Gu Family Book

Hey Everyone!

So, I just finished another weekly drama called Gu Family Book. The drama starred again some of my favorite stars including Lee Seung Ki and Suzy (from Miss A). I had been wanting to see the finale of this drama all week, and after watching it... well I'll let you watch that and decide what you thought of it! To give a short description of the drama, it was mainly about Choi Kang Chi, however the story started in KC's parent's time. Back before KC was born, his parents (Wol Ryung and Yoon Seo Hwa) met under bad conditions for his mother. SH had just been sold to a gisaeng house (home of the prostitutes/entertainers back in the day I suppose). She came from a noble family, but her father was killed as a "traitor" by his friend. At that time, she was put to shame by being sent to a gisaeng house, and that is how WR found her (tied to a pillar, half naked!). He helped her get free and the two hid in the forest where WR lived. What she didn't know, was that WR was a spirit that lived in the mountains. The two became close, got married, and almost lived "happily ever after", until the evil guy (her father's friend) came to find her. At that time, to protect SH, WR showed his true self. At that time, Dam Pyung Joon was asked to kill the "demon". When WR showed his true self, DP had no choice but to kill him (to protect the humans). At that time, SH felt really betrayed and left WR to die. However, after WR's death, SH realized she was a pregnant. She tried to kill the baby many times, but eventually gave birth to him and left him by the river. Now forward to the current time, and KC was found to have been taken in by Park Moo Sol. MS initially took KC in because he was told to have brought prosperity to him. In fact, he tired to get rid of KC once and his wife almost died during labor. So, in time he gave in and raised KC like his own son. At that time KC was shown to have not released his spirit powers yet (because he wore a bracelet to prevent it) and so he had no idea where his roots came from. He also was in love with MS's daughter, Park Chung Jo. But, before any real romance developed between the two, the guy from the past (SH's father's friend) came back and did the same to MS (framed him as a traitor and killed him). This started the real story and how KC realized that he was a spiritual creature. After the MS died, KC was taken in by PJ, but unfortunately for PJ, his daughter, Dam Yeo Wool had already fallen for KC (what a twist!) even though it was prophesized that "one of them would die", she still went for it! At first though, YW kept her distance from KC because she thought that he was in love with CJ. However, eventually, even KC realized that the one he really loved was YW (there is a cute past story between the two, and how they met in the past as children) because the only person that could calm him during his change into the "beast" was YW. The rest of the drama showed a lot of interesting character appearances as well as great romance development between KC and YW. The theme of trust was really big in this drama because many people needed to give in to KC and truly trust him even though he was thought be a "beast". I would definitely suggest this drama to anyone looking for something with a great story line, because even Lee Soon Shin was mentioned in this drama (he made a lot of great efforts for S. Korea in the past and was a great leader). I give this drama a 4.5 out of 5 stars, mainly because the ending left me hanging a bit. However, they did end it in a very interesting way. You will just have to watch it confirm for yourself! If any of you have watched this drama, please do let me know what you thought of the ending! I am excited to see what comes of it.

Other comments (spoilers):

- The interactions between KC and YW were super cute
- When his parents were shown again, that was such a sad scene when SH gave up her life to save WR!
- I was crying like no tomorrow when YW died in the past (the ending this way kind of reminded me of Faith)
- The ending was not favored by many, but I actually liked it. Gives me hope for a modern twist!
- I did feel like I was left hanging a bit in the finale because I wanted to know why he never searched for the Gu Family Book (or did he??)
- I am very curious to see what happens next, and if perhaps there will be a Sequel! I shall wait patiently...

That's it for now.

I'm off,

- B