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rachelholtzclaw 's review for:
Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS
by Myeongseok Kang, BTS
i love bts. it's no secret that i love bts, and by default i was set up to love this book. however, i do think this book is absolutely accessible for someone who only knows about them tangentially or even not really at all. a warning now: i have a lot of good things to say, so here we go!
to start, i love that this book is set up as a narrative that includes insight and interviews from the members throughout. i feel like in a book like this *cough* the one direction book *cough* it's really easy to make it seem like the artists themselves are writing the book when they're just being interviewed, so i really liked the way that was clear. i'm also familiar with kang myeongseok's work through weverse magazine, and i really love his writing (although i've obviously always read it through translation). this is also one of the smartest uses of QR codes i have ever seen. anything that you could possibly want to look up or see or learn more about - whether it's a video log, a performance, an article - you have an immediate link to it. i love that!
while bts are my ults, my ride or dies, i am a Kpop Fan At Large, and i really love that, while explaining aspects of the kpop industry, of groups that came before and after bts, the author is never dunking on those groups or negating what they did within or for the industry. at the same time, i think the way bts has influenced the industry and helped catapult it to such a global stage was also done in a very factual, indisputable way. so many kpop groups that debuted in the years after bts absolutely have been influenced by them in so many ways, not only when it comes to the music, but when it comes to the type of content they're creating. almost every kpop group under big enough companies have their own reality or variety show content now, and that is a direct result of how bts found ways to effectively communicate with and show their personalities to their fans.
i loved that, as usual, bts are willing to share so much with us, even more in-depth here than ever before, whether that's from a musical or an emotional standpoint. it's always comforting for me to see how much they care about each other and their success both as individuals and a group, as well as how much they genuinely care about their fans.
i am so proud of the boys, and i am so proud to be ARMY. thank you thank you thank you!
(and if i finished this when i did so it would be the 77th book i read this year? BORAHAE!)
to start, i love that this book is set up as a narrative that includes insight and interviews from the members throughout. i feel like in a book like this *cough* the one direction book *cough* it's really easy to make it seem like the artists themselves are writing the book when they're just being interviewed, so i really liked the way that was clear. i'm also familiar with kang myeongseok's work through weverse magazine, and i really love his writing (although i've obviously always read it through translation). this is also one of the smartest uses of QR codes i have ever seen. anything that you could possibly want to look up or see or learn more about - whether it's a video log, a performance, an article - you have an immediate link to it. i love that!
while bts are my ults, my ride or dies, i am a Kpop Fan At Large, and i really love that, while explaining aspects of the kpop industry, of groups that came before and after bts, the author is never dunking on those groups or negating what they did within or for the industry. at the same time, i think the way bts has influenced the industry and helped catapult it to such a global stage was also done in a very factual, indisputable way. so many kpop groups that debuted in the years after bts absolutely have been influenced by them in so many ways, not only when it comes to the music, but when it comes to the type of content they're creating. almost every kpop group under big enough companies have their own reality or variety show content now, and that is a direct result of how bts found ways to effectively communicate with and show their personalities to their fans.
i loved that, as usual, bts are willing to share so much with us, even more in-depth here than ever before, whether that's from a musical or an emotional standpoint. it's always comforting for me to see how much they care about each other and their success both as individuals and a group, as well as how much they genuinely care about their fans.
i am so proud of the boys, and i am so proud to be ARMY. thank you thank you thank you!
(and if i finished this when i did so it would be the 77th book i read this year? BORAHAE!)