Linda Mentira (2024)

Not nearly as bad as some people say.

The story isn't as convoluted as people were saying.

I will say one thing, though. China has no idea how to portray mental illness. The ML has bouts of PTSD from a traumatic situation where he watched a child and his mother die and the writers are like "Oh, he has some weird hallucination thing. NO IDEA WHAT'S CAUSING IT! HERE TAKE ALL THESE PILLS AND STAY AWAY FROM THE FL FOR A BUNCH OF EPISODES TO CURE IT."

It's just convoluted and messed up that this is their take on mental health. If you can overcome that significant writing hurdle, then the show isn't all that bad. Pretty typical Chinese misunderstandings/relationship drama.

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What happened in this drama like whatttt?

Overall this drama was going on good pace but after 20 episode the write became phsyco like what man what you did is it so easy to break up is it easy to move on from the love is it easy???
I am so pissed where ml goooo like wtf was the ending i am so confused they make a traumatic ending what happened in the last 2 episodes

it started out kind of predictable and I enjoyed the FL and ML first off but all of the off on off on between them got a bit tedious after a while. FL maintained a good acting style but the ML seemed to get faded out and by ep35 literally was gone. I enjoyed Zhan Yu Xi in South Wind Knows but the story line in this let her down. the other female lead and supporting actresses were all good as well....males were a bit wooden. The story line was quote disjointed, we never saw anything about the dance troop from when FL decided to save it from them winning the top awards???? also the annoying little brother, he added no value to any of the story lines at all. As I said the last 2 episodes seem to have just been a closeout as quickly as possible..with no story to it really other than at least 30 mins of dream sequences.

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Worst end for a cdrama since "have a Crush on you (2023)"

Dont waste you time like i did, i Just watch this because i like the FL Actress, but they Killed the ML when he finally find the cure for his mental ill and past the trauma for the FL and me, and they print the worst Idea for doctor aid Like Red Cross, they are telling If you go help the poor you will have PTSD and you will be killed and give you love ones a trauma

He suffers from PTSD, he lost a kid, he was operating in the middle of a war in Sudan, after that he never operated again, and he started working in another area, he is a doctor and FL is an actress, the whole drama shows that they are in a process of healing from PTSD and she is overcoming the problems she has, but in the end he went back to Sudan to heal from PTSD, so he healed himself and operated on someone there, he called FL and she flew to Sudan to meet him in a square, when he was going to meet her, he was kidnapped and disappeared, then she found out and passed out, when she woke up she started seeing him everywhere, so now she has PTSD, and her friends and family just tell her that he is working in another country, and they call it a "beautiful lie" lol

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This could have been better

There were parts of this that I really enjoyed. Then there were other parts that were so inane. It was a mixed up mess in places, particularly at the end.

Good: FL did not seem to fit the character, but grew on my. 2nd FL and both ML were really good as well as the other two couples.
Little brother was perfectly annoying as he should have been.
Sets were good and disaster sequence was also well done.
Chen was a great character and the actor was really on point with the reactions and emotions.
The little girl and her guardians were a delight. Auntie bickering in that voice. She is one of my favorite character actors.
Xiaojia character and sequences were very well done. Took me a couple of episodes to figure him out.

Bad: ongoing hallucination device became overdone and just irritating.
The music became irritating in the last half. It wasn't bad music, but using theme songs as plot devices is poor directing.
On and off and on and off. Romances were too melodramatic too often. The third couple were more straightforward until late and that was a new irritation the director/writer did not need.
The ending was an unfair, convoluted, without reason mess.

My main complaint is the story used mental health and the difficulties dealing with and the PTSD, though not named, was treated fairly well. It is a journey to overcome PTSD. One journey I've taken myself. Then in the last two episodes a sudden event? It cheapened the whole story line. And for no reason. I realize this is a book adaptation, but disappointing isnt a strong enough word. And the final scene, is it real or is it not? That was unfair to audiences. The last two episodes were just tacky and we got to see the bratty brother in trouble but not the baby?

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Not sure how to feel about this drama

This drama started off well but it was quite draggy halfway through. I felt like the drama added elements to drag the story out to make it become 36 episodes at the end.

I think it would have been better if this drama had less episodes and more concise storyline. I felt that this drama wanted to throw in different tropes to make this drama interesting.

The main couple had a lovable relationship. I think there were elements that made their relationship issue realistic but towards the end of the drama, it was heavily dramatisied. Like some of the plot in the later part of the drama felt like it was thrown in to lengthen the drama.

Also all the side characters had a story and it didn't overshadow the main couple. It felt purposeful. Though, with the second couple, their relationship and the reason why they separated for so long didn't seem like a good enough reason and didn't make any sense. It felt like they made something up on the spot and filmed on a whim probably thinking no one would care about a couple that wasn't the main couple.

In addition, I don't feel satisfied with the ending and the last two episodes were quite confusing. I watched until the end and I think this is due to watching it when it was still ongoing. I reckon if you watch this drama now that the drama is complete, the probability of dropping this drama is high.

This drama had good bones but the execution was disappointing. Overall, this is a good filler drama but I don't think it's binge worthy.

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Kinda Disappointed

I was excited to watch this drama since Yuxi is the fl. Yet kinda disappointed and felt bored. Never in my life felt bored in a drama, since the leads are quite popular i thought that the drama would be really nice.

Qing Fei's character never changed, she still has this personality of being unprofessional in her job, being so straightforward that she never changed her personality she's too frank that creates a bad energy around her. Meanwhile Zhizhi is somehow a fan but after few episodes him being a fan disappears in a thin air. Like I was expecting Qin Fei finding tshirts with her face on it in ZhiZhi's Cabinets yet she never found one.

Another thing was that Qing Fei hated the man who save her years ago, yet did she just forget about it when it was ZhiZhi? Can just she stay away for a meantime and just think about it a moment?

The most hated thing in this drama is the ENDING, how can they just add a scene of him being gone and then later on Qing Fei just have a mental illness? Then they just add a scene where ZhiZhi just went back and then gone again and back again?? Like I just forced myself that he's back again since I was thinking that it was Qing Fei's hallucinations that ZhiZhi's back again.

The 2nd lead was kinda interesting, but kinda shook how the YuanZi proposed after days of being back together, like bro, calm down. Kinda felt bad to Chen Shen since Xiao Xiao just use him to forget YuanZi.

The third couple was so cute. Their relationship was so cute and never seen it as a problem.

Xixi was one of the good characters there, she's the one who make them close. How she's their matchmaker, then XI Xi and Xiao Cheng was was so cute. I imagine then being together years later since they have a great chemistry hahaha..

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