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A review by ahauntedzombie
K-Pop Confidential by Stephan Lee
4.0
My partner told me they thought that the book looked cringy (they had not read it), and I both agree and disagree.
Yes, the book had some cringy elements to it; the supposed ‘nobody’ who turns into a ‘somebody’; having two love interests forming a somewhat love triangle and the MC has to choose one; having one of those love interests be one of the world’s biggest stars; and some other stuff, BUT it’s a YA novel, and besides I, personally, really liked how the author went about it.
The author didn’t make the whole book about romance, or the boys. Although definitely showed preference for YoungBae (AKA Albert).
I wish the author did go into more about the other girls’ thoughts and lives, like JinJoon- I loved her so much and the line where it’s like “turns out she had a lot to say” I want to know!!
I hope they go into it better in the next book.
Also Candace Park says she doesn’t want to be seen as the innocent, obedient Korean girl yet gets placed as the ‘little sister’ of the group? I’m fairly sure this was foreboding what was going to happen in the end.
And it was just obvious that the book was written for people who aren’t Korean - there’s just a difference where POC write in the naturalness of their lives without having to explain it to white European standards, which I personally am thankful for as I’m not Korean but I would’ve looked up the words anyways.
Either way, I loved the book and the message about K-Pop industries: Candace Park was a good voice to show how unfair it is.
I want her and Helen to grow together in the next book!
Lastly, I was never really into K-Pop but I liked the concept of the book so I bought it, and ended up loving it, so I’m giving K-Pop another try!!
Yes, the book had some cringy elements to it; the supposed ‘nobody’ who turns into a ‘somebody’; having two love interests forming a somewhat love triangle and the MC has to choose one; having one of those love interests be one of the world’s biggest stars; and some other stuff, BUT it’s a YA novel, and besides I, personally, really liked how the author went about it.
The author didn’t make the whole book about romance, or the boys. Although definitely showed preference for YoungBae (AKA Albert).
I wish the author did go into more about the other girls’ thoughts and lives, like JinJoon- I loved her so much and the line where it’s like “turns out she had a lot to say” I want to know!!
I hope they go into it better in the next book.
Also Candace Park says she doesn’t want to be seen as the innocent, obedient Korean girl yet gets placed as the ‘little sister’ of the group? I’m fairly sure this was foreboding what was going to happen in the end.
And it was just obvious that the book was written for people who aren’t Korean - there’s just a difference where POC write in the naturalness of their lives without having to explain it to white European standards, which I personally am thankful for as I’m not Korean but I would’ve looked up the words anyways.
Either way, I loved the book and the message about K-Pop industries: Candace Park was a good voice to show how unfair it is.
I want her and Helen to grow together in the next book!
Lastly, I was never really into K-Pop but I liked the concept of the book so I bought it, and ended up loving it, so I’m giving K-Pop another try!!