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Jessica Jung may have created a whole new genre with this book, writing fanfiction about her own life.
Having been kicked out of the girl group "Girl's Generation", I expected something more along the lines of a memoir, her describing her pre and after debut day to day live, expectations for her, toxicity in the industry etc.
Instead of this, I read a romance novel, filled with romanized korean words, cheesy lines and non-believable storylines. Maybe an NDA got in the way of the memoir I had in mind, but in no way would I imagine "Shine" would be this far away.
Nevertheless, I actually quite enjoyed this book. It was fun reading it after work or studying, I LIVED for Rachel and Mina fights, the foreshadowing for certain events was pretty well distributed across the chapters. It was quite shocking that Mina has some good sides, you usually don't get multiple-level vilains from wattpad-level storywriting.
I will read the sequel with more interest, since it takes place years under the "Girls Forever" (no pun intended I see) debut, so more sides from the industry will be shown. At least I hope so.
Having been kicked out of the girl group "Girl's Generation", I expected something more along the lines of a memoir, her describing her pre and after debut day to day live, expectations for her, toxicity in the industry etc.
Instead of this, I read a romance novel, filled with romanized korean words, cheesy lines and non-believable storylines. Maybe an NDA got in the way of the memoir I had in mind, but in no way would I imagine "Shine" would be this far away.
Nevertheless, I actually quite enjoyed this book. It was fun reading it after work or studying, I LIVED for Rachel and Mina fights, the foreshadowing for certain events was pretty well distributed across the chapters. It was quite shocking that Mina has some good sides, you usually don't get multiple-level vilains from wattpad-level storywriting.
I will read the sequel with more interest, since it takes place years under the "Girls Forever" (no pun intended I see) debut, so more sides from the industry will be shown. At least I hope so.