Love in Sadness (2019)

A bad guy that you actually like

Even though I have seen similar tv shows and movies with abusive husbands I have to say that this somehow managed to bring something new to the scene. Let me start with the main couple first. These two had almost no chemistry and I blame mainly the FL for this because she is a bad actress. For me, she is just the typical damsel in distress that needs a knight in her life. Apart from this, we understand at the end that she never loved her husband which poses the question- Why marry him in the first place? Her personality was very boring, her expressions were really bad and some of her actions...pufff let me just leave it here. The ML was the good, kind, and " boring " guy that got cheated by his loved one because was not appreciated enough by her. I liked him a lot and his character development was good as well. I think he is the type of guy that will never get over his wife no matter what. He wanted a new start with this new woman but in my opinion, deep down he still looks on her as his ex-wife. Human emotions are complex and being with her and doing everything to save her from her husband is totally understandable. Now let's move on to my favourite character - Mari's husband. He was great on all accounts. The acting the psychological characteristics were very well portrayed. Somehow I wanted her to stay with him and properly heal the wounds from the past. The sad thing is this guy can truly change for the better and turn into a loving husband if he received love from her. He tried desperately to do that but her words and behaviour provoked him on numerous occasions. While violence against a woman is a big No, in this case, it could have been avoided by understanding him and treating him better. In my opinion, his wife was the source of his unstable behaviour that resulted in him killing himself. I don't see her as an innocent woman but rather as a cold emotionless woman. She did not deserve the love from these guys. I reallly felt dorry for the bad guy and his ending that's why the so called happy ending did not satisfy me.

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pity party? :(((

SUCH POTENTIAL :(

It started off so alluring and thrilling! It really captivated me with the plot and how things were going to turn out!

However, with it being a bit of an older / longer drama (about 20 episodes), it started to draggg towards the front mid of the series.

I think the main antagonist really made it worthwhile to watch - great acting and just truly stuck to his character.

I actually loved the initial female lead - I think she had such a unique look and actually did a phenomenal job of portraying her character! The main male lead matched his character of his gentle demeanor ~

I think the middle got sort of boring... The way they fell in love almost felt like a pity party and I don't know... just was meh...

The ending was also anti-climatic? Overall, it had potential but just sort of got washed up...

Wouldn't necessarily recommend but if you're like me trying to watch whatever and any dramas - would watch once just to have something in the background.

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So crazy it became good

Watched this in 2024, just 5 years after it's release but it felt like it was older. It's a melodrama that would try to illicit as much water from your tear ducts as possible.

Story is simple and could probably be shown in fewer episodes. Mari is an abused woman who ran away from Inwook her obsessive CEO husband and asked the plastic surgeon Jungwoon to change her face. He made her look like his dead wife. Sharing their sorrows with each other the began to fall in love. But does Jungwoon really love Mari or just the face of his dead wife? And what about Inwook who would stop at nothing to find his wife and who seem to recognize Mari despite her changed face?

Because it was stretched out to 40 episodes, the cat and mouse game seemed repetitive at times but remained entertaining and unpredictable until the last episode. The actor who played Inwook was so good. His visuals are what you would expect for a charismatic and powerful CEO, his tortured face as he begged for Mari's love was so pitiful, but it can turn so scary when he goes crazy. I also really liked the damsel in distress acting of the before surgery FL. The rest of the actors were just okay. The after surgery FL seemed to show the same expressions which distracted me a little but I've learned to just ignore it. I liked this story and the fact that titles are based on the meaning of flowers, however I wished they made the FL more independent, maybe learning some self defense instead of just waiting to be rescued.

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Bad

More like "Love in Stupidity"! It's just a bad melo. If they wanted to make it driven by stupidity then they should've doubled down and went all the way in at the very least. I would also very much prefer if Park Ha Na took the "after surgery" role instead of Park Han Byul. At least that would've made the drama a bit worthwhile.

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Terrible characterization; unrealistic plot line ; one dimensional acting

One of the worst kdramas I have ever seen. I hatedthe female lead who was afraid for all throughout the 40 episodes; the ridiculousness of storyline -complete face change in a month and surgery with no swollen mess at least! So unrealistic. The coincidences are unbelievable; the actor who portrayed the husband has only one expression - angry and trying hard to look intense; the surgeon who looks like gay - I thought that’s what he was at first a gay surgeon. The character s are all one dimensional. The ost was soooo bad- felt like the 70’s music overly dramatic and so oldies. Don’t waste your time on this. I’m being kind with a half star rating.

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