I'm the kinda gal that won't stay with a drama just for the sake of finishing what I started. If I'm no longer emotionally invested( or even just invested) in the story or characters anymore, I drop it with no regrets. Sunshine of my life got boring for me, so I dropped it 2 episodes away from the end. I just didn't have the energy to stay with it anymore. I hope that one day I will want to finish it because I did enjoy the first 35 or so episodes but I think it just started feeling like it was going on for too long for me. I feel like the drama was 10 episodes too long (I literally dropped it mid-episode 43 as the ML was about to do something major, I was THAT over it.)

I DID have a few things I absolutely adored about it. I LOVED how they explored traditional Chinese elements and how patriotic and passionate about their culture the leads are (unlike many, I have absolutely no problem with dramas that actively promote their country, ideals, and culture, I never understand why people find this to be problematic.) I learned so much about an art form that I've become so interested in since (Suzhou embroidery), and I did ship the ML and FL super hard (their chemistry is off the charts!). It's a shame it went on so long, it would have been better if it had been shorter, leaving us wishing for more, than for it to be so long, leaving me wishing it could have been a 32 episode drama and dropping it pretty much right at the end. The points of conflict could have been resolved a lot quicker, the loose ends could have been tied up nicely and we could have had a satisfying ending a lot sooner. But alas, things don't always go the way we want them to.