I just finished this and it was pretty entertaining. The rom-com part was funny (I'm into absurd comedy) and I liked the FL. Especially when she was acting all shameless with the ML in front of the annoying people. The crime plot was okay too, and drama raised some serious questions about life in Thailand. Is it really that terrible for poor women? I liked that even when the bad guy was like really really bad, the character was not one-dimensional, he had full background etc. I did not care about ep 13 that other people in the comments are talking about, I mean it's a thai lakorn after all, but what annoyed me was how that one person's hired sniper tried to kill and they got zero repercussion. Everyone was just like they just got a little overboard and did it out of love. C'moon! And yeah, the kisses were not good.
I'm reading the novel right now and I have to say this is a super faithful adaptation. I'm half way through and far the only difference I have noticed is that the Demon Emperor is man in the novel.
It's funny how this comment section is full of praise and part 2's comment section is full of complaints :) Well this did start off really strong and then went downhill when they went to mortal world. One thing that always bugged me was the casting of Yu Mo. I think they should have chosen someone with boyish looks for that, round face and young looking. The leads fit their roles very well but Yu Mo always looked wrong to me.
The first arc when FL is young is quite boring. In the original novel it was covered in a flashback. I have rewatched…
I'd also like to add that this drama is the reason it's hard for me to drop dramas. Because if I saw this later in my life I might have dropped it and would have seriously missed out, because the latter part makes it one of my favorite dramas and I have also read the novel multiple times. But rewatching it's better also because I can skip all the boring sideplots etc.
The first arc when FL is young is quite boring. In the original novel it was covered in a flashback. I have rewatched…
Here are some milestones: EP8 ML is born, it's somewhat more interesting than the first part but still a little meh EP11 FL and ML meet, still a little meh to my taste EP19 they change locations (trying not to spoil) and I would say this is when it starts to get interesting, or at least the angst is high. Starting from this ep it's the original novels prologue, all other stuff before that was just flashbacks in the novel and also the prologue is short originally so this part includes flashback and added stuff too. EP29 FL gets back and this is when the original novel starts and this is also the part where I usually start my rewatch. But of course this has a lot of stuff that has deeper meaning if you know all the stuff from before.
So as you see, with this drama a lot of patience might be needed - of course depending on your taste. If you keep getting bored maybe try to fast forward until EP19 to get the general idea of what's going on and then normal watching from that point on.
I'm not sure why, but I just couldn't get into this drama. I'm dropping it half way through episode 4.
The first arc when FL is young is quite boring. In the original novel it was covered in a flashback. I have rewatched this drama multiple times but maybe once from the beginning. Other times I start either from the mortal arc of even after that, when FL is back home. From that part onwards this dramas is amazing. Epic even. At least for me. In the original novel there was first a very short chapter about the mortal arc and then the actual novel started from that point when FL is back home and other stuff was flashbacks. The same thing with Eternal Love of a Dream - in drama they showed all the boring flashback stuff first and the drama got good once they got to the point where the novel started.
Sorry can you tell me what you mean by express? Does it mean all the rest of the eps would come on May 29 or is…
I'm in Europe, and I didn't see SVIP in my subscription options so I googled it and it said so in some conversation. But I have to look into it if I have watched all the eps by Thursday. I started yesterday hoping Viki would keep up with my pace but then I watched the first 10 eps on the same day...
EP8 ML is born, it's somewhat more interesting than the first part but still a little meh
EP11 FL and ML meet, still a little meh to my taste
EP19 they change locations (trying not to spoil) and I would say this is when it starts to get interesting, or at least the angst is high. Starting from this ep it's the original novels prologue, all other stuff before that was just flashbacks in the novel and also the prologue is short originally so this part includes flashback and added stuff too.
EP29 FL gets back and this is when the original novel starts and this is also the part where I usually start my rewatch. But of course this has a lot of stuff that has deeper meaning if you know all the stuff from before.
So as you see, with this drama a lot of patience might be needed - of course depending on your taste. If you keep getting bored maybe try to fast forward until EP19 to get the general idea of what's going on and then normal watching from that point on.