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I know I am being very picky with shows lately but I figured I might as well be picky with my time. Anyway the first episode of this was quite cheesy and I don’t think I can sit through another 29 episodes of this.

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I came to know about this show because I had watched the Chinese spinoff, Who’s the Murderer. I’ve decided to drop this show after 6 episodes. It’s fine, but I think it’s not a show I can watch casually.

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This isn't a terribad drama, it just doesn't really have anything going for it that makes it worth watching. A drama for background watching.

Spoilers up to episode 13.

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Though I was excited to start this drama, I think unfortunately it doesn't have what it takes to keep me interested. This drama definitely showed traits that we see in more dated Cdramas, specifically Mary Sue characters and dragging story lines.

Spoilers up until episode 8.

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I think this drama kind of reaffirmed to me that the tomb raiding genre of Cdramas is not for me. The last tomb raiding Cdrama I watched was Candle in the Tomb featuring Jin Dong, and that one was too campy for me. Candle in the Tomb: The Wrath of Time had a far higher production value and the story was slightly less cheesey. However, I still found the story kind of uninspiring, and I did not feel particularly hyped to watch this show, except to watch the cast.

Spoilers up to episode 8.

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Oof, I watched up to episode 4 (of 32) of this drama and I could see potential in the revenge plot, but the overall writing and production was just a bit too dramatic for me.

The first two episodes were entirely too dramatic and infuriating for me and I was planning to drop the drama then, but I gave it two more episodes, at which point I was just a little bored.

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I didn't think I would enjoy this show, but I gave it a shot because my mom enjoyed it, and because the cast was stacked. But this show is very much a soap opera through and through. If you are not into dramatic sopa operas, this is probably going to be frustrating.

Let me summarize the points I liked and didn't like about this show.

The acting in this show was terrific. The dialogue was also well written, though I may have felt that way because of the great acting.

I think I didn't like this show mostly because I don't like soap operas. In each of the two episodes I watched, each had at least one major argument. As well, the drama also spent a lot of time on small gags, which felt like such a time waster. And in the first episodes, Jiang Yinan was such a #girlboss that it was very difficult to want to watch her.

It's a pity that I'm dropping this show so early on, because I really do like the actors, especially Chen Jianbin, Zhao Lixin, and Dai Xu.

Basically, if you like soap operas, I would recommend this. Otherwise, the story will make your blood boil lmao.

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I'll be honest, this normally isn't kind of my show. I gave it a chance because of its high score on Douban and because of its stacked cast. But ultimately, I think this show is a bit too outdated for me to enjoy in 2021. The style that this drama was made was just too old-fashioned, and the writing offers nothing out of the ordinary.

I watched up until episode 6, so this write up will include spoilers up until then, though truthfully, not much happens.

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I decided to drop this drama after episode 31. I watched episodes 29-31 on fast forward, but I decided that if I didn't want to watch a show on normal speed, then I might as well not watch it at all.

The biggest reason for me dropping this drama was its pace and storytelling. There were some things in the story that I would've looked forward to, but I didn't know that it was worth slogging through hundreds of too-long conversations to get there.

Some spoilers, I guess?

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