Reviews

K-Pop Revolution by Stephan Lee

janvpals's review

challenging emotional hopeful medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

xenasorceress's review

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Goofy as the K-pop Confidential series is, considering I'm not the target audience I still managed to find myself thoroughly entertained by the characters and silly writing style. Plot-wise I actually enjoyed this more than Confidential for sheer absurdity and audacity lmao. I did end up sincerely enjoying some parts, though,

like Cadance's mental break

which I found suuuper fun to read. The only thing I'd say is that rather than YA, I think a slightly younger audience (middle school?) would probably engage with it best and most genuinely. Overall it's a crazy, silly and light read to destress with even for older readers like me, as long as you suspend your disbelief and not take it too seriously lol

chordsontheline's review

emotional informative inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

It was a nice read. I liked how the story slowly picked up and revealed everything piece by piece. A great sequel from the first book!

jaydup14's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

elainechan's review

4.0

"Never trade your happiness for something you can hold in your hand."

"... true genius is knowing what you're passionate about and being brave enough to not let anyone waste your time on everything else."

cinderellee's review

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.25

moonielobo's review

4.0

Me gustaría decir que he disfrutado de este libro tanto como el primero, pero la verdad es que bajo mi punto de vista pierde un poco el “encanto” del primero. Aún así, le doy muy buena puntuación porque me ha emocionado en un par de momentos y me ha entretenido que, al final del día, es lo que todos los libros deberían hacer.

En esta segunda parte, tengo la sensación que Stephan recurre un poco más a la ficción (que el otro también, pero tal vez podría asemejarse un poco más a la realidad de los idols) y monta una historia que en ciertos momentos me ha resultado poco creíble. Además, el final me ha parecido demasiado apresurado y hubiera disfrutado muchísimo más si me hubiera mostrado la Candace del “futuro”.

Aún así, me ha gustado mucho como Candace, después de perderse en si misma, consigue volver y ser la misma de siempre, y luchar por ella y por sus verdaderos ideales.

Ha sido un viaje muy bonito de leer. Nunca pensé que encontraría un libro del mundo del kpop que me hiciera sentir tan angustiada y preocupada por todo lo que pasan los idols, y me encantaría que, en un futuro, todos fueran un poco Candace y pudieran luchar por un poco más de libertad en sus vidas.

captwinghead's review

3.0

This is a rough one to rate. Some aspects of the first novel required suspension of disbelief, however, I feel like this one went above and beyond what I could see as possible. It is a fictional story, of course, so I'll just accept some aspects of this as a fantasy. In that case, the story structure wasn't my favorite, to be honest.

Candace is an interesting protagonist in that there are times where she feels like a "not like other girls" type of character. The first novel shows a girl who was reluctant to engage with K-pop publicly and was ignorant of a lot of things in the industry because she cared what other people thought. When she enters the industry (because she auditioned as a joke

taskgoblin's review

5.0

I had so much fun with K-Pop Confidential, and K-Pop Revolution did not disappoint! I was expecting a good time, and forgot that Stephan loves to play with your emotions. I loved seeing Candace's continued growth, and fell in love with the new characters introduced. I just wish someone would create some fanart for their outfits, because I really need to see these. This solidified that I'll read whatever Stephan Lee writes.

elizkacz's review

5.0

The sequel to K-Pop Confidential gave me so much second-hand anxiety, but I loved the resolution. Highly recommend these books - super cute and clever reads.