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Pretty good lakorn, I'd absolutely watch again!

I'm feeling extra so I'm just gonna write a review based off of every aspect:

STORY:
I loved the story. I like how they didn't try to make Busaba look pretty and focused on the aspect of "beauty comes from the inside", and how being kind and genuine always works out. The humor was also funny and the ending also felt very fitting and I finished the lakorn feeling pretty satisfied. The only problems I had was that the plot felt predictable. I managed to predict multiple things and I wasn't shocked when I was right. I also wasn't surprised when I learned this lakorn was based off of a k-drama, as many of the tropes were very familiar. There were also too many episodes because of the amount of antagonists that were trying to get in the way of the Saran & Busaba's love, or Busaba's career. It just got repetitive and I skipped most of Cherin's and Thipp's scenes. At times, it also felt like too many storylines and plots were going on at the same time. Now I know it's supposed to replicate real life, but from Saran's mother's hospitalization to Cherin, to Anna being able to speak, to Busaba trying to figure out whether she should go to Paris or not, to Kim teaming up with Thipp, to the hotel and Pao & Noei's love story, it was certainly a lot to comprehend. There was a lot to unpack, though, so I understand.

ACTING:
The acting felt very real, even though sometimes it felt awkward. Thipp's acting felt scripted and was sort of bad. Other than that, the whole cast was casted perfectly. I originally started watching because I love Bee Namthip, but I stayed because the acting was great! You get to find a way to love every single character (even the antagonists) and their character developments were suffice.

MUSIC:
The music was very cute and quirky-like. It was very prominent in every single one of the episodes and it sometimes got repetitive. Some of the music is pretty loud and it got in the way of what the characters were saying, but it's fine. Overall, the music sounded very k-drama-like and it pretty fine. I always loved the emotional-sounding tracks.

WOULD I REWATCH?:
Yes. I think it's a great, mood-lifting lakorn. I especially love the cooking aspects (when they don't try to shove their Maggi advertising down your throat) and the Superchef competition left my heart racing. This lakorn also left me questioning who was better, Kim or Saran, and I'd say at the beginning, I was 45% Kim and 55% Saran, but at the end it was more so 35% Kim and 65% Saran (because I hated how Kim was working with others maliciously). One more thing, I love how it highlights the importance of family on both sides. My mom was watching and she cried multiple times throughout the lakorn.

Overall, it's not as bad as some of the reviews I saw under this lakorn. It's very cute and the whole plot is nice. If you're new to lakorns this is definitely a must.

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Left me at the edge of me seat every time!!

This is such a beautiful love story about rebirth and karma. I love how much lessons from Buddhism is being taught---and not to mention the acting is phenomenal! When I first watched Koon Chai Yai see Mun Kaew pass away on their wedding night, I didn't think much of it but after all of the amazing backstory, I cried watching the same scene. I have to say though, Ying Thae's actor did the best out of everyone else. Her emotion and complexity was amazing to witness. To watch this lakorn for the first time again..

The only issue I've seen other people agree with is that the 2nd arc / lifetime was stretched on for too long. I really don't understand why Rachawadee could just sneak out mid-arc after serving Ying Thae for a while and have a happy life with her dad before Ying Thae could poison her again. I also would've preferred if we could see more of the 3rd life. I think it only lasted 2-3 episodes? They should've made the 2nd arc/life more concise and left the 3rd arc/life with more lore and story. I wanted to see their full wedding, children, all of that cheesy love stuff. Plus, the sexism was crazy. Everyone always accused Ratchawadee for luring the 2nd ML into cheating (which didn't even happen because she never even showed signs of liking him), when it really deserved to be the other way around. That really frustrated me but that just lets me know the writers did their job.

This whole lakorn was a whole rollercoaster. I felt sad, empathetic, angry, affectionate, I felt all the feelings. To conclude, this is a must-watch :)

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THIS THAI DRAMA IS ABSOLUTE PEAK.

Somehow, I have grown so emotionally attached to these characters, in the span of less than 10 episodes. It's so good. The humor, the acting, the visuals, and the actors (they're all so pretty), and the twist about Mae Boulan being the real villain??? It's all so crazy. I had a rollercoaster of emotions in every episode (ESPECIALLY IN THE EPISODE WHERE 3 PEOPLE LITERALLY DIED), and the voodoo guy meeting the MFL and MML at the end, telling them they could travel through time?? AND, the MFL in her past life also loved the MML in his past life too also?? THE CHEMISTRY??? THEIR FATE BEING INTERTWINED?? THIS DRAMA IS PEAK AND NO ONE CAN TELL ME OTHERWISE.

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