A Esposa do Meu Marido (2024)

Ou se morre como herói, ou vive-se o bastante para se tornar... entediante.

Eu demorei pra escrever sobre esse drama porque (pra mim) tem tanta coisa nele que eu não sabia por onde começar a organizar meus comentário. Por isso, pra quem bater o olho nessa review e só quiser saber se vale a pena ou não assistir: se você gosta de vingança e daquele romance bem "puro" e "ingênuo" entre protagonistas e conseguir assistir em modo "nenhum pensamento crítico, só vibes", então, eu recomendo.

O drama é bem humorado, eu me diverti assistindo. Também trata, apesar de superficialmente, de algumas questões pertinentes para as mulheres, como a subjugação em relacionamentos amorosos e no ambiente de trabalho. Tem cenas tristes e igualmente bonitas envolvendo essa temática.

Um diálogo muito bonito acontece no episódio 6 entre a protagonista Jiwon e o par romântico dela em que ela confessa pra ele que deseja ser muito feliz nessa "segunda vida" que ela ganhou, mas são exatamente as escolhas que ela faz para aproveitar essa segunda chance que aos poucos transformam a trajetória promissora que ela tinha em uma entediante acompanhar.

Os momentos mais prazerosos de assistir foram os em que a Jiwon percebe a importância de viver com autoestima e amor próprio e que o cultivo dessas características era capaz de impedir que ela fosse tratada como menos, como nada. Uma observação que ela faz, inclusive, é de que o destino que ela queria passar para a Sumin não daria certo justamente porque a amiga não aceitaria ser colocada naquela posição. Por mais invejosa, mentirosa e manipuladora que a Sumin fosse, ela tinha as rédeas da própria vida.

Por isso, a maior falha do drama foi insistir nessa passagem do destino "amaldiçoado" para a Sumin e ter buscado moralmente puni-la de outra forma quando ela mesma fez questão de garantir que a vida dela não acabaria como a Jiwon queria. Dessa forma, o drama enfraqueceu as motivações da Jiwon a ponto de não fazer mais sentido querer tanto o mal de alguém por uma atitude que naquela nova linha temporal nem chegou a acontecer. Planejar que a amiga tivesse câncer no lugar dela por causa de uma traição começou a parecer desproporcional.

A quantidade de episódios certamente não ajudou e a reta final do drama se arrastou bem mais do que deveria sem oferecer nenhuma recompensa pela paciência de quem assistiu. O último episódio ficou bem próximo das novelas globais que terminam com o casamento dos mocinhos e prisão dos vilões malvados, mas talvez eu estivesse esperando demais querendo algo minimamente criativo.

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Marry My Husband começou muito bem. Apesar de eu estar preparada preparada para não gostar, pois a premissa lembrava muito o drama "Perfect Marriage Revenge", drama que não curti tanto. Mas fui surpreendida positivamente nos primeiro episódios.

Marry My Husband estava bem mais interessante e as cenas da vingança dos primeiros episódios foram de lavar a alma. Porém, a partir do episódio 10 a qualidade dos episódios começou a cair. Os vilões quase sempre encontrando novas formas de continuar infernizando a vida dos protagonista e o pior de tudo, uma ex-noiva, saída do magma mais profundo do inferno, entra em cena para tornar tudo ainda mais enervante. Como se ter Soomi e Mihwan como antagonistas já não fosse suficiente, a Ji Won ainda teve que lidar com uma ex-noiva psicopata. As cenas de "lavagem da alma" com as vinganças foram substituídas por cenas e mais cenas de vilões tramando contra os mocinhos. Sinceramente é muito masoquismo.

Com relação a atuação dos atores. Apesar de achar o ator protagonista muito bonito (já achava isso desde Mr. Queen) aquela constante expressão de dor, acaba tirando a emoção da cena. Parecia que ele estava com dor de barriga o tempo todo, não conseguia levar a sério. Já o ator que fez o vilão, Mihwan, foi muito bem. O personagem dele é odiável, mas ainda assim é engraçado. O ator é ótimo com a comédia, então é um pouco conflitante rir com ele e ao mesmo tempo sentir raiva. Mas quando era para deixar com raiva ele atuava com perfeição. Ótimo ver que ele pode bem mais do que apenas fazer rir. E a atriz que fez a amiga da onça Soomin também deu show de atuação.

É um drama bom, porém meio arrastado a partir do episódios 10.

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A melhor mesada que um pai poderia ter dado...

Finalmente terminei de ver esse drama que no inicio do ano todos estavam esperando. Eu acompanhei praticamente todos dos 14 primeiros episódios junto ao lançamento da amazon, mas deixei os dois últimos episódios para e depois e não me arrependo da decisão. Esse drama foi impecável do começo ao fim, acho que para algumas pessoas depois da resolução de parte da problemática da vingança nos primeiros episódios, o dorama pode se tomar um pouco enfadonho na reta final.
Entretanto, o desfecho dos personagem foram perfeitos. Achei um pouco corrido, sim mas não diminui nem um pouco todo do trabalho feito nesse drama. Não tenho muito o que comentar sobre, além de que é maravilhoso.

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Uma história que realmente mexeu com meus sentimentos

Uma história sobre amor e amizades. Mas não apenas sobre bom amor e boa amizade. O drama aborda com maestria, o relacionamento abusivo vivido pela protagonista Kang Ji Won, que sofre com o comportamento repugnante de seu marido. Pra quem já vivenciou esse problema, é muito triste ver como ele trata ela, mas depois a gente como é encorajador a força que ela tem pra dar a volta por cima. A história também retrata as falsas amizades, a gente pode até achar a Jung Soo Min uma descarada e ficar chocada com atitudes dela, mas infelizmente existem amizades tóxicas assim no mundo real e a gente tem que saber lidar com elas, como feito brilhantemente pela Kang Ji Won.
Me fez realmente refletir sobre o que eu faria se tivesse uma segunda chance na vida.
Gostei muito dos diálogos, alguns muito bem escritos que te chocam, te empolgam e fazem você torcer pelos protagonistas e se revoltar com os antagonistas. Assisti tudo em três dias, pois o enredo realmente te prende e ficamos querendo saber logo o que vai acontecer, só desacelerou um pouco nos últimos dois episódios.

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A vingança perfeita

E acabou! Um mês e pouco do drama que foi muito aguardado para 2024 e chegamos ao fim tão rápido! A medida que os episódios foram sendo lançados a empolgação aumentava e a história ficava mais interessante, confesso que minhas expectativas estavam muito altas e esperei que fosse gostar mais do final, acho que os episódios 13 e 14 se não me engano foram os mais "parados" na história e acabei ficando morna em relação ao drama, mas o final não deixou de ser ótimo, com o final que cada um merecia, mas senti falta dos casais secundários estarem mais desenvolvidos ou pelo menos um, o eunho poderia ter desencanado da ji won um pouco mais cedo também sabe, mas enfim, a trama é realmente muito a boa, essa coisa do destino foi incrível e gostei de como foi feita, de eles conseguirem passar o destino deles pra quem merecia. A química da min Young e do in woo!!!!!!! Meu amor o que falar deles? Simplesmente absurda, certeza que nesse final ela tava chorando por ela também, foi complicado por tudo que ela passou na vida real e conseguiu dar a volta por cima com esse drama. In woo você é meu mais novo amor, por favor se aliste e volte logo, a dramaland já está com saudades! Enfim, foi um drama ótimo mas fiquei a desejar um pouco....

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HER SECOND CHANCE : A FATE GAME!

For the level of entertainment or how this show had me on a chokehold for these two months, I could give it a 10/10... but when I started picturing it as smthg perfect, they added a few clichés to the game. Adding a character that is pure annoyance, who looks more like a filler, it only made some eps in the middle feel flat when the rest of the thing was popcorn-worthy. Without Yu-Ra this would be a 12 ep show and my rating would really be higher.

Sadly it couldn't become that masterpiece show but kudos to the satisfying storyline and the ACTING... By a 'satisfying' story I meant those "yesss go girl, slay" segments of the drama especially in the starting where I rooted with my all for the FL. Female lead's personal character development in the first half was really well done among similar shows I've seen before. Later, be it some bitch slap moments or pity parties it was fun like a polite makjang with warm supporting characters.

on the other hand, I'm in love with my wonderful villains Su Min (Song Ha Yoon) and Min Hwan (Lee Yi Kyung). Never started pitying their characters but only had HATE and hate in my mind. Ngl they're too funny sometimes. I was baffled by their acting and perfect depiction of these selfish to the core characters. Idk anything else but I'm keeping an eye out for everything SHY stars in next, becoz she was such a perfect bitch with her baby face. She's what kept me hooked.

Park Min Young was okay as usual but I discovered Na In Woo ♡.♡ from this drama who managed to shine even though the story revolved around FL and ML had no story for himself. He even bagged all of our hearts with his green forest, puppy coded charisma. But y'all let's be honest, he's so so fictional. Nevertheless, if "fiction" is this tall and beautiful, why not haha. I can't believe he was called "ugly" when this started airing, like get your eyes checked man!

Their chemistry was also great in most of the scenes, seemed very natural and was serving already-married vibes lol. From OSTs, nothing is very memorable except ♪Wounds of Time♪ sung by Kim So Yeon.

So overall try Marry my husband if you want to be impressed by annoying character's acting and hate them a lot, an enjoyable revenge packed with clownish comedy. Usually very predictable but I was still pleasantly surprised by her fate sometimes.

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Marry My Husband doesn't want you to think about it that hard

Okay, I’ll say it: I really really didn’t like Marry My Husband.

That’s not to say that it’s a drama without redeeming qualities. While I might have resorted to “hate-watching” at some point, Marry my Husband always felt addictive and binge-worthy. There was always something exciting going on. The over-the-top nature of this show certainly prevented it from feeling stale or boring. The acting performances were??? okay??? Probably??? Everyone does too much all the time but hey, that again works for what this was trying to be. The fashion choices also made me laugh at points (why did she wear a wedding dress to a class reunion???). That’s not a strength of this show, but at least I got great enjoyment out of it.

This is most definitely a Makjang drama and I knew that going in, which meant that the lack of realism was never going to be a factor in my review. Prolonged silliness was what I was signing up for. Still, Marry My Husband left a bad taste in my mouth for reasons I still find difficult to articulate. Is it wrong to dislike a story for feeling mean? Because personally, even though this show bent over backwards trying to make me loathe the villains, I still didn’t get much enjoyment out of them getting their karma. Ji-won transforms over the series from a victim into another vapid mean girl. That in itself is a topic worth exploring but I am not entirely sure if anyone in the writing-room even considered that my sympathy for the protagonist could only last that long. The message is less that cruelty is wrong, more that cruelty directed at the wrong people is wrong. The goofiness of the plot and insanity of everyone’s performance constantly clashed with the severity and realism of the presented issues. Setting another woman up with a man you know to be abusive is an incredibly hard sell. The show only could attempt said feat by making sure that their female antagonist didn’t feel like an actual woman. Su-min had to be comically evil so no one in the audience thought about the implications of the plot. But in doing so, they also robbed me of all the fun I could have had with such a story to begin with.

But okay, even though this drama really doesn’t want me to, let’s talk about the implications of Marry My Husband and Ji-won's mission. When Ji-won is facing domestic abuse, Marry My Husband rightfully recognizes her situation as pitiful. But when Su-min is presented with the same fate, it’s fine because ultimately Su-min is a lot less likable. She’s just getting what she deserves. Women are only victims when they haven’t done anything wrong.
“But Ji-won had to act this way because someone had to fill her place in her abusive relationship”- cool, in-universe this is totally true. But Marry My Husband doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This rule in its worldbuilding only exists, because the author decided to write it. No one made them do that. Even worse, this creates a cycle where abuse is a necessary evil. Someone has to be at the end of the stick. And we have to choose the least likable person who deserves it the most.

This show also has a very strange relationship with class, which I found very questionable. Most villains in Marry My Husband are lower class. This is not necessarily a problem but it sure is noticeable. And the one time there is a valid criticism of class society, it gets dismissed entirely because it comes from the least sympathetic guy in the entire show.

Also, even though this is a classic exercise in Girlbossism™ arguably too much of Ji-won's revenge was reliant on the aid of her rich chaebol boytoy who was just a dreadfully boring character. Booooo, I am throwing tomatoes.

Maybe this is my fault. Maybe I just wanted something from this drama that it was never interested in giving. One-dimensional villains that you can just hate certainly still can be fun. I loved the arguably similar The Glory for that exact reason. But even though she was pure evil, I had fun watching The Glory’s villain. Because I could recognize actual attempts to make her feel somewhat real instead of a straw woman.

When I voiced my concerns about this show, I was assured time and time again that it’s “not that deep”. This is just a silly Makjang drama. Its main purpose is to just entertain me. Granted, it did that. Against my better judgement, I sat through its insanity. But I ultimately am the one who decides if it’s that deep to me. You're free to take away from it whatever you want, but what if I'm dissatisfied with the surface level? Marry My Husband might not want me to ask the big questions. Well too bad because I am asking them anyway.

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Promising premise but struggles to deliver on its potential.

MMH tried to main 3 things- Revenge, Romance and Extramarital Affairs.

It had a great cause for revenge and a good setup with the time travel..unfortunately carried out by a protagonist who did not look like someone who was on a mission after being cheated on, betrayed and eventually murdered but given a 2nd chance in life to correct things. There was very little conviction in her act. The retaliations and conflicts with the main antagonist felt so flat and almost childish throughout. It was challenging to fully empathize with her character or become emotionally invested in her route to victory because of her attitude. Ultimately ended feeling unsatisfied with her victory. PMY suffered almost every possible misfortune yet had lesser burning desire than BoA who came late into the picture with super overboard reactions for what seemed like relatively smaller reasons. Sums it up really.

The romance...was so dead, so dry. Bro get this, the FL had THREE love interests in the show but I felt ZERO chemistry. None, nada, missing!!! Both PMY and NIW felt like people who were not deeply bothered about being in love for the majority of the show, which was fine until they tried to make it about romance again later on. The ML character was not it..he was one-dimensional, sluggish, and predictable every single time he appeared. I had the hardest time watching him. His stoic character paired with the reserved personality of the FL did not create any spark even with time. It would have made sense if she was focused on revenge to think about love but even that was lacking. Towards the latter half when the show shifted focus to their romance..it felt like they were doing speed dating..forcing the sparkless romance onto the viewers, meh~ The one guy who felt like could be something warm (the chef) was friend-zoned almost immediately so that she could run back to her boring boss.

The affairs were probably the only thing done decently well but sadistically speaking- it lacks the usual thrill to the genre because most of the cheating was done on knowledge and not in secret due to the plot..but that's exactly what you want out of an affair drama!! The hiding, the secrets, the narrow escapes, the suspicions, and all that build up to the caught in the act!!

So what was MMH trying to deliver? It felt so average across all 3 departments. I found it hard to rope myself into the action because of all these lackluster aspects. It became even more of a mess after episode 12. I am serious. The truck did not just crash into NIW. I was in that car too. Omg, the embarrassment I felt from watching that scene. Every K-drama cliche you can think of, trust me will appear after episode 12. I mean it, go count it, or have a mini-game of bingo. What a poor attempt to inject a late cheap thrill by introducing a cliche-filled final arc led by a new but shallow antagonist so that the ML and FL can successfully survive great adversity and deserve their happy-ever-after ending. Poor poor move, cheapens the whole show drastically.

I see a lot of viewers giving high scores for the music (ost)…what music bro..? Come on...

Lots of praise online for PMY for her dedication to look the part for the show but this show just proves to me again that she is still an actress that hasn't broken out of her typecast. She did not deliver the revenger on a mission role for me in the drama; tho she did well with what she has always done best- being that girlfriend that every guy wants to be overprotective of. Song Hye Kyo did it successfully in The Glory and this could have been that role for PMY.

Song Ha Yoon (the crazy bff) and Lee Yi Kyung (useless bum) are the true MVPs of the show, especially the former. She carried the show for me and was the only one who felt alive and kept things moving. Her transformation in the drama was executed brilliantly. She brought intensity, suspense, and emotions along with solid acting chops to the show. She was the main reason I stuck with it. What a familiar crazy toxic gaslighting queen performance from her~ 미친년

I will specially mention Choi Gyu Ri (happy lil sister), Gong Min Jung (quiet lady manager), and Ha Do Gwon (CEO's PA) too. Great in their own roles.

All in all, MMH started with great promise and premise but fell flat and predictable as I found myself losing attention as it went. It lacks the usual intensity and suspense of a typical revenge plot for me to consider it in a higher regard. Despite great individual performances, the lack of chemistry and emotional attachment fell short considering the weighty themes of grief, love, betrayal, and revenge. MMH felt average across the departments and nothing truly shined and took control for me. It fell to the ranks of dramas that I wanted to finish just to see the ending of a story that I chose to start.

Kudos the last 2 episodes did have a tiny redemption arc by tying up loose ends neatly and giving what the viewers want to see, making it a somewhat decent finish- tho it was predictable and felt cheap due to how the final arc played out.

(Writers, directors: for the love of God can we please stop it with the big truck/lorry crash into coma-will you wake up please I actually love you scenes anymore…..it’s 2024 there is more than 1 way to kill someone and send their other half into agony T.T)

*See what my rating means here: https://mydramalist.com/profile/joshuading

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Just Lame...Unfortunately

My 4 categories are Acting/Cast, Writing, Direction/SFX/Music, Entertainment Value.

It's so disappointing every time I witness a drama self destructing...

Acting/Cast: Just okay. The female lead's acting started off strong in the first episode or two, but it quickly dive-bombed off a cliff. What her acting regressed in to reminded me of the female lead's acting in the beginning of Perfect Marriage Revenge. Except, in Perfect Marriage Revenge, her acting improved as the drama progressed. It was like she was trying to imitate the female lead in The Glory, but only at random moments, so she just seemed like she had a split personality for no reason. Then, that split personality acting turned into cookie-cutter basic female lead personality (which is an absence of personality). The best acting is probably from the second female lead and maybe some side characters. The male lead is boring too. If you're going to have no personality, at least have good chemistry with the female lead... 2/10

Writing: Literally the same plot as Perfect Marriage Revenge. I was hoping that this drama would at least be an improved version. Unfortunately, I ended up giving them the same overall score, but for different reasons. The leads weren't as likeable and didn't have as much chemistry in this drama. However, the villains were a lot better and the entertainment value was a bit higher. This drama also has some entertaining side characters as opposed to Perfect Marriage Revenge. The drama really goes downhill when the character Oh Yoo Ra is introduced in episode 11. The original villains were good enough - I don't know why they felt the need to add in another villain towards the end of the drama. Oh and you know how in every single romance drama there's a point about 2/3 into the drama where the leads "break up"? Well...simply the introduction of this new character is the catalyst for it here...and it's such a dumb reason. I started hating the female lead. I described her as being "self-righteous" (a very unattractive trait in my opinion). Also, the male lead does some ridiculous sacrificial lamb BS that was so cheesy and lame. I couldn't believe the drama had devolved into this stupidity. On a positive note, I liked the added complexity to the "rules" of fate and the detail of the female lead's father being involved in her second chance. 3.5/10

Direction/SFX/Music: The direction got drunk and wouldn't go home... I'm not a fan of the OST. And the intro...I usually don't mention intros because they really don't matter at all, but in any case, it's terrible. It doesn't fit the drama, but whatever. I can say that the beginning of this drama was well directed. The female lead's reaction to waking up ten years in the past, face-to-face with her abusive ex that had just murdered her was on point. It was so realistic...seriously, it was the highlight of the drama. Too bad the writers couldn't maintain that same energy for the rest of the drama. 4.5/10

Entertainment Value: Very entertaining through the first half of the drama. It takes a turn for the worst when an additional character is suddenly introduced in episode 11. The female lead started to really piss me off and her acting became a mess. The drama started getting cheesy. This wasn't supposed to be a Makjang right? It felt like more of a Makjang than Perfect Marriage Revenge did...and not a good one. 5/10

Overall, I gave this drama a 4/10. Highly disappointing, but it did get some things right.

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Less means more, more means less…

At least in terms of number of cliches, politines, schemes and unnecessary side characters. Develop and elaborate on what you already have - sadly the writer did not get the memo.

Yes, I am aware that all these unnecessary side plots and twists were part of the source material, but I am also quite aware of the fact one should be selective of how much they decide to bring to the adaptation. It’s okay to remove some characters from the plot if they don’t really add much to it anyway.

First half of the show was honestly pure perfection. Female lead with good character that you want to root for. Too perfect to be true male lead. Supporting characters that feel like real people. Well paced drama and conflicts and get reasonable resolutions. Villains that are so awful you kind of start to appreciate how much of a hazardous waste they are.

And then the second half happened… Adding one dimensional characters just to annoy the viewers (since the same plot could have been achieved with the already existing cast). Why? Tell me why they decided adding side plots and characters to never develop them, never give a proper closure and actually make the already existing set up more messy and unrealistic, would be a good idea. Adding one dimensional, poorly written and poorly acted characters will never increase the quality and value of your project.

But even with that messy last few episodes, the drama managed to end on an enjoyable note. One thing I for sure appreciated was the message - you do not really need magic powers and time travel to change your life. Pay attention to your surroundings, see the value in people who support you, don’t be scared to ask for help, do not let people treat you badly - you deserve better. You have more power in your hands than you might think, you just have to take that first step and start using it.

That would be the “message” part, how about the romance? As for the chemistry, it was mediocre. I honestly think Park Min Young does not have good chemistry with any of her romantic co-actors. All of her rom-coms usually feel one sided - I see a lot of feelings and passion from the men, and then… not much from her. It’s the same case here. For how unreasonably perfect and poorly developed Yoo Ji Hyuk was, Na In Woo truly sold the character and even if by the end of the drama I did not feel like I know Ji Hyuk that well, I knew how much he loves Ji Won.

While I did not vibe with Park Min Young’s romantic scenes, I do think she did a great job with the personal journey of Kang Ji Won - from the shell of a human, defeated, angry, dying, to a confident, driven and strong woman. I felt her pain, I felt her frustration, I felt her fear, but I also felt the satisfaction and the sense of victory with each and every positive step she took.

All that said, I think we can all agree that the true stars of the drama were Lee Yi Kyung and Song Ha Yoon - what a powerful duo. They could be given as a definition of characters you love to hate. Cannot believe I’m saying it, but I will miss their selfish, crazy, self pity shenanigans.

Production value? Soundtrack? Set design? Makeup and costumes? All typical mainstream drama level - great, but not outstanding and for sure not memorable.

Overall, it was extremely entertaining, then it became extremely frustrating, but still entertaining. Closer to the end it hit rock bottom and almost made me drop, just to finish on a high note again.

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