Accidentally in Love

Episodes: 30 

Synopsis:  

Chen Qing Qing grew up with her wealthy grandfather in a privileged household. She desperately wants to avoid an arranged marriage and find love the way her deceased parents did when they were young. On the day of her wedding, she runs away from her hometown and heads out to enroll in the same college her parents studied at hoping to find out more about herself, about life and love, and also about their death. She changes her appearance and name in an effort to hide her true identity and to blend in with her classmates. However, blending seems to be out of the question when her deskmate in school happens to be the arrogant famous singer Si Tu Feng. She has numerous run-ins with Si Tu Feng and they often butted heads with one another. However, as the two get along and learn more about each other and each other's situations, they begin to fall in love with one another. 

Review: 

         This is everything a drama should NOT be. I watched this in a time where I just wanted to watch something that was light and did not require me to give much thought to the plot/characters. Thankfully this drama did fulfill that aspect in the sense that everything was predictable and the plot wasn't unique. The characters were also one-sided and lacked depth and growth. At times I even found inconsistencies in how the characters behaved or viewed things. It started to feel more like a guilty pleasure watch for me than an actual drama watch. I was only able to get through it by ignoring the cliche plot and exaggerated acting. 

           This drama basically used all of the tropes a romance drama would have had back in the late 2000s and early 2010s. This drama could have had a lot more potential to be better than it was. Unfortunately, it ended up being too cliche for my taste. I felt that if certain storylines and themes were developed more, such as the plot where the side characters were falling for each other (good girl falls for bad guy), this drama could actually have something to offer. I enjoyed seeing the inner turmoil and conflict between the side characters in their relationship but it never reached it's full potential and instead plateaued to end up as filler scenes. 

           The main couple also didn't have much to offer either as it felt as though they were very different from each other. They were always bickering and hiding things from one another. As it went on it didn't seem as though they were supportive of one another's life decisions. It was just hard to really invest in their love story when the characters felt so one-dimensional and flat. 

Definitely not something I would recommend to people. Not when there are healthier relationships being portrayed in dramas with better acting and better plots.