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A review by badspringbye
花樣年華 HYYH The Notes 2 by Big Hit Entertainment
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
3.0
the dialogues and narration still felt flat and if not for their names it would have been difficult to distinguish one from another, still.
first and foremost I'd like note that I would die for these seven characters, for the BU, as a whole. I would engrave HYYH in korean & chinese characters on my tombstone if I can (I'm being serious). such a complex and promising and cool story. overall, it's top tier. the problems are, I guess, the way these novels are written. I like how it's told from broadened perspectives more now, but the execution is just poor. the monotonous storytelling is not doing justice to the plot... again, this is an objective rating solely for this specific book. it doesn't erase the fact that 'once you enter the bangtan universe, you could never get out of it'.
excerpts:
p. 13 "His eyes that seemed of so many different colors, or all the colors meshed into one, or that seemed to have so many stories to tell but were unable to tell any."
p. 14 "...I didn't want destiny to exist. I didn't want anything to be decided. I wanted everything to be possible or to be decided by one's choice."
p. 32 "Everyone must have their reason for wanting to be dead. And for wanting to be alive."
p. 74"I also recorded that day in my own way. The day when we'd all laughed together, the happiest day of our lives, and the time we spent together. It was in my music."
p. 210 "It wasn't really a promise. It was what we hoped for."
first and foremost I'd like note that I would die for these seven characters, for the BU, as a whole. I would engrave HYYH in korean & chinese characters on my tombstone if I can (I'm being serious). such a complex and promising and cool story. overall, it's top tier. the problems are, I guess, the way these novels are written. I like how it's told from broadened perspectives more now, but the execution is just poor. the monotonous storytelling is not doing justice to the plot... again, this is an objective rating solely for this specific book. it doesn't erase the fact that 'once you enter the bangtan universe, you could never get out of it'.
excerpts:
p. 13 "His eyes that seemed of so many different colors, or all the colors meshed into one, or that seemed to have so many stories to tell but were unable to tell any."
p. 14 "...I didn't want destiny to exist. I didn't want anything to be decided. I wanted everything to be possible or to be decided by one's choice."
p. 32 "Everyone must have their reason for wanting to be dead. And for wanting to be alive."
p. 74
p. 210 "It wasn't really a promise. It was what we hoped for."