Link (2022)

Most Ulike Parts and Overall

This series is SO good! It's what I like in a Kdrama. Mystery/thriller, light on romance but still heart throbbing and has an AMAZING storyline! The cast and acting are fantastic, not giving too much or too little. It's just right to make it more captivating to watch. I don't pay much attention to the OSTs as I constantly keep my eyes on the screen, but I know it always sets the mood for the variety of scenes that an OST would be playing. All in all, it's still a great series with excellent cinematography that captures action-filled scenes accurately and gets your adrenaline flowing.

Most unliked Parts :
1) why Gye young was killed . if he was a serial killer then why he stoped killing afterwards. and only killed those related to the girl.
2) Gye youung was killed before her father was killed by him so why he put his father on the same place where he killed her.
3) No information on whether he was a psychopath, a rapist or a human trafficker. Nothing, nada. All is left at the imagination of the viewers.

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Não comece a assistir esperando ter todas as respostas no fim.

Love, Eat, Kill em um primeiro momento parece uma história calma e relaxante, mas só nesse primeiro momento. O “Kill” no título não está ali atoa, afinal.
Não vou me alongar muito aqui. Acho que a história desse drama foi sim bem interessante, tanto relacionado ao desaparecimento da irmã do protagonista quanto ao stalker, porém muitas perguntas não respondidas ficam no ar no final. Perguntas essas que, caso respondidas, dariam muito mais clareza para o plot e não deixariam a impressão de que os roteiristas simplesmente não sabiam explicar o motivo principal do conflito.

Todo o elenco e muito bom e os personagens são muito divertidos. Mas a ideia de todos do bairro parecerem extremamente suspeitos por nada, acho que foi um pouco demais (?). Me fez esperar muito mais do plot do que realmente era.

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Not bad but its not that great

As I have given the title for this review, I feel the same about all the aspects of this drama. Story, characters, music overall is good but it could have been much better given that the drama has great casting and great premise.

I have to agree that the drama lives upto its name, we have "eat, love and kill" well connected to each other with the supernatural phenomenon between male lead and female lead. 2 episodes into the drama and and we have the whole setup. Neighborhood where everyone is very suspicious regarding past and present events. Each characters are introduced very carefully and every character is a piece in the puzzle of knowing what happened in the past and what is happening in the present timing.

So with this great setup I did enjoy the overall thriller, romance and the dark comedy tone of the drama. My only problem is after 10th episode story becomes draggy and things become repetitive. They will spend the whole episode to reveal only one thing about the mystery and it is not a big reveal as we can pretty much guess it watching the episode. Female lead and Male lead do look great together and their acting is great but somehow their romance feels more scripted. Honestly at the end I was just there to see the end and literally did not care about whether they really end up together or not. Similarly the side characters are also great but the interactions between characters does not have that charm.

I would like to mention that we do have exception where the side characters do shine. I loved the Grandmother, mother, daughter trio . The bickering at the breakfast table where the conversation varies from food, nagging related to job hunting to the problems related to murder is hilarious. I enjoyed every scene between these 3 women. The emotions, comedy, fears and the unconditional love they have for each other really stands in each scene thanks to great acting. Also we are in for a good surprise at the end regarding grandmother and mother apart from all the other mystery. Did not see that coming.

All and all it is a good one time watch drama.

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It was a nice show, but I don't think I'd watch it again.

I really liked the chemistry between the main couple, and all the scenes with Da Hyun bickering with her mom and grandma were a riot, but I feel like this story had a lot of dead space. I often found myself getting bored or distracted. The pauses were too long, the scenes sometimes dragged out. I'm a huge fan of letting a story breathe, and let viewers soak the emotions in (which this show had no shortage of), but I think they took it too far. Towards the end, around episode 11 or 12, I really lost interest because I felt like the events had gotten repetitive. But I'll admit the last two episodes managed to leave me with a positive impression.

At the end of the day, the acting was fantastic all around, the OST was lovely and I even found myself invested in the secondary couple, which at the beginning I couldn't care less about. So, if you don't mind slow, draggy plots, I think this drama is worth giving a shot to.

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THIS DRAMA DESERVES AN AWARD. THAT'S IT. THAT'S MY REVIEW. Why?
1. GREAT ACTORS
2. BREAKS ALL THE CLICHES AND SURPRISING TURN OF EVENTS
3. I CAN FEEL THEIR EMOTIONS :(
4. EVEN BEHIND THE SCENES CLIPS ARE SO ADORABLE
5. IT SO DAMN FUNNY ESPECIALLY THE MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER
6. PAPA YEO JINGOO COOKING SKILLS IS YUMMY
7. I LOVE MOON GAYOUNG, NO EXPLANATION NEEDED.
8. NOT SO CRINGEY WHICH I REALLY LIKE
9. NOT YOUR TYPICAL KDRAMA THAT U WILL SEE IN EVERY SERIES
10. GOOD CINEMATOGRAPHY AND WELL WRITTEN
11. SUPER LOVE OSTS
12. YEOJINGOO AND MOON GAYOUNG CHEMISTRY IS SO DAMN GOOD
13. THIS REALLY DESERVES AN AWARD IM TELLING U

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It is very perfect korean drama. The reason why it is so good is the talent, dedication and passion of its actors, actresses, songwriters, producers, singers. I really respect that a lot. And it's great editing. Really great. And its animations are also impressive. I love it so much. And the actors and actresses really support it to the best of their ability. I really like the role of the cook in it. Because I would like a boyfriend like that. Also, I like all Yeo Jin goo's dramas very much. For example, hotel del Luna. The main actress in the other link is Godari, beautiful and very talented. In the link, I love that couple a lot. I sincerely wish them all the best for their future. I am very like it. It is very awesome drama and now it is my favourite drama. I love it.💕💕💕

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One of the best ongoing dramas of June 2022. The plot is extremely intriguing, and though there are mystery elements and intensity (emotional), the humour is on point too. The pacing of the story, the timing of the humour, the characters — all so well done!

The acting is one of the strongest points of this drama. I don’t see which other two lead actors could have picked it up so well. Yeo Jin Goo is a talent personified and I’m so glad to see him choosing scripts which highlights his emotional acting. Minute emotions are so well portrayed!

It’s a typical who dunnit, a small neighbourhood community where every single person is suspicious. It’s fun to watch while speculating it. I probably wouldn’t have been able to stop myself from binging it entirely if it had been completed.

Edit: This drama falls to the curse of sixteen episodes dramas stretched entirely too long. I had hopes that the writing would stay consistent as you can read from my ongoing review, but unfortunately the last episodes get too dragged out. I did enjoy the characters and the acting immensely but some plot points are just too repetitive.

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The story and acting are great

This is worth to watch. Didn't expect this plot twist. The story is about the children are just victims of the adults during that time. This drama kinda thrilling and sus but make it cute and funny. I also love their friendship.
Aaand now we go into yet another week where I have to wait for the next episode of link. this drama is seriously too good, every episode has me hooked and I can't praise it enough honestly.
Link Ep.8 was really a rollercoaster I am shocked ، also the last scene got me really emotional how they all returned to their childhood , something happened to all of them 🥺 so many theories in my head but I'll wait and see .

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feeling while watching

excited - boring - a little excited - boring - excited

At the first episode I was really interested in knowing how they connected and had a little high hopes for the story. But, in the middle of the episode I feel bored because the story feels forced to be long. Towards the end of the story then this drama feels exciting again. I think this drama is too focused on the main story and does not develop side stories to make this drama more exciting, and the locations are less varied.

but i realized that the female cop has really good acting skills... and kayoung's smile is so cute.

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meh

The female lead suffered a lot of “too stupid to live” syndrome, and it was a little annoying and dragged that she’d do way too stupid stuff and you’d have male mc chasing and nagging after her. Like… HOW MANY times did she decide it was ok to walk alone through alleys in the middle of the night knowing somebody was stalking her; or to enter alone the place she knew was dangerous?!! And then you have male mc being the one that manages things or “saves her”, like, I think there were way too many of this moments. Besides that, their relationship was nice to see and I liked that the writers didn’t make it insta-love, the brief scenes of shared moments of care and comfort that were portrayed in the restaurant when she had nightmares, along with them actually talking through their issues and admitting to their flaws, made me believe in their romance.
I do have to admit that I was way mooooore emotionally invested in the romance of the second lead couple. I think both actors were able to convey a lot of emotion in their scenes, and the “we’ve known each other intimately and know each other’s vulnerabilities/still care” just made me hold my breath at their interactions. I wish we had more scenes between them, but I was glad for the ones we had.
I think that what I liked the most was the relationship between female mc and her mother and grandmother. The three actresses did an amazing job portraying a close family, and their scenes were hilarious. Their scenes were so comforting and I loved the twist about (the grandma being the grandma in-law that considered Bokhee as her true daughter).
Regarding the little sister, a part of me was hoping that she’d just been kidnapped and adopted out or something, and we’d see her introduced as another character (the female cop crossed my mind) but if that happened I think it is something that would’ve been hard to believe as well. Same with the father, I was… kind of waiting for him to appear on the final episode after his inquires took him elsewhere. The scene in the forest was bittersweet but very well done.
The music was good, I really liked it, It was a little bit overused like, sad scene approaching “that song” and so on, like they’re nice songs but it was a little like “ you don’t need to put the song every time, you can let just the actor’s acting make the audience feel things without trying to influence them through the OST”

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If a drama was a sampler platter of the genre

Think of the things that most frequently appear in a Korean drama...

-romance between leads

-secondary romance

-a supernatural element

-backstories told through flashbacks

-tent bars

-stalkers

-neighborhood police station

-parent/child issues

-sassy grandmother

-painfully long periods of flirting before the leads confess and begin a relationship

-ridiculously short period after the relationship starts that a breakup occurs

-an eventual and painfully obvious reconciliation

Really, other than period costumes and the inclusion of an ultrawealthy character, "Link: Eat, Love, Kill" covers all the usual bases. And it represents the genre relatively well. The leads do a relatively nice job with their performances. The story is a nice mix with a somewhat novel supernatural element, a decent crime thriller element, plenty of family relationship subplots and a somewhat generic romance. The direction is adequate. There's some solid acting from the very young cast members. The OST is not exceptional, but it's fine. It could have been edited down to about twelve episodes without detracting much, but it never completely bogs down.

This all seems to point towards this production being a very nice and likable way to pass time that doesn't leave a lasting impression. And that's an accurate summation.

The supporting cast is not an all-star group but there's some strong work by Kim Ji Young, Lee Suk Hyeong, Shin Jae Hwi and the very young Ahn Se Bin. There's a guest spot from Kim Won Hae which is always, always a treat. And there's isn't a single glaring bad performance despite the long roster of cast members.

Yeo Jin Goo isn't asked to play a particularly dynamic character and it works. Asking him to being an extrovert and do big things as an actor? That's not a great idea. Asking him to be mildly depressed? Super.

Moon Ga Young does what she does well. She's young and bubbly and bright and a little awkward. There's perhaps a little more of a grownup character for her here, but it's an incremental change.

The romance between the two is on par with the rest of the show - it's fine. It has some nice moments and some weaker spots. It's follows the usual course of K drama romance.

And since this review seems to have run its course (if there's anything else that hasn't been covered, just assume it was nice and fine like the rest of it), let's end this with a "sure, it's a pretty good show" conclusion.

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