Rookie Historian Goo Hae-Ryung

I loved everything about this show. For me it was perfect. Beautiful scenery, thoughtful plot, adorable leads. I know little of the culture, but I was transported into another world. A lovely historical fairytale.

Good plot, great characters, lovely romance, beautiful sets and costumes. 1000 times better than any historic Korean drama of the past.

I was at Changdeokgung palace and the secret garden in Seoul a week ago, and started watching this when i got home to Australia a few days back as it is on my to-watch list. Along with a few squeals of "I've been there!", and "the pond has more lotus plants now", and "oooh they hid the fire hydrant & lighting well" i've been pleasantly surprised by the storyline and acting (Cha Eun-Woo isn't hard to watch either), but the storyline is a bit slow. I'm only a few episodes in but i'm going to keep watching as it's nice to see some empowered females in a storyline for a change, fighting against sexist gendered stereotypes with low expectations of women's abilities other than to breed and keep house. It's a nice pleasant watch.

Very nice korean series. Warm feelings and particurarly interesting to get to know korean culture. Good for Netflix to share this type of entertainment. The actress and main character is wonderful.

The introduction to the show's plot, all the background information and getting to know the characters makes up 25% of the series. Getting through that wasn't easy in my opinion. But when the actual story finally started (as in the prince and the historian meeting for the first time), I was HOOKED. The characters are great and really funny most of the time, yet it didn't feel ridiculous in any way because they were still dealing with some serious topics. I'm not sure how accurate the historical side of the story is, but it didn't seem implausible to me.

The ending was kind of rushed in my opinion, but see for yourself.

In conclusion: don't stop watching if you're struggling with the first few episodes and definitely don't let the somewhat ridiculous title of the show fool you. It's such a good series that deserves to be watched.