Honestly, I hate writing reviews for my favourite dramas the most. I mean, Joy of Life is truly a masterpiece... what am I supposed to write? No word can describe how brilliant this show is, you just have to watch it and see for yourself. But because I promised to review everything that I finish, I will try to express my thoughts as well as I can. And I'll probably fail to do so, but don't mind me lol.

I've never seen a show in which every single character is so different and unique. It's honestly insane, because there are quite a lot of characters here, yet every one of them was simply a pleasure to watch. None of them was just black or white. The good guys were far from perfect and had realistic flaws. The bad ones had their motives and were excellently written which makes it hard to hate them just because they are interesting to watch.

Fan Xian is one of the best main leads out there and I fell in love with his character. And my love was growing with every episode, he was simply an amazing person with amazing ideals. And he's a character we can easily relate to. He is exceptionally smart, witty and playful, with a good heart and brilliant fighting skills. It's just impossible not to fall in love with him. The Emperor of Qing was such a weirdo lol, it was very hard to read his mind and his mysterious personality was making me love him even more. Oh, and my love Chen Ping Ping!!! This guy... I don't know if it was the way the character is written or the performance of the actor or maybe both, but his character was giving me shivers. And even after I finished the drama, I still can't tell what kind of a rare bird CPP is.

Of course there's no way I won't mention my favourite man aka the Second Prince Li Cheng Ze who is one of the most interesting characters I've ever seen. And I don't know whose idea was, but Lui Duan Duan with this hairstyle can slap me in the face and I'll be very thankful. It suits the actor PERFECTLY.

The ladies in the drama were also awesome. Our main heroine - Lin Wan'er was such a beautiful and adorable creature. I loved the romance between her and Fan Xian, I love how there was no much useless drama with them and they simply supported each other. Haitang Duo Duo though... this girl was on fire!!! I hope we'll see her more in the second season!

The ending... I mean... we have a second season... and we have to wait two years... but it's fine. Yes, totally fine. I'm not crying at all.

Sooooo overall, Joy of Life is a masterpiece. It has an amazing plot (46 episodes yet no boring second), some shocking twists here and there, BRILLIANT CHARACTERS and the humour was soooooo on point, I almost cried from laughing! So yeah, it's a must watch for sure. But DON'T watch it now, because you'll hate the fact that you have to wait two years for the second season. It's just painful.