A review by april_bm
K-pop Confidential by Stephan Lee

3.0

ok what the heck i enjoyed this much more than i thought i would. And im so down for the whole “bring down the patriarchy” trope—and seeing it set in kpop terms was a ride! However, some major downsides i saw in this was the overtly stereotypical characters and playing too much into it. For a book that aims to be in the sphere of feminism, it fell a bit short. Also writing-style wise, it seemed too juvenile. Not so much my cup of tea but i could flow with it.

This book, if anything, is incredibly informative. If you’ve ever wondered what your kpop bias may have suffered(maybe not even in the past tense) to get to where they are, i’d check this book out for a fictionalized(but is it really? Lol) version of kpop reality