Lovestore At The Corner (巷弄裡的那家書店) Releases Intriguing Video Previews

This might be a nice change and infuse some fresh air to the currently airing romance-centric dramas. I’m intrigued by these teasers, it looks like they’ll be incorporating mystery elements and moving episodic stories with characters that find themselves intertwine with the small bookstore. Lovestore at the corner (巷弄裡的那家書店) kind of reminds me of Amour et Pâtisserie (沒有名字的甜點店) because of its episodic format and how the characters are all related through a place, and in this scenario, the small bookstore in the alley. Amour et Pâtisserie has probably one of the best cinematography among Taiwanese dramas but the plot wasn’t as solid as I would like it to be, the pace was uneven and it even feels flat at times. There were several touching episodes but ultimately, I just felt it didn’t live up to my expectation. It wasn’t a bad drama but I was expecting it to achieve better results.

Set to premiere on April 18th, the friday drama time-slot of CTS, Lovestore at the corner feels like a feel-good drama and it seems more low-key than Amour et Pâtisserie. However, I think there’s more substance to the plot than Amour et Pâtisserie because of the mystery behind the disappearance of heroine’s sister. The cinematography looks amazing, the dark tones actually fits well with its low-key vibe. The setting in a small bookstore reminds me of the manga Biblia Koshodō no Jiken Techō, it was adapted to live-action Japanese drama but I only read the manga. The setting is quite similar in how they use the bookstore to connect the characters but Biblia is more like a detective story, focused on solving mysteries. Books can be really boring but I’m interested in how the producers will use it as a catalyst to bring people together. Books can tell thousands kind of stories but the main emphasis of this drama are the tales of people who own and treasure them.

As I posted before, it is produced by Dreamland productions and the producers said that the romance is minimal so I don’t think we’ll be seeing a lot of the cheesy idol-drama romance troupes. Since it will be taking the friday drama time slot of CTS, it will be competing with SETTV’s new friday drama. I don’t know how it will fare against the ratings giant SETTV since CTS dramas are pretty bad with ratings but I’m sure it will be a lot better in terms of quality. This will be my first time seeing Nikki Hsieh (King Flower) in a leading role but she look pretty natural and I always find her pretty and comfortable to look in screen so this will be a treat. Lee Wei(Man.Boy) wowed me with his performance in the critically acclaimed thriller drama, Man.Boy (小孩大人) so I’m looking forward to his performance.

Plot Outline:
A mysterious man who forgo his past,
he can get twenty million dollar if he recollect his memories.

A girl who don’t know about love,
she thought that she could find her heart if she have twenty million dollar.

Through the disappearance of a woman in the mountains, they met in the bookstore of an alley.
Then after, they learn to forgive, found themselves and also found each other.