Gül Masali (2022) User Reviews

Started well but going downhill after the second episode

[mosquitocyn · 5/10 · 24 July 2022]

Firstly, the scenery in Isparta is a plus attraction. As with many series, episode 1 is interesting with the characters being introduced and the male and female leads interacting with each other. I liked Erdem Kaynarca's acting in Ada Masali but am not getting much from him in this role. The story is supposed to unravel painful mysterious secrets that would impact the relationship of both the leads. I'm patiently watching episode 4 but am fast losing patience with the development. It's getting boring and lack of interesting characters. There's the usual jealous wanna-be girlfriend, quite a few nasty characters .... I'm waiting and hoping that the female lead can be stronger and develop a use of her engineering skills as she settles in her late mom's estate. Right now, she's unemployed although with good qualifications and supposed to be good at her profession. If there's no excitement or huge cliffhanger by the end of episode 4, I may not continue with this series.

Boring female lead, no chemistry, no magic

[cjpatra · 7/10 · 5 November 2022]

I give a 7 for a potentially interesting story and the series is beautifully shot. I would love to visit Isparta one day, the scenery is breath taking. I am halfway through the series and struggling...That said, the male and female lead have zero chemistry, it seems forced. Their intimate moments just seem scripted. The female lead specifically, since I don't speak Turkish, I can't tell if she has a different dialect or just speaks slow. Even her angry moments don't seem real and her good girl act is so annoying for someone who was apparently successful in Istanbul. Feels like there's no fire in her, too meotional rather than having a solid sense of self. It didn't work. The male lead seems to fit into the environment, like he belongs in Isparta but doesn't have depth. They don't have the feeling of the BIG all consuming intense forever love that would overcome them going against the whole world I think Hande Ercel or Burcu Ozbek would have delivered this role better. Or the lead from Kalp Yarasi. The lead actress is talented and beautiful but would like to see the something different or a different male lead, maybe this role wasn't for her.