Three Lifetimes: Book One: Marijuana Infused Dreams

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Second: The plot was alright. It started off well, but as it went on it felt really rushed and forced. Really the whole story felt rushed. I think it would have been better if each arc had taken more time establish itself and end itself properly. EDIT [14.05.2023]: Can't find the book nor the author on Wattpad any longer 😕. Guess re-read needs to wait till I find this treasure again.. The characters, while seemingly 1-dimensional at first, manage to be endearing and show depth, especially in the last arc. As I mentioned before, they play really well off of one another and I came out of this reading experience liking the entire main cast. In arc 2, Gary's transition from super evil bully to possibly gay harem member happened way too fast. It really left me scratching my head as that transition happened over the course of a few chapters and felt out of place.

Fortunately, the author was sympathetic enough to give us a Jin-Juju lifetime (#2) that was all giggles. I honestly thought that it'd be yaoi but I don't know how the author managed to make it even better by going in a whole new direction. Definitely re-reading this if I'm in mood for 'fluff' and 'no drama'. I like this story, a lot. It's light hearted, fun, endearing, and dramatic all in different proportions across the 3 arcs. The grammar is very good and the prose is often quite hilarious. If you have not read this, you should, because it's good. All in all, this is very solid 4/5. I actually took off half a star because of some issues I had with the story construction, but those are relatively minor.

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If you're looking for a cold, ruthless MC, this book isn't for you. Juju is a ball of sunshine, and I love her for it. She's sweet, mischievous, and ambient, but not some Mary Sue saint. Jin Lei isn't some a** to her, and they are such a cute couple. I find her and all the characters around her funny—even her father who is the death god and her uncle who is the Jade Emperor. I especially loved her spirit beast/ guy friend/ cat, Seiren. Juju fell in love with Jin Lei, the God of War, at first glance. Determined to sweep him off his feet, she accompanies him down to the mortal realm as he takes on his three trials to attain greater divinity.

This girl so unhinged it was kind of funny. In a really groomer,y pedo, cultural difference beacue this troupe is completely nomal in asia kind of way. For example, in arc 1, it felt like the Moonlight Sect came into being almost overnight. And the entire time, this secret army was being built without any interference from the kingdom or anyone else? I wish Juju faced more interesting adversity in establishing the Sect, rather than just a Step 1: wave hands Step 2: commoners OP now. jin lei is also surprisingly cute...especialy in the first world. he works hard for his goals and that goal is...just read the book. he is also basicly just a runofthemill chinese wuxia romance ML though. nothing realy unique or TOO surprising about him. So the couple gets reincarnated into their first life. The author decided that the next most romantic choice after this was to make her rasie the infant male lead as a mother figure and constantly make jokes about how 'she really hoped he didn't see her as a mother figure even though she changed his diapers beacause then they couldn't get married when he was older'.Your story excels in its comedy and character interactions. My favorite moments throughout were when the main cast was sitting around talking or having a fun romp around the countryside. The drama as a whole was also fairly well done and really invests the reader in the characters and their lives. The ending of the 3rd arc felt too rushed, as well. Luce dies too abruptly and Alenaire becomes depressed. While, yes, the story says Alenaire felt depressed and fell ill about Luce and Zephyr dying, but I didn’t exactly feel her agony and pain from separating from her love, Luce. Ch.5 : (no major change just a single missing panel, the second last. Nothing imprortant missing. Can skip)

In each lifetime, Juju and Jin Lei had to go through a love trial, and each trial was set in a new world where they were put into different circumstances and had to face certain obstacles. Every lifetime was unique and gave me all these different kinds of feels that I admittedly don't get from many XianXia transmigration novels since they are meant to be light reads. There were laughs and heartbreak both. And the author for this books has a talent for playing with our emotions in every which way, and I ended up nearly crying in one part (it's really hard to make me cry at all so that's saying something). But in the end, the book had a good ending, so it was all worth it.EDIT : Author has shifted her work over to Tapas! And released a webtoon version of it as well! Don't mind me running over to read that~ Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.

The writing was adequate, even if I felt like things could have been more developed and is seen more actual scenes that developed the relationships between characters. There's an edge to the story where everyone talks about falling for Juju even though the actions of the story never really explain why some do or it seems too sudden for it to build up to the extent they seem to imply their love for her is. For one, I felt as if the 1st arc’s romance wasn’t as good as it should be. The feelings felt a little rushed and one of the arc’s male leads felt as if he were randomly put there with no other use except to kill Juju. In the begining she falls in love with the ML at first sight and the romance feels very shallow. I didn't really mind that because I think attraction is a good starting point for any relationship and I though that they wouldhave to talk and form a deeper connection at some point. Except, thats not what happened at all. i really like the characters, juju is so cute and you just wana see how she developes relationships with jin lei in each world. she is very strate forward and optimistic. she is basicly a runofthemill wuxia romance FL... but i really like her. Third: While i liked the character interactions, and that they were all different; I also felt that for side characters their development felt so rushed.Anyway, a little off topic, but I seriously recommend this novel, whether or not you’re a sansheng fan or a regular reader. The story has no credible antagonists. Pretty much all of them (the king from the first arc, proto-Gary in the second, and corrupt nobles and mysterious evil invaders) fit in the category "look at me! I'm evil because i'm evil" type of villain. They have no depth and seem to do bad things because that's what the plot demands. Your story definitely could have used some work here. You seem to have trouble concluding story arcs. All three arcs had rushed and forced endings and I feel it's consistently happening because you know how each is supposed to end, but have trouble getting there naturally. I think you would be better served writing such conclusions out longer, as your beginning and middle parts of each arc were really well built. What I liked about this story is that it felt like an original idea, rather than being inspired by another story. In Sansheng, the three lifetimes were more or less similar to one another in which all three took place in ancient China and in Heaven. Whereas Three Lifetimes felt more flexible because each lifetime was set in different eras and worlds.