I have only watched the first two seasons, and have watched them fully
Normally I would have been reluctant to watch a show which has an average rating of 7,5 here (as of now), but I have read several reviews here saying that the first two seasons are very good and that the third and fourth season are very bad, so I thought that the first two seasons might be worth much higher than 7,5. As you can see from my rating, I thought wrong.
The show isn't bad, but it is also not good. And if you have high standards, want shows to be worth your time, and want to get something out of watching one, then yes this show is bad.
The characters seem to act inconsistently, their actions seem unbelievable sometimes, and at times their actions seem stupid.
Overall the story doesn't seem to be well thought out: regularly I find myself wondering 'but what about X? X could save the day.' The story feels empty. There is too little depth, too little emotional impact, too little insight in human nature, etc. The show feels like it is mostly just a story without any significance: Sabrina woke up, fought a demon, found a boy friend, went to a book shop, went to bed, went to school again, saved a friend, broke up with a boy friend, etc.
The first majority of season 1 was decent and might be worth an 8, but its final parts were painful to watch. Someone here has written that 'season 1 is dark and good and season 2 is even darker and better'. Well, I found season 2 worse than season 1. (And yes gruesome things happen, but the overall tone of the story doesn't seem that dark. The story doesn't dwell on tragic events and characters move on from them quickly.)
If you content with just distracting yourself and following along a story, I guess these first two seasons would do.
Other series or movies I have rated highly: 'Violet Evergarden', 'Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song ', 'Great Pretender', 'Messiah', 'The OA', 'Sense8', 'Beastars', 'Dark', and the movies 'Interstellar' and 'Arrival'.
Normally I would have been reluctant to watch a show which has an average rating of 7,5 here (as of now), but I have read several reviews here saying that the first two seasons are very good and that the third and fourth season are very bad, so I thought that the first two seasons might be worth much higher than 7,5. As you can see from my rating, I thought wrong.
The show isn't bad, but it is also not good. And if you have high standards, want shows to be worth your time, and want to get something out of watching one, then yes this show is bad.
The characters seem to act inconsistently, their actions seem unbelievable sometimes, and at times their actions seem stupid.
Overall the story doesn't seem to be well thought out: regularly I find myself wondering 'but what about X? X could save the day.' The story feels empty. There is too little depth, too little emotional impact, too little insight in human nature, etc. The show feels like it is mostly just a story without any significance: Sabrina woke up, fought a demon, found a boy friend, went to a book shop, went to bed, went to school again, saved a friend, broke up with a boy friend, etc.
The first majority of season 1 was decent and might be worth an 8, but its final parts were painful to watch. Someone here has written that 'season 1 is dark and good and season 2 is even darker and better'. Well, I found season 2 worse than season 1. (And yes gruesome things happen, but the overall tone of the story doesn't seem that dark. The story doesn't dwell on tragic events and characters move on from them quickly.)
If you content with just distracting yourself and following along a story, I guess these first two seasons would do.
Other series or movies I have rated highly: 'Violet Evergarden', 'Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song ', 'Great Pretender', 'Messiah', 'The OA', 'Sense8', 'Beastars', 'Dark', and the movies 'Interstellar' and 'Arrival'.