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Shine
by Jessica Jung
yeah...no. this book was so one-dimensional as were all the characters.
things just move from one event to the other with no real resolution. That ending was abrupt and incomplete which would've been an interesting concept had it been executed correctly.
sadly the book fell flat as soon as I reached the first quarter and I'm baffled that so much happened yet nothing really happened.
I know Jessica Jung pulled from her own experiences and life as a k-pop star and no doubt the gruelling training she went through. I loved the idea of shedding light on the double standard within the k-pop industry; how male and female stars are treated differently, the leniency males stars are allowed, especially after debut, yet female stars live this pro-longed trainee type situation where they still need to watch each and every step, debuted or not —but the book just went no-where with this.
We were told what we know and it was as if we laid down and accepted it.
Don't get me wrong, I wasn't expecting some revolution but some form of challenge to the misogyny, sexism and toxicity of the k-pop industry would have been ideal. But this just came off as some strange young adult, memoire hybrid.
I don't know much about Girl's Generation and Jessica Jung so I would never discredit her and her experiences she's reflected in this book - sadly, i don't think much can be taken away from it either.
things just move from one event to the other with no real resolution. That ending was abrupt and incomplete which would've been an interesting concept had it been executed correctly.
sadly the book fell flat as soon as I reached the first quarter and I'm baffled that so much happened yet nothing really happened.
I know Jessica Jung pulled from her own experiences and life as a k-pop star and no doubt the gruelling training she went through. I loved the idea of shedding light on the double standard within the k-pop industry; how male and female stars are treated differently, the leniency males stars are allowed, especially after debut, yet female stars live this pro-longed trainee type situation where they still need to watch each and every step, debuted or not —but the book just went no-where with this.
We were told what we know and it was as if we laid down and accepted it.
Don't get me wrong, I wasn't expecting some revolution but some form of challenge to the misogyny, sexism and toxicity of the k-pop industry would have been ideal. But this just came off as some strange young adult, memoire hybrid.
I don't know much about Girl's Generation and Jessica Jung so I would never discredit her and her experiences she's reflected in this book - sadly, i don't think much can be taken away from it either.