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K-pop Confidential by Stephan Lee

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ariam's review against another edition

adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

I liked how the enemy relationship between Candace and Helena was resolved, especially how Candace's mom talked to them about debuting. The whole change up of the debut team was so weird. I truly didn't like One.J , but it seems like he's too much of a person on a pedestal to Candace to be a fleshed-out character in terms of the book. I kept forgetting how Candace and Youngbae, and One.J were all 15/16 by their characterization.
I have so many thoughts of like how messy it is which props to realism.

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chlostersays's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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foreverinastory's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I enjoyed this one a lot!!

Rep: Korean-American cishet female MC, Chinese-Korean cishet female side character, South Asian-Korean cishet female side character, Korean-American and Korean cast.

CWs: Body shaming, forced dieting, forced disordered eating, fatphobia, physical and emotional abuse (including sleep deprivation), sexism, bullying/hazing. Moderate: misogyny, sexual harassment, objectification of underage girls, medical content (MC's grandfather is hospitalized).

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arianashea's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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bookishcb_21's review against another edition

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challenging funny hopeful inspiring sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

2021 book review: This was such a great read that I finished it in ONE day!! You get a lot of insight from this story about all of the pressure that gets put on trainees when it comes to making it big in the K-pop world, from appearances to body image to who you can interact with. I really liked Candace’s heartfelt message at the end and I was throughly invested in her singing dream/journey the entire way through. She knew what she wanted from the very beginning and followed through, making friends along the the way with her group mates (and all the 😍 for YoungBae). I can’t believe I have to wait until next year for the sequel, but it will definitely be worth the wait ❤️🤞❤️

2022 book review: Candace is still fierce and speaks her mind, YoungBae will always get 😍, and I’m still left wanting more! I need to know how Candace handles that cliffhanger of an ending 🎤 (her mic drop moment gets me still 🙌). Bring on the K-pop Revolution!!!

Side note: shortly after reading this book last summer, Candace’s purple hair inspired me to try lavender hair, but it has since evolved around the holidays to a brighter purple. Looking again at the sequel’s cover today (in excitement since it will be released next month), I’m starting to feel that Candace and I are hair doppelgängers and I’m here for it!! 💜😍📚

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