Oh My Ghostess Review

Title: Oh My Ghostess
AKA: Oh My Ghost
Genre: Fantasy, Romance
Episodes: 16
Broadcast Period: Jul-2015 to Aug-2015
Cast: Park Bo Young, Jo Jung Suk, Im Joo Hwan, Kim Seul Gi, Park Jung Ah, Shin Hye Sun, Kang Ki Young, Kwak Shi Yang

Na Bong Sun (Park Bo Young) has an extremely timid personality and low self-esteem, doesn't have any close friends, and is constantly getting reprimanded at her job as an assistant chef at Sun Restaurant. She also occasionally sees ghosts, thanks to a shaman grandmother. One day, Bong Sun gets possessed by a lustful virgin ghost named Shin Soon Ae (Kim Seul Gi). To make up for the lack of romance in her short life and believing that only by losing her virginity will she be able to "resolve her grudge" and move on to the afterlife. Soon Ae is determined to seduce as many men as she can by possessing various women, and she finds the perfect vessel in Bong Sun. Bong Sun's boss is arrogant star chef Kang Sun Woo (Jo Jung Suk), whom she secretly has a crush on.

OMG ~ ! I loved this so much! This is the first drama in a long time that I have been truly excited about watching the next episode. Overall, I really enjoyed this drama (clearly), and though there were spots that made me worry or could have been handled better, mostly in terms of the consent issues, it was a well-rounded drama. The murder-mystery part was intriguing, and played out nicely, and the end of that arc felt right too. The chemistry at the restaurant between the 'family' was just so nice and enjoyable, one of the highlights! The romance was delightful, and I’m glad it ended up the way it did. I was worried there for a while… Chef’s reactions were totally reasonable, I think. I LOVE Jo Jung Suk and he was fantastic in this, as he usually is in his dramas, and Park Bo Young was just adorable as the lead character. Kim Seul Gi was wonderful as the ghost. I really loved how this drama was made and the actors were all too good. I’m going to miss this one a lot.

☆☆☆☆☆ / 5 out of 5 stars

♥♥♥♥♥ / 5 out of 5 hearts

Perseverance Goo Hae Ra Review

Title: Perseverance Goo Hae Ra
AKA: Sing Again Goo Hae Ra
Genre: Musical, Romance
Episode: 12
Broadcast Period: Jan-2015 to Mar-2015
Cast: Min Hyo Rin, Jin Young, Kwak shi Yang, Henry, Park Kwang Sun, Yoo Seung Eun, Shim Hyung Tak, Jang Young Nam

The female main character, Go Hae Ra (Min Hyo Rin), who is always unlucky with whatever she does decides to be a songwriter like her dad to make her deceased father known to the world. Her father died of a heartattack on her birthday, and that leaves her mum and her alone. Because of some financial trouble, her mum decides to seek out her old best friend, who is also a single mother with two boys. Kang Se Jong (Kwak Shi Yang), who is a genius student at KAIST, and his fraternal twin, Kang Se Chan (Jin Young), these three kids grow up to be best friends. They experience failure and breakdown after they participated in an audition as a team, which they finally overcome. The drama unfolds a complex but romantic love story amongst the three characters.

After watching the first two episodes you get the feeling that you just found the perfect drama. The story unfolds and you get excited about what is going to happen. But oh boy! What a huge disappointment this drama is, the next ten episodes it’s just going down and down. This is a typical teenage musical about young people trying to succeed on the big stage. Every character has their own problem to overcome and despite the differences, friendship grows. Its been a long time since I last completed a drama that I found so dreadful in terms of writing/acting. I think the short episode count is probably to blame. I thought it’s only 12 episodes and kept on hoping it would get better, but on the 11th episodes it just didn't. Total waste of time. Throughout the drama you get the feeling that it was a low budget drama, and the actors were all B-rated, of course they had their charms but it was just not a convincing character. Especially Min Hyo Rin, I was disappointed in her the most, she had such a poor acting ability she pissed me off 90% of the time. Anyway, I won’t end it with just criticism, so I’m just going to say that the “music videos” in the drama was excellently done, and they made me want to rewatch some of them again after the drama.

☆☆ / 2 out of 5 stars

♥♥ / 2 out of 5 hearts