Okay I was so excited to watch this because all the high reviews seemed to praise it for the things that I like in a drama - great characters (bonus for great female characters because they are uncommon), great fight scenes, solid storyline and great cinematography.

It started off pretty good - the pace, aesthetic and the characters were really good. But around the 17-20 episode mark I just really started to lose my patience. Su Yun Luo was so good at the start - capable, calm and charismatic. But it was like once she removed her thief persona, she regressed into this completely irrational and irritating typical female character. All of a sudden she starts fainting and getting defeated by one hit. She keep harping on and on about saving her teacher to the point where she doesn't even listen. The moment he gets mentioned she brandishes her sword, even at the guy she's supposedly in love with. And don't even get me started on the martyr-like personality. Oh I don't want anyone's help but ok I'm going to endanger myself and put everyone else at risk to save me.

The plot also started getting draggy and the arcs started to feel pointless. I kept forgetting about what was supposedly happening politics-wise because of all these hidden identity arcs. It's like all of the characters have some hidden identity.

Maybe I just had too high expectations for this which is why the disappointment is so big. There's definitely some positives in the drama which have been mentioned in other more positive reviews. I'd say worth watching once but don't expect it to be Holy Grail drama level.