What Life Took From Me

The beautiful young Montserrat is forced to marry a man she does not love in order to save her family from ruin and maintain their social standing.

What Life Took From Me (2013-2014) is a Mexican telenovela created by Caridad Bravo Adams for Las Estrellas, a single-season run of 197 forty-five-minute episodes. Beautiful young Montserrat Mendoza (Angelique Boyer) agrees to marry a man she does not love in order to save her family from financial ruin and protect their social standing. Her husband Alejandro Almonte (Sebastián Rulli) sits at the center of the emotional tangle, while Graciela Giacinti de Mendoza (Daniela Castro) guards the family's pride and Pedro Medina (Sergio Sendel) complicates every loyalty. The engine is daily reversal: secrets, rival suitors, class resentment, and stubborn duty keep pushing Montserrat between obligation and the love she was told to abandon. Each episode hinges on a fresh confrontation or misunderstanding in lavish household settings. The mood is melodramatic, earnest, and emotionally heightened, with sweeping sorrow and romantic longing. Fans of Cuna de lobos, Rosalinda and Betty la fea will find resonance in its soapy romance, class anxieties and long-form serial drama.

Audiences broadly embraced the melodrama for its romantic intensity and lead performances, though the audience rating was modest for the season.

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• Betty la fearomantic melodrama built on sacrifice, class divide, and a heroine defending her family

Created by

Caridad Bravo Adams

Release Date

2013-10-28

Episode runtime

45 min

Rating

8.0 / 10 (1382)

What is What Life Took From Me about?

A beautiful young woman is forced into a loveless marriage to rescue her family from ruin and protect their social standing.

What is What Life Took From Me like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of What Life Took From Me as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.

Is What Life Took From Me violent?

No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in What Life Took From Me.

What did critics think of What Life Took From Me?

Audiences broadly embraced the melodrama for its romantic intensity and lead performances, though the audience rating was modest for the season.

Which shows are like What Life Took From Me?

Shows with a similar feel include Cuna de lobos, Rosalinda, and Betty la fea.

How long is What Life Took From Me?

What Life Took From Me: 1 season, 197 episodes.

Is What Life Took From Me still running?

No, What Life Took From Me has ended.

Where can I watch What Life Took From Me?

In United States, What Life Took From Me streams on VIX , ViX Premium Amazon Channel.