Surviving Beauty (2024)

A Classic Runaway Cinderella love-story...!

What made "Surviving Beauty" such a exciting lakhorn to watch was the essential story. I mean, what more do you want when you have a runaway cinderella bride on her road to seek refuge in her bestfriend`s brother Chalaybut`s farm but instead meet his deadly and bitter mortal enemy and rival Khetkham. Choenkwan find new friends, home and sweeping romantic adventure in the dark mysterious woodlands where we have a mysterious and evil Black Panther King trying to destroy everything and then she also has more problems added to a evil step mother who wants to force her to marry a man so she can steal her inheritance-and she is stuck with the ruthless and hot-tempered landowner Khetkham who she finds herself in a fake marriage with. We have the funny as hell hilarious sidekicks Tawan & Suang who mistook her for a prostitu** and took her to Khetkham at the start of this story, just simply hilarious!!!

The story in itself being so entertaining we also have the beautifully developed romance between Kwan & Khet. Khet freaking rejected two women who love him, alas, he had given his whole heart to Kwan. It felt so bittersweet when we get to know that they actually had a blind date seven years ago in which Khet backed off in his way of rebelling against his fathers control. But fate made them meet in a wonderful way again...just so wonderful in how fated they actually are! My only criticue must be how lazy the writing became after Kwan went to the capital, just the material and mood went down a lot and i badly missed their scenes in the Woodlands of Khet. At least i am happy that the story concluded there at least, Kwan & Khet never got a break with how many challenges they had to face, so i got a few happy tears when they finally got their happy ever after on their love-spot with the help of all their friends and sidekicks! "Surviving Beauty" has the classic romance vibe i so much missed in the later lakhorns i have watched!

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Loved the actors, but the Black Panther King plot was too chaotic for my taste

I give it a good 7/10.

First of all, I love the actors. I think the director made a good choice, not only are they good in their respective roles, but the chemistry is there too! Which I find quite rare in shows lately. Also, I'm not usually a fan of shows that go back in time (1900s). But, in this case, I thought the whole thing was very good.

However, I really didn't like the whole story with the Black Panther King or whatever his name is. A few episodes would have been enough, but this was just too much. Especially as it became quite strange. The fact that he lives in a cave in the middle of the forest, the all-black make-up, the black clothes... like? Was that really necessary? We've gone from something that can be ''realistic'' to something that doesn't make sense anymore, especially after ten or so episodes.

Personally, I think we could have omitted that bit of the story, or really diminished it, and based ourselves much more on Choenkhwan's story, with her stepmother, her half-sisters and her husband who's ''dead''. The story would have been so much better and much more realistic.

However, I'll leave it at 7/10, because it's been a long time since I've enjoyed a lakorn, and this one was more than enough for me, despite the few flaws.

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