amies808 's review for:

Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS by Myeongseok Kang, BTS

4.0

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4.5 stars, mostly carried by the fact that it’s BTS and it was nice to read the thoughts of the members. I also loved the format with the QR codes and following through each album (did I cry when I got to where I became ARMY? yes of course) Dinging half a star though because I thought the actual narrative structure could have been stronger; sometimes I would get tripped up thinking the writer left out a certain part of BTS’s history, but then it would arrive pages later. Parts of it also felt a little bit like a school paper - it would veer off into really detailed description of a song where it felt like it came out of nowhere as page count filler. I also found it hard to figure out who the intended audience for this was, because in parts it was a bit too detailed and assumed previous fan knowledge but throughout most of it, it felt like it was written more for general fans, as it didn’t dive deeper for more context/background/insight into areas ARMYs aren’t aware of. Also, making sure there are translations available for the selected videos would be nice! I maybe would have preferred more of an oral history setup with less exposition and more hearing about certain time periods straight from the members or something. But overall this was good - definitely good for baby ARMY who need to catch up on the Bangtan story!