My Liberation Notes was a super-realistic story about people making their way through life and trying to come into their own during. A conventionally poor family, where the kids are trying to become their own people and break free from the village life. Most of the plot lines were about them trying to find romance, themselves, and better their job situations. Due to pressure from society and them moving out of their "peak", they struggle and find it hard to break out of the chains.

What kept me interested in the drama for the first part, was the overall backstory that everyone had going on. While everyone was doing their own thing, the stories never got too mixed and confusing. It tells realistic stories of trying to find someone perfect for you and someone who will be a perfect life partner, but sometimes things fall short for us and we're met with problems we never saw coming. If you're looking for something soft, cute and happy... this is definitely not that drama. While their are happy notes, it's mostly about finding yourself and coming into your own in life. It deals with heavy themes of crime, loss, and life in general.

The acting of everyone involved was incredible and I really fell in love with the FL and Lee El's character of her sister. I felt that they both did such a great job of capturing the feeling of being lost in life, looking at others around you as ahead, and trying to find love. I didn't see much chemistry between Gu and Mi Jeong, but was still really interested in their weird dynamic.

The downfall was the ending of the show - I wasn't expecting a totally happy ending, but it would've been nice to have at least one end of the stories tied up happily. Although it's arguable that Yeom Mi Jeong and Mr. Gu did set out what they were wanting to do... the entire ending for each of the siblings just left me wanting more. The random time jump and the last 2 episodes trying to fill in that time also added to me falling out of my interest with it.

If you want something realistic and about the societal pressures of finding love, a good job and starting a family but with a more realistic ending, then this one is definitely for you to watch.