I watched this drama because I really like secret child but I wouldn’t recommend watching this for the secret child trope as the drama barely focuses on that.

The acting and chemistry between the leads was really good and I feel like this drama had potential to be great but unfortunately it fell short for me. Hopefully I’ll enjoy the 2021 version a bit more.

The reason I gave this drama such a low rating was for the very reason a lot of people liked it: it was very fast paced. Everything just felt really rushed to me. In the last few minutes of the very last episode everything was revealed and resolved just like that. There were no real consequences for anyone’s actions. Everything was just forgiven and forgotten, water under the bridge. I had hoped for a better redemption arc, not for the male lead but for the male lead’s father. The lack of a better redemption arc unfortunately also made the entire drama feel like pretty much a waste of time. I am also not a very big fan of rape between the main leads but since I knew there was rape in this before I started watching it I didn’t let it affect my enjoyment or rating that much.