Alicia Ottenbreit

Cringey. I really tried to like this but 6 episodes in I gave up. The writing is terrible which leads to awkward acting and I find the lead acter was miscast.

I absolutely loved this show. A great adult fairytale that kept me watching the episodes quickly one right after the other. Epic love story, great leads, great writing and plenty of heartfelt moments. My only criticism of it is that I felt the end didn't quite measure up to the rest of the show. Not all characters had their storylines tied up enough and I felt the main couple didn't get enough of a wow moment in the end, slightly anticlimactic.

This drama has a lot of great moments and a great ensemble of characters with some intriguing plotlines BUT midway through, the main character really started to annoy me. From the beginning I had a hard time warming to the actress and while I tolerated her at first, the actions and words of her character really started to grate on me.

I really enjoyed this drama. The two leads went well together and the supporting cast was really good too. The cinematography and story were fantastic .There were a great deal of great moments in the show and I watched this in lightning speed because it kept me entertained. The only reason this got 4 stars and not 5 is that I didn't find it completely satisfying in the end and there were some issues I had with the time-travelling in the last episode but I won't say why because I don't want to spoil it for anyone reading this who hasn't watched yet.

Truly awesome dramedy--the mix of drama and comedy is balanced perfectly and I found myself really loving this series. The two leads, Eric Mun and Seo Hyun-Jin portrayed the emotional intensity of the characters they played incredibly well and had such great onscreen chemistry. The kisses they shared onscreen were some of the most swoon worthy I've ever seen--I loved those scenes! And as for the comedic moments, I laughed outloud while sitting alone in my livingroom several times. In particular, I really enjoyed the scenes with the parents, who along with several other characters, all added layers of emotion and humor to this show. I never expected this to be one of my favourite kdramas but it may just have become my 2nd favourite of all time.

One of my favourite dramas EVER. I could watch the pilot episode over and over. Both the leads, Hyun Bin and Son Ye-Jin were amazing in this and their chemistry was off the charts--they just might be my favourite onscreen pairing of all time. With a great supporting cast as well and countless great moments throughout, there's so much depth in the storytelling and for those people who haven't watched a drama before, this is the one I tell them to watch to get them hooked.

I absolutely adored Reply 1988 and was set to enjoy this BUT...I felt like this one has had too many off-the-mark moments that failed to land with me. Maybe it's the writer in me but I kept thinking how I would have written things differently...I felt the love triangle could have been more deeper. Maybe the age difference between Tae-woong and Shi-won was just too much of a stretch to buy into (he liked her when he was still her teacher for goodness sake) which made the love triangle less exciting and though the actors had chemistry, I needed more in their characters' history together to really understand why he was so into her. I also thought they barely touched on the story about Shi-won's sister and they could have explored how her death affected everyone more. I also had trouble with the fan culture storylines because I just couldn't relate--I may have been really into pop groups like Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys back in the 90s but we didn't really go to the levels of fandom that people in South Korea did I guess so that may have been a cultural roadblock for me to really embrace that story. I will say that the show did have plenty of great moments too and I did binge this really quickly because I enjoyed it. Its definitely a watchable series, just lacked the quality of other kdramas I've watched lately. Perhaps it's because I watched Reply 1988 first and absolutely adored it.