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kirstyreadsblog 's review for:
Shine
by Jessica Jung
Content warnings: fat shaming, vomit, slut shaming, sexism/misogyny, bullying, emotional abuse
Ok so you may have seen kpop content on my blog before and you may have seen me review kpop books before. If it wasn’t obvious I’m a fan of the genre. And I have been for 9 years now. When I was 17 I somehow stumbled upon Girls’ Generation (SNSD) on youtube (I think it was the Oh! music video) and was like “what on earth is this?” but I also couldn’t stop thinking about this group. Their music was catchy, they were super pretty and their choreography was fun. And that’s what began my love of kpop. So when I saw Jessica was releasing a book I was intrigued. I wasn’t sure what the book would be like based on my knowledge of Jessica as a person but I was preemptively excited because whilst there have been a lot of kpop novels recently, this would be the first with insider knowledge.
Rachel Kim has been a trainee in Korea since she was 11, its been 7 year and her chances of debuting are dwindling. Her family gave up their lives in the US to get her a chance to be a star, so of when rumours that DB Entertainment is launching a new girl group she knows she needs to fight tooth and nail to get a spot. But she isn’t the only one ready to fight.
This isn’t the tea spill it was hyped to be. I think anything that Jessica says in relation to her history with kpop is picked over with a fine-tooth comb due to the nature of her exit from Girls’ Generation, so I understand why people were hoping that maybe they would get some answers in this book. But I honestly knew that there wouldn’t be any serious gossip in this novel because that could end up in a lawsuit as laws in Korea about defamation are pretty serious. I also imagine when Jessica left Girls’ Generation and SM Ent. that she probably signed an NDA.
Continue my review on my blog: https://kirstyreadsblog.com/2020/10/09/shine-by-jessica-jung-review/
Ok so you may have seen kpop content on my blog before and you may have seen me review kpop books before. If it wasn’t obvious I’m a fan of the genre. And I have been for 9 years now. When I was 17 I somehow stumbled upon Girls’ Generation (SNSD) on youtube (I think it was the Oh! music video) and was like “what on earth is this?” but I also couldn’t stop thinking about this group. Their music was catchy, they were super pretty and their choreography was fun. And that’s what began my love of kpop. So when I saw Jessica was releasing a book I was intrigued. I wasn’t sure what the book would be like based on my knowledge of Jessica as a person but I was preemptively excited because whilst there have been a lot of kpop novels recently, this would be the first with insider knowledge.
Rachel Kim has been a trainee in Korea since she was 11, its been 7 year and her chances of debuting are dwindling. Her family gave up their lives in the US to get her a chance to be a star, so of when rumours that DB Entertainment is launching a new girl group she knows she needs to fight tooth and nail to get a spot. But she isn’t the only one ready to fight.
This isn’t the tea spill it was hyped to be. I think anything that Jessica says in relation to her history with kpop is picked over with a fine-tooth comb due to the nature of her exit from Girls’ Generation, so I understand why people were hoping that maybe they would get some answers in this book. But I honestly knew that there wouldn’t be any serious gossip in this novel because that could end up in a lawsuit as laws in Korea about defamation are pretty serious. I also imagine when Jessica left Girls’ Generation and SM Ent. that she probably signed an NDA.
Continue my review on my blog: https://kirstyreadsblog.com/2020/10/09/shine-by-jessica-jung-review/