King the Land (2023)
9/10
Don't prejudge: a fun, incredibly romantic story
22 July 2023
Warning: Spoilers
The first two or three episodes start a bit slow. This kdrama ticks off all of the tropes for a romantic comedy. I really enjoyed this one and at first I thought I might not because the first episodes were a little slow. But as you get further into the show starting about episode 5 it really begins to soar and that's when I really started to enjoy it. I did not like the side characters who worked at the hotel. They were all rude, and meanspirited. After a while it became really irritating to see people at so rude and mean. But things start to improve with some of those characters later in the series.

I really liked Mr. Gu's assistant, who was a lot of fun, but I felt he should have ended up in a romantic relationship with Miss cheon's friend (the one who had the daughter and the lazy husband.) I felt she should have divorced the lazy husband and married Mr gu's assistant, who she seemed more compatible with. They hit it off so well I thought they would end up together. So in the end that whole side plot with the lazy husband was completely pointless. He didn't change a bit. Instead, because Mr. Gu's assistant did not have the standard kpop face and hair, his character was not given a romance like the other characters. And best friends of the central characters. The mother and daughter deserved more than that lazy man. Mr Assistant was available and open to love, so why not? That was a missed opportunity.

I loved the trip to Thailand. That was a fun diversion.

One of the characters I didn't like is the father, who seemed a bit oblivious of his daughter and her vicious antics towards his son. She was just a terrible person. In k-dramas, I am so sick of these really bad people getting away with everything and not having consequences and not being held accountable. Other than that this was a lot of fun. I hope people give it a chance because it's definitely watchable and I could really watch it again. And I'm a tough critic, usually.

This was a very fun very light and very very romantic kdrama and I enjoyed it immensely and recommend that everyone watches it. I was surprised by how mature and open-hearted the male lead was and how romantic the story turned out. Well done.
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