82 reviews for:

I'll Love You Forever: Notes from a K-Pop Fan

Giaae Kwon

3.91 AVERAGE

mayaoracle's review against another edition

4.75

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

tsukibayani's review against another edition

3.75

funny lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

hammy91's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 38%

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A little repetitive, might’ve been great for people who are new to kpop but as someone who’s in the fandom, nothing was interesting enough to catch my attention. And a quick glance of the rest of the kpop idols mentioned i didn’t really care enough to listen about them.

morci's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Cultural appropriation

laurelthebooks's review against another edition

4.75

emotional reflective medium-paced

longbeachyreads's review against another edition

4.0

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Interesting history of K-Pop plus memoir from debut author Giaae Kwon. As others, like @bookedinsaigon, have mentioned, there are pieces that are repetitive at times, which can happen with personal essays. The darker side of the K-Pop machine may be new to some folks and is akin to the US boy band / girl group industrial complex of the late 90's and early 00's, but with more plastic surgery.

If you want a more light and fictional perspective on K-Pop, I recommend Maurene Goo's YA novel  I BELIEVE IN A THING CALLED LOVE. 

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kclreads's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

cmdrcactus's review against another edition

3.5

medium-paced

sisforsony's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

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I think every Kpop fan, current or former, should read this memoir at some point. Be sure to be in a good headspace as there are many triggering/sensitive topics.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Bullying, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, Dysphoria

Moderate: Cancer, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

annakayreads's review against another edition

4.0

informative reflective slow-paced