Too preachy for my taste

I've read reviews of people who absolutely loved this drama. I can see their perspective but I hesitate to rate this drama any higher than 8 stars overall for the following reason: there were many good points about this drama, I love its realistic depictions on familial love, love between siblings, love between a grandparent and her grand child. And realistic portrayals of female friendships - young and old. I love the realistic portrayal of disabilities and the steps the protagonist took to have a balanced life despite of her disability.

I love the everyday romantic vibe between the male and female lead, although the female lead was not perfect, she clearly came across as very inconsistent in her choices. And sometimes gave a long complicated answer, when a simple answer would make more sense. This is when I feel that the script is trying to be too deep for its own good.

I do NOT like the writer's soliloquy about death, tragedy or relationships. It was too preachy for my taste. I would think that the viewer should be allowed to have their own thoughts about these subjects and come to their own conclusions without feeling like the writer is forcing them to accept their own views through the characters. Half of the time, most of the soliloquys in the drama hardly made sense! Perhaps a lot was lost during translation (I don't know as I relied heavily on English subs from Viki). But the script often struck me as trying to be too clever for its own good.

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Trim the script and you’d come up with a better drama.

I really don’t understand why C-romance dramas waste time on the second and third lead romances when the audience is tuning in for the main couple. It always make for an overly long and convoluted plot. So much scenes wasted on secondary characters and clichéd plot devices such as the suffering too-good to be real second male lead and evil female lead, numerous unnecessary break ups, noble idiocy and so on. Honestly, this drama would’ve been much more interesting if it was shortened it to 16 episodes. This drama is relatively enjoyable , fluffy plot which I can never watch again.

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