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hadashi1919 's review for:
Shine
by Jessica Jung
This is not a bad book. From a YA perspective, the plot and writing are fine and fairly standard.
Still I am disappointed. If you have been a kpop fan for any significant length of time, you know all the rules trainees live under: no dating, train all the time, no SNS, etc. A lot of what happens in the book around Rachel’s training life would probably not happen, including spending so much time with the “golden” boy, having a cell phone, having such a high profile song. I am not sure about the weekend only trainings. Maybe that part is true. I was hoping for more juicy content but there was none.
The other question is who is who. Here are my guesses:
Mina: Sooyoung
Eunji: Hyeyeon
Lizzie: Sunny
Akeri: at least partially Tiffany
Jason: Donghae + Taecyeon + Tyler Kwon
Mr Noh: LSM
Next Boyz: DBSK
Still I am disappointed. If you have been a kpop fan for any significant length of time, you know all the rules trainees live under: no dating, train all the time, no SNS, etc. A lot of what happens in the book around Rachel’s training life would probably not happen, including spending so much time with the “golden” boy, having a cell phone, having such a high profile song. I am not sure about the weekend only trainings. Maybe that part is true. I was hoping for more juicy content but there was none.
The other question is who is who. Here are my guesses:
Mina: Sooyoung
Eunji: Hyeyeon
Lizzie: Sunny
Akeri: at least partially Tiffany
Jason: Donghae + Taecyeon + Tyler Kwon
Mr Noh: LSM
Next Boyz: DBSK