FLbut it doesn't reflected that way at all and what to say about the niece of the ML who look like tha same age has him ?!?

This is really sad because I have watch some modern drama of both of them (Dylan and Bai Lu) and they really can play it really well. This one doesn't suit the talent of these actors. They really do what they can with the role they have been given but still I don't know if I will drop it...

So I will continue to watch it maybe I will change my mind.... I really do hope !

What if it becomes better......

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terrible script

The acting is fine i love Dylan wang and the female lead but in the drama, its getting tiring to watch. very frustrating i might have to wait until its finished because not only did they reduce it from 2 episodes a day to 1 but the build-up is horribly slow. why is Shu Yi FL so childish? She hides from her best friend holding hands with Shi Yan Ml but she tells her all the tea and asks this same bestie for advice?? why are you being secretive on top of that how long are we going to drag this misunderstanding can someone reveal something like i don't understand how three love interests could be intertwined so closely and have no clue at all it makes no sense you do not know your uncle's friend that's fine hes a grown man but guan ji and the best friend have no real issue they do too much and what is she hiding from him for being so dramatic like she caught him having sex with someone? shu yi's mom could easily stop trying to set her up if she had sent a real picture of shi yan instead a horribly angled Google photo. she always kills the vibe talking about work with shi yan they have literally nothing in common they barely go on dates and shes always doing sneaky shit at this point the drama has no idea the direction its tryna go fr bc so many dots should've been connected a long time ago and who is this new guy with this random unnecessary crush on shu yi you don't even know her whats to like fr imma finish the drama but i need a week break so that something can give.

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Don’t watch if you have high expectations

Honestly, I don’t really have a high expectation for this drama even before the airing because this kind of story usually ended up the same for every drama. But, I was so excited to watch Dylan Wang and Bailu pair up for the first time. After watching more than half of the episodes, I am neither disappointed nor satisfied with how the story goes. For most of the part, the story is rather boring and slow but the tension, romance between the main leads somehow managed to make it better. Some people may drop this drama soon but if you like very very very light, comedy and cliche drama, plus if you also love to see Dylan Wang or Bailu this drama is for you. If not, you might not be able to even finish the first episode. Personally, I will continue to watch this drama until the end just to see more of Dylan’s acting and of course his visual hahah.

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