I’ll admit it, I’m not big on Rain the singer, but Rain the actor? Now that boy has charisma! The leads carry the charisma factor of this drama and despite their sometimes irrational (read insane and frustrating) choices, I never disliked either one of them- a great thing since you have to see them through to the end. Another charismatic aspect of this drama is that I didn’t feel like I was watching a melodrama. I mean obviously the plot is very angsty, but supporting characters and even the setting helped ground it in a grittier and more realistic genre.

It is a melodrama so certain clichés are expected. Fortunately the writer/s of this drama do not delve so long or deep into cliché-land that viewers are put off and thank goodness there is zero percent memory loss involved. They hit emotional notes almost always on time and refrain from dragging out plot points past endurance. My only complaint is the number of times certain situations are repeated again and again.

Also, if you noticed a similar vibe to dramas ‘Sorry I Love You’, ‘Sang Doo Let’s Go To School’, ‘Thank You’ or ‘Will It Snow At Christmas’, that’s because those dramas along with ‘A Love To Kill’ are all written by Lee Kyung-hee. I was surprised to learn this because most of those dramas are melodramas I actually like- guess I’m just a big Lee Kyung-hee fan ^_-

(All the above is originally from my blog review/article on the drama)

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