I liked the show pretty well. It was very well done in bringing ancient people to life. It's very interesting to think of people who passed so long ago. Nothing else have I seen made people come alive so much. Community, friends, family, customs, traditions. It's like I moved there myself and was learning with the locals. The acting was good, the plot was good. Just when I thought it was going to get boring it wasn't but became a mystery adventure. The male lead was very dignified and intriguing.
I overall liked the show a lot,
But, I want to mention my petty criticisms.
1. Side characters and sometimes main characters bickered and argued too much, and non stop. Too boring and stressful.
2. They didn't develop how they fell in love well enough. They should have developed the arc of their love better to make them falling in love more believable.
3. He saves the day, just in time, too many times. It makes the story unbelievable.
4. So much fighting but never dies or gets seriously injured. Not realistic.
5. Main female character was too talented and too intelligent. Makes no sense if she's uneducated. It would be more believable if we saw her do hands on learning that's not scholarly. There's scenes where she's inspecting how something is made. But taking a glance at it for 5 seconds doesn't make you know how to do it.
6. The mother of the main female lead is a total B but then acts wronged because she feels her daughter doesn't appreciate or know her feelings. So annoying she keeps talking like a victim when she's a total B.
7. They kept saying she didn't know etiquette and she was rude and unruly. However, as I saw everyone else was extremely rude to her and she was just defending herself. If a big part of the plot is that she's uneducated and has no etiquette they should have done a better job showing that rather than her just defending herself to a very rude people.
8. The show mixed in the way that they portrayed women. They made it seem like the main female lead was a very strong and powerful and intelligent woman who was strong-willed and unruly. At the same time they showed many female side characters that were full of jealousy, gossip, and hatred who were always plotting and scheming out of jealousy and hate. It just seems like I'm not like other girls I'm better than them all and I'm not like these jealous bees. Seems kind of like it is written by a sexist person who hates women. Even if they were portraying women is strong and equal in relationships ended up modern sense, the constant parade of evil, jealous women makes me wonder if the author has issues. Coupled with the main character who isn't like the other girls!
9. The main character, female lead, always had similar facial expressions. It was annoying.
10. Drama tried too hard to be entertaining because towards the end of the show, every episode had some over the top dramatic assassination attempt or evil act by another relative or somebody.
