Alexis

THIS BOOK!!! Wow! A friend told me that it started out pretty promising and then got a little boring and dry but I strongly disagree!! It's true there wasn't much plot, just the characters cruising along on the path of life but there were so many bumps in the road that made it interesting. It was a really great and also easy read and I sped through those pages like crazy, I never wanted to put it down. The story was simple for the most part, just typical high school life that carried on after grad but the author found a way to still make it very engaging which I applaud!! My only two complaints are the lack of dialogue tags (it's literally always I say, he says, she says, really no variety which irked me a tiny bit) and that many of the side characters felt really one dimensional--we hardly got any descriptions of personalities or looks and I feel like if Autumn's friends had unique characteristics that would make their characters pop out instead of blending in all together.... But the ending was just so so emotional and it got even MORE emotional!!! I won't spoil this just read it and you will see. Also! *BEWARE, SPOILER SECTION* I'm not a fan of how they handled birth control in this book. Well, even the fact that Brooke and Angie were having sex before they were seniors (I'm pretty sure) was a bit unsettling, clearly having not thought it out properly. Angie's reaction to finding out she was pregnant after having sex with Dave with zero protection pissed me off a bit. First, she just kinda dismissed it when all the others suggested that she should have used SOMETHING by just being all "eh, don't worry, it was just one time". And that "just one time" got her pregnant. In high school. Don't get me wrong, I love how Angie was so open and excited to have the baby and wanted to get married with Dave--all was healthy there. But it also felt a bit airy when it turned out she was pregnant, like "oh, guys, I'm pregnant, this is great huh!" and I think Angie should have maybe been a bit more reflective, like okay, she will have the baby, great, but her reaction was almost like it was okay and normal to get pregnant in high school, which it is not and should not be nomalized and regarded as okay and normal. And the thing with Autumn's suicide attempt. How was she found after she supposedly killed herself?? Who found her (ik one of the mothers but who)?? And how was she still alive?? A bit more detail on the last couple of very short chapters would have been nice, detailing what was going on with her, but oh well.

I read all the books not too long ago and did I ever surprise myself with how fast I read the series!! (There are three books btw). To be entirely honest, I felt like it was a bit over-hyped because almost whenever you talk about reading someone's like, "Did you read tsitp??" And it's honestly not 'that' book if you get what I mean. It's totally a fun, cozy read, one of those summer books that makes you feel warm and bubbly kinda thing with a bunch of humorous lighthearted moments, but I wouldn't say it's great or amazing. It's a very, simple easy read although from some of the sexual talk in the book it's for somewhat older audiences? Idk. The overall writing is alright, nothing amazing but enough to keep you content and while most of the plot is pretty much just unnecessary summer drama between teenagers, it's still snarky and blissful and satisfying. SPOILERS BELOW The only thing that really irked me while reading this though was that Belly's entire romantic portion of her life simply revolved around Conrad and Jeremiah and I just found it super unrealistic how she married Conrad in the end and didn't find anyone else, because tbh he was teen crush material not someone she should marry lol

I'm a new-ish ARMY who only started stanning after they all left for the military (though I wish I started supporting our Bangtan boys sooner!!) and, since I entered the fandom after ten full years of BTS being in action, it's safe to say there was A LOT of blank space in what I thought I knew about them. But this book!! Through it I've discovered so so much about all seven of them and what they've gone through both before and during and the many years after debut. I've watched a couple documentaries on BTS (including the one on Disney+, Beyond The Star) and I have to say, while the BTS documentaries are all great, this book was an even better experience! It's long but not too long and the amount of insight it gives you into the lives of the boys and the struggles they've dealt with throughout their careers is just incredible. It's really eye-opening to learn about all the adversaries they faced as K-pop idols who paved the way for the industry in North America and the rest of the world and just reading it makes me feel empowered. The interview segments were great too! The only complaint I really have is a couple typos (only a couple, and I understand as the book was translated from Korean). I also wish there were a couple more pictures, but that's just me. Loved loved loved it!! Pricey but so worth it!!

That, put simply, was amazing. I'm a huge ARMY who absolutely loves all the boys, but Jungkook is my bias and this documentary clearly states why. Even with all the fame and attention he's been receiving, Jungkook still remains down to earth and humble, doing cute and quirky little things to make us smile. Just the little things he does like wave at the three boys who were flanking him in his performance of Too Sad To Dance and admit to himself having flaws and wanting to work to better himself makes my heart swell with how damn REAL Jeon Jungkook is. Performance wise, though, the film was STUNNING. It featured some full-length clips of his songs from GOLDEN with him performing them live and also some shots of him in the recording studio. His voice is pure gold. That's all I have to say. The overall film and production was also very well done with the interview segments and the runtime felt like a perfect length--nothing felt too short or drawn out. I'm so grateful I had the chance to see this movie and I encourage any ARMY to watch it as well!💜