Secret Boutique (2019) User Reviews

Good Enough

[PennyReviews · 6/10 · 9 December 2019]

" Secret Boutique " was an okay drama.

What I liked was the background story. As a fan of melodramas and tragic stories with characters that overcome their past and become stronger than ever. And yes, that background story was there, but the current story line was weak. First of all, for a drama called secret boutique, with the main character being a designer, we hardly saw desinger action. No clothes were made, no attelier, just the leading lady dressing smart. Her solving rich peoples' problems was mostly restricted to some people close to her family.

So, the main story was predictable and uninteresting. The main character was way too unemotional. The love triangle was a bit unnecessary too. But, the past story was solid and pretty much original. The performances were good too.

So, overall, six out of ten.

Messy Plot

[lia00027 · 4/10 · 4 October 2020]

Honestly speaking when watching this drama on s-one (ep1-3) I expected nice thrilling revenge drama with powerful plot since first episodes looked so promising, but then the story became non sense and wishing to add suspense on what supposed to be an easy plot. I could understand the main objective of the story but suddenly the revelation and the climax of the whole 16-ep is basically on ep 16. So instead of watching ep 1-16 I will give the audiences option to watch ep 1-4 then 15-16 instead of wasting time to watch unnecessary scenes and unwanted scenes of supporting characters. Lack of love story is also the main point why this drama is boring.

The acting of the actors are not bad but still it could not save this drama from the tragic rating. The script writer is really awfully bad when writing this story and it reminds me of one Korean senior writer (Life is beautiful) who said "scripts nowadays are like writing by high school students" but hey don't insult high school students even a high schooler could write better than this.