Episodes: 16
Synopsis:
Kang Dani is a newly divorced stay-at-home mom. With many years not being in the workforce, she struggles to find a job with a lack of recent experience and intense job competition. In a desperate attempt, she hides away her prestigious education and previous work experience and applies for an internship position at a book publishing company where her childhood friend, Cha Eun Ho, works as a senior editor. Cha Eun Ho does what he can to support his friend as she seeks to find her sense of self and become more independent. He helps her at work in ways he can, lets her room at his home, and takes care of her during hardships. It is during this time that Kang Dani feels more confident in what she can accomplish on her own and also where she finally starts to realize that the person who has truly loved her had been around her all this time.
Review:
This is a long-overdue review, especially considering I watched this a year ago. I have rewatched this a few times and have recommended this drama to many friends during this time period. I think this is a great drama to watch because it involves healthy communication, strong female friendships, independent characters, and also interesting takes on the family vs. career question women constantly face when they join the workforce. The characters were all very likable and this drama somehow managed to give them all enough depth for you to understand their motives, their personality, and what really makes them unique from another character in the drama. Since I cannot speak to the small details as clearly, I will list a few things that I genuinely enjoyed in this drama in terms of what it has to offer (in no particular order)
1. It makes me want to work in a book publishing industry. It dived into small details such as what happens when printing goes wrong, the amount of teamwork that goes into it, and the ways in which the book industry is constantly shifting to keep up with a device-driven world.
2. It makes you analyze what decisions are meant for you. There was one very touching scene where three women in the office got together to look back on the decisions they made: whether it is sacrificing a career for love, sacrificing love for a career, or not sacrificing either but losing oneself to family/work/responsibilities. The way it goes in-depth shows the complexity of what a woman will face as they move into the future, and it also shows how all the sacrifices are not fulfilling at the end of the day with so many other considerations such as personality differences, gender roles, the person you are with or not with, etc.
3. Strong female role models. Normally, we find ourselves disliking women who are interested in the same men BUT you actually see how their lives are more than just liking one person. They are able to accept the reality and move on gracefully AS WELL AS excel in the job they are doing with great professionalism. You can see this in Song Hae Rin's character. You can even see it in other female characters in this drama as they all try to strive to be better versions of themselves.
4. Character growth in many characters -- you can see growing confidence, responsibility, and maturity in not just the main characters but also the side characters
5. The relationship between Kang Dan I and Cha Eun Ho was very natural and sweet. It had just enough to be realistic yet also unrealistic (because it is still a drama haha). It's also a great contrast to what Dan I's relationship was like with her previous husband, who was stifling her in so many ways
6. Beautiful cinematography throughout
7. Shows that romance is multifaceted -- can be beautiful but there will always be hardships in life
8. There is a plot hole though! Kang Dan I has a daughter that goes to school abroad. However, we only hear of this child in the beginning when she is requesting tuition and medical fees. Her daughter had like one phone call in the beginning. However, as the drama went on, we seem to forget that Kang Dan I is a mother and it seems like she did too.
All in all, watch it! Things resolve themselves easily, great character depth, good plot! It is not frustrating drama but also a drama that can make you feel many things!
1. It makes me want to work in a book publishing industry. It dived into small details such as what happens when printing goes wrong, the amount of teamwork that goes into it, and the ways in which the book industry is constantly shifting to keep up with a device-driven world.
2. It makes you analyze what decisions are meant for you. There was one very touching scene where three women in the office got together to look back on the decisions they made: whether it is sacrificing a career for love, sacrificing love for a career, or not sacrificing either but losing oneself to family/work/responsibilities. The way it goes in-depth shows the complexity of what a woman will face as they move into the future, and it also shows how all the sacrifices are not fulfilling at the end of the day with so many other considerations such as personality differences, gender roles, the person you are with or not with, etc.
3. Strong female role models. Normally, we find ourselves disliking women who are interested in the same men BUT you actually see how their lives are more than just liking one person. They are able to accept the reality and move on gracefully AS WELL AS excel in the job they are doing with great professionalism. You can see this in Song Hae Rin's character. You can even see it in other female characters in this drama as they all try to strive to be better versions of themselves.
4. Character growth in many characters -- you can see growing confidence, responsibility, and maturity in not just the main characters but also the side characters
5. The relationship between Kang Dan I and Cha Eun Ho was very natural and sweet. It had just enough to be realistic yet also unrealistic (because it is still a drama haha). It's also a great contrast to what Dan I's relationship was like with her previous husband, who was stifling her in so many ways
6. Beautiful cinematography throughout
7. Shows that romance is multifaceted -- can be beautiful but there will always be hardships in life
8. There is a plot hole though! Kang Dan I has a daughter that goes to school abroad. However, we only hear of this child in the beginning when she is requesting tuition and medical fees. Her daughter had like one phone call in the beginning. However, as the drama went on, we seem to forget that Kang Dan I is a mother and it seems like she did too.
All in all, watch it! Things resolve themselves easily, great character depth, good plot! It is not frustrating drama but also a drama that can make you feel many things!
No comments:
Post a Comment
FEEL FREE TO COMMENT AND GIVE SUGGESTIONS~^^