Review: Once Upon A K-Prom
If you guys didn't know, lemme tell you, I had an IMMENSE kpop phase when I was between the ages 12-15 or 16, can't remember precisely. But seriously K-pop music is very very special to me because the music got me through my really bad phases back then. And seriously, if I hadn't had K-pop with me back then, who knows what would have happened.
Elena Soo couldn't care less about prom. She's always overshadowed, be it by her sisters, her twin brother, her best friend at school, all of this because Elena feels like while everyone has something to do with life, she hasn't figured it all out yet. The only thing Elena loves is the community center that she is now helping raising funds for, but when the her childhood friend Robbie Choi asks her to prom, things take a different turn. Why? Because Robbie Choi is no longer the best friend that she knew, but a hot shot K-pop idol with a huge fanbase.
QUICK THOUGHTS AND REVIEW: 3.6/5, INTERESTING STORY, NICE DETOX.
WHAT DID I FEEL ABOUT THE BOOK'S:
1. Writing Quality: The writing quality, well, it is a detox read. I think by now everyone can actually understand what this means for y'all. It's relaxing and it doesn't give me much of a headache save for the fact that while Elena's side is in first POV, Robbie's side is done in third person narration which irks me. Like as much as I enjoy dual POV and I love both the narration styles, having both first person narration and third person narration will bring out the demon in me. Because. BOTH. TYPES. OF. NARRATION. DO. NOT. SUIT. TOGETHER. Man I've been using a lot of caps these days, I must be having some inner frustration or something.
2. Setting: Okay, K-pop setting, I WILL DIE PROTECTING K-POP AND I WILL FISTIGHT GOD IF I HAD TO. Because I love K-pop, the music has been an integral part of my life since 2014 and it has helped me through a LOT of the tough things that I had been going through at that time. Even now I would just pop in my headphones and play a song by BTS or EXO or SHINee (RIP Jonghyun). So I loved that aspect that the author actually decided to bring the Idol specter and point of view into it because I simply love it. An insider into the industry was kind of like pretty helpful cuz sometimes we're all like "ah the industry is so glamorous" but don't stop to think the effort it takes.
3. Character Development: Elena, darling, honey, I would give you cookies and hugs if I could. I can't because first of all distance, and second of all, you're a fictional character. Because I can literally feel what Elena feels, being invisible in her own household or being invisible wherever you are. Not to count that immense separation anxiety and abandonment issues she has that makes it all the more relatable. Because it creates a hell lot of insecurities within yourself and makes you think you're not enough and I kind of relate to that. Like a lot. I'm insecure as fuck and I kind of do understand what Elena feels after coming as a second choice to everyone.
4. Couldn't put it down- Ness: 7/10. The story's pretty interesting and it's like only 300-ish pages, so I think it could be finished quickly if tried.
5. Plot: There isn't much to say about the plot, considering the story is more character driven. The story could have been plot driven, considering the main point of the book was like Elena being asked out by Robbie to prom to which she actually doesn't want to go. But it is actually surprising to see that the story is more of character driven? And I think the synopsis on GR does not do much to the plot because the story is so much more than just being asked out to prom. The community center that is being talked about so much could have been explored a bit more, with more kids instead of just Jackson and Tia, as much as I love them both and Jackson is the best boyo ever.
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