Like pornography, sentimentality undoes us. You will read a novel with a silly premise—boss asks secretary to pretend to be his fiancée; woman is blackmailed into an affair because of her father’s debt; someone loses a bet and has to marry someone else—and the premise is augmented by bland dialogue and flat characters and predictable plots. And, still, you find yourself wiping away tears when the flat characters confess they love each other after enduring trials and tribulations. Most commonly, one character will catch a flu and be at death’s door, at which point declarations of love will be made.
Watching K-Dramas
Watching K-Dramas
Watching K-Dramas
Like pornography, sentimentality undoes us. You will read a novel with a silly premise—boss asks secretary to pretend to be his fiancée; woman is blackmailed into an affair because of her father’s debt; someone loses a bet and has to marry someone else—and the premise is augmented by bland dialogue and flat characters and predictable plots. And, still, you find yourself wiping away tears when the flat characters confess they love each other after enduring trials and tribulations. Most commonly, one character will catch a flu and be at death’s door, at which point declarations of love will be made.