Comments and Review for Unwanted Fairy Tale

Okay. Here it is. Di ko alam pano sisimulan pero sige :D

Let’s start with the title. First and foremost, gustong gusto ko talaga yung title. Very catchy. Kumbaga, there’s something na agad-agad sa title that made so curious para basahin book na ito. Kasinga di ba, once namarinig mo ang fairytale, usually, “WANTED” siya almost ng lahat coz it is known for its idealistic things pagdating sa mga love stories. Tapos “UNWANTED FAIRY TALE” naman title, so yun, ironic sya yet interesting ang dating para sakin. Bottomline, bet na bet ang title.

Way of writing naman, style ba tawag dun? Haha. Basta, yun na yun. Pansin ko lang, formal na formal then mayamaya, informal na sya. Yun lang naman. In general na yun. Tsaka pala yung choices of words, pang totoy talaga. Though accepted naman yun.  Gusto ko din pagiging straight forward ng writer. Wala gaanong paliguyligoy. Pero mas okay siguro kung mabulaklak pa. Para pandagdag effect.

Let’s go naman sa mga characters. Okay naman sila. Gustong gusto ko mga names . Sa personality and everything naman, they are well introduced to the point na, for me, medyo wala ng sense of surprise. Sense of surprise in a way na mabigyan pa sana ng chance yung mga readers to go deeper and discover things about them as they go on reading. It seems like nasabi na almost lahat tungkol sa kanila umpisa pa lang. I know naman, kadalasan ganun talaga but my point here is that maybe, you can do it in a different way yet interesting pa rin. Unique kumbaga. Tsaka I’m looking for something dun sa ibang characters. Something naparang trademark nila. Yung tipong masasabi kong, “Ah. Si ganto pala yun. Yung mahilig sa ganto. Yung ganto ganyan” in just one snap if possible. Tsaka may mga ibang characters napapasok then aalis na di ko gaanong nakilala. Hehe. Konting push pa sa mga yun. And lastly, konting evil minds pa. I mean push pa para sa mga evil plans and deeds ng mga kontrabida.

Sa mga scenes naman tayo. Eto talaga gusto kong punteryahin kasi magaganda mga ideas mo pero super bitin naman ako. Yung tipong andun na eh. Tapos, biglang mauudlot. Or on the other hand naman, andun na ako, expecting for more pero natapos na agad yung scene na yun. I do not know kung style ng author talaga yun kasi di ko naman masabi, first book niya ito eh. Tsaka konting dagdag pa sana sa mga major scenes and supporting scenes kumbaga. Like bonding moments ng mga kaibigan ni Valene or kaibigan ni Vince or Shiela’s. Tas mga scenes ng kanya kanyang family para mas makilala pa yung mga members ng family and the major characters as well. And most especially, yung mga kilig moments ni Vince and Valene na mala-fairytale talaga! MOOOOOOORRRREEEE !Puh-Leeeeaaasse ! Medyo nag-lack ka dun pero andun na yung kilig lalo na sa gitna hanggang dulo ! Konting push pa para sa “Kilig Much” thingy. More romantic moments together or kasama pa ang iba sa book 2 ha? More “Awwwww” effect din. Pero gustong gusto kotalaga yung mga unexpected events mo most especially ending! Napa-SHEMAY talaga ako! Haha. At dahil dun, super duper na yung pagka-excite ko para sa Book 2. Asssshhhhheeeeennnn ! :D Haha !

So to wrap this up, it is a good and interesting story of a 16 year-old kiddo (if Im not mistaken ha? :D) Kanina pa yang INTERESTING na yan nuh. Haha. Pero yan kasi talaga description ko eh. Haha. I enjoyed reading it yow! I really do. Keep it up. Congratulations ! So proud of you ! And sana may sense tong mga sinabi ko. Haha.

- Karen Cayte Viray, BSE 3rd year Pangasinan State University, Bayambang

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A Book Review for "The K-Pop Star and I"

The K-Pop Star and I

JP Adrian

Copyright 2013

A Teen Fiction Novel

I personally am not aware of the existence of this particular novel until my publisher sent me a copy together with a copy of a contract I have signed before hand. I didn't pay much attention to it since I myself am not a fan of K-Pop. I even considered giving it to my friend who's a big fan of Koreans and Korean culture. I put it inside my cabinet at my apartment and it stayed there for months. Christmas of 2013 came and I went home to my hometown and brought all the books my publisher sent me and displayed them on my mini shelf. Out of boredom I decided to read "The K-Pop Star and I"

The title of the book was simple, but it sure will catch any K-Pop die hard fan's attention. Upon reading it's background, I have already predicted how will the story go - the girl who serves as this Korean Pop Idol's assistant will definitely fall in love with him and the K-Pop artist will surely fall for her too and they will be forced to part in the end.

As I read the story, regardless of my "predictions" I still can't remove the smile on my lips as I read each word. I can imagine the characters and the scenes clearly in my head. The scenes in my head tickles me from the inside and I kept on reading for I can't bring myself to release the book from my hands.

The characters, Joy Natividad was very predictable for me. She was that type of heroine you see in most Filipino soap operas and Filipino novels. While Sir, though very predictable with his arrogance and tough personality, remained mysterious for the author never mentioned a name. But clues (or maybe I thought they were clues) can be found in the first few chapters of the book and I there was a name of a Korean actor in my head - Lee Min Ho. I was fond with Kuya Rodel, he was so funny and sarcastic. He does the kind of thing I would do and I would say if I'm there with Joy and Sir. Lola Minerva was such a fangirl, she is the epitome of what will the fangirls of our generation would be like when they reach late adulthood. Love was not the typical type of sister, unlike other sisters who have cat fights with their siblings, she loves Joy. Maybe it's because she was already 18 and less childish than what I'm thinking. Oh yeah, about their age, JP Adrian said that Joy was 11 when their parents died on a car accident, and Love as 5. Then at present time, Joy was 21 and Love was 18. So where did that 3 years go?

I can totally imagine the setting where the story was, familiar places (except for Bulacan and Valenzuela for I have never set a foot there) helped me to just read, imagine and enjoy the story.

The story flow was very light. The introduction was simple, they met on a simple day but in a unexpected way. But the moment she bumped someone I knew that was it. The story was light and I have no problems until the end. I just wish he didn't use a first person point of view, I wish he used third person instead and gave more of Sir's point of view. Nabitin ako dun sa short part under the tree with the fire flies.

The end of the story was fulfilling, but there's a question left in head - "What will happen next?" Perhaps Sir and Joy will have a problem with regards to the life Sir left just to be with her? Maybe JP Adrian will take us to Korea next! I don't know actually.

One little note about the story, it was very similar to Toni Gonzaga and Sam Milby's movie titled "You Are The One."

In summary, the book was good! I definitely would recommend the book to my friends, especially those who loves K-Pop.

- Charles Fred Agustin, writer of Unwanted Fairy Tale Series and Bloodlines and Heartstrings.

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A Review for Unwanted Fairy Tale

Unwanted Fairy Tale

So when I first got my complimentary copies of Unwanted Fairy Tale from my publisher, I sent one to my cousin and asked her to endorse it to her friends after the release of this book. And she did. And to my surprise, one of her friends made a review. Here it goes...

"Title: Unwanted Fairy Tale

it gave out a very small hint about sa story. ^.^ 👍

~description:

wag mong idescribe ang characters, let the readers find out for themselves. it's okay na di mo lagyan ng bonggang bonggang description, kahit simple lang. ang importante is mag-iwan ito ng impression na: 'anong nangyari? bakit ganun?' or 'mukhang interesting ang story'.

~plot:

SM San Lazaro

one word. cliche. from the start to the end. but, it was cliche in a good way. well for me, kahit napepredict ko ang mangyayari, it was still nice. another thumbs up dun! 👍

~story flow:

feeling ko nagfast forward lahat. it all happened too fast. siguro dahil to sa loob ng 5hrs ko to binasa. pero maraming mga pangyayari na kailangan ng time sa story. gaya nung kila shiela at gino. parang ang bilis ata? naging sila agad? yun lang naman napansin ko. yung mga scene na parang nag-over skip. i felt like it needed more scenes. yun lang =">>>

~characters:

let's start with vince. to be honest, wala akong nakitang mali sa kanya. kay valene, cliche, especially yung pag-change nya in appearance, pero aside from that, she's normal. kay shiela, a total mary sue, she's described as perfect and flawless. still human, pero may pagka mary sue talaga sya. as for the friends, same. maybe more flaws? overall, they work as harmony. so still good!

at SM Mega Mall after few days from release date

~overall & final comment:

i enjoyed the story =)) di ko inexpect yung ending kahit na cliche to at predictable. alam ko sinulat mo to nung 16 ka pa lang, yun yung nakalagay sa autograph mo kay camiele eh haha... pero, i just wanted to share what i think. thank you sa pagbasa ng review ko =)))

-Bianca Tupan"

So yun yung review. :) I really apreciated this one, now I am nothing but excited for Unwanted Fairy Tale 2: Lovestruck and how will the readers react to it.

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other book by Charles Agustin:

Bloodlines & Heartstrings

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