Lovestruck in the City

Fun, Relatable, Full of Lessons

From the title and synopsis, the impression was this is a part comedy, part cheesy, part romantic, series. It was so easy to dismiss but I am glad I did not. Each episode are around 30 minutes long and they did well in telling the stories of the characters and their relationships while staying to a particular topic or subject in each episode.

I like the OST, at least what was used so far in the first 8 episodes. Good acting, the chemistry between the actors were great. Relatable story, romantic and yet light--not cheesy, not teenage drama, no serious political and family drama.

If you're looking for a TV show to break your existing serious line-ups, definitely pickup "Lovestruck in the City".

Watched episodes as of this review: 12 of 17 (on-going)

I loved this show! Great for binge watching if you're late to the party (of impatiently waiting for a new episode each week).

The shooting style is a bit different, unusual for Korean dramas (at least the ones I've seen so far) as it has a documentary / suspension of belief / breaking the fourth wall moments, which may not be to everyone's taste.

The unraveling of the characters' stories was quite fun to witness, but finding out more about them, their thoughts, views of life, love and relationships even more so. I think that's exactly the point here: discovering and sharing characters' inner worlds.

The characters are wonderfully real and layered. Their reactions are so much fun, as are their interactions.

The last episode didn't feel like the end, I guess because the entire show is like an excerpt from life, a collection of moments and thoughts. And life goes on. Things change and flow. Life is life. So anything can happen after 'the end'.

As many of us after watching the first couple of episodes I had my doubts wether if this was going to be good, turns out it was great, everyone take the risk and it pay off, the setting and character design was great and every one embody them at perfection.
THIS is for the broken hearts and also for the ones in love!
It will definitely go to this list, waiting for Winter to rewatch it!
https://trakt.tv/users/david0542/lists/snowflake-k-dramas-to-watch-on-winter-snowflake?sort=rank,asc

> A artistic Journey of two heart broken people in love

PLOT
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Lovestruck in the City is simply not for everybody and this show takes time to develop , so you’ll either like it or you won’t I don’t think there’s any in between, but if you do intend to watch give it time. I personally watched it in two parts (1-8) and (9-17) as i held myself from watching every-week and bite my nails or loose interest. I also helps that it a short series to enjoy it more in a binge!!

The concept is definitely fresh and all the characters have distinct personalities and the actors do a very good job in bringing those out (even if I put my love for JCW aside and see, he’s mind blowing in all the emotional scenes and always delivers).

There are episodes in the middle of the show which could easily be counted as ‘filler’. Nothing develops for a while in between and the later episodes are comparatively faster (in a good way). The ending was also not really satisfying and I feel some stories had much more to offer even though they wrapped most of them up as they could. I know this may sound like a reason to not watch but it’s still interesting and at no point did I feel like dropping the show.


CAST
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My issue is that the 2 main characters are not as likeable. I did not root for them to be together- I wanted them to develop but separately. It takes time for them to come around one another and their journey made me believe they were better off. The way they were written came across as whiny (ML) and Selfish (FL) and made me loose empathy for them. If frustrating character decisions get to you then you should keep this into account while watching. Also lack of communication is the source of all problems in this drama- between literally most of the characters.

The side characters are more interesting to me in this show and they don’t get enough screen time in my eyes. Even worse [spoiler] They broke-up a long-dating couple and teased to bring together two star-crossed lovers only to breakup at the end[/spoiler]


VERDICT
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The episode length really works in the show’s favor as I never realize when the time passes. However as mentioned earlier, nothing happens in some and thus a 12 episode format could have worked better

These were enough reasons for me to keep going- however I don’t think everyone would like it. **Appreciating the uniqueness of the drama** I do think this show would be enjoyed more if binged watch at once. Definitely give it a try for it’s performances, cinematography and OST!

worth watching but it could be better , the cop story was nice but felt like a filler , the interview type show is cool but i felt the order of how her story could be the other way around

The viewer cannot connect with any of the characters whatsoever. Un-likable characters and poor story writing.