85: Gorgeous Gruesome Faces (Spoilers Towards End of Thoughts Section)
The Good
I. The horror: what is at the heart of the horror is good.
II. Overall good: Explains and wraps up everything while leaving space for more.
III. There are many good things sprinkled throughout the story but my favorite part of story is last 100 or so pages when we get to heart of story. There is a book that is similar to this that I came out this year. I feel like by reading that story so close to this one I am able to appreciate what this did. Also, it showed me the ways that story failed.
IV. Good setting and premise for a horror.
The Bad
I. Story drags a bit
II. I felt emotionally detached in ways.
III. Did the romance(s) take over the story at times?
IV. Could they have moved some things around so as to create a tighter darker story?
V. Was there enough time with the competition or characters?
Thoughts
I. Mismarketing vs My Lofty Expectations
A. Do I have elaborate expectations for books? Yes.
Do these synopses and marketing not fully represent these stories? Yes.
B. Possibilities (from reading up to chapter 2): Since this is horror we could get a darker k-pop story than that has been done in ya. The line between homophobia and queer baiting the industry/fans do.
Assumptions: I assumed it was going to be more focused on realistic contemporary horrors of Asian music industry.
C. How do you comp stories when some of the true comparisons are spoilers?
D. I don’t agree with the Yellowjackets comp. What way does it compare to Yellowjackets?
II. There needs to be more of: Asian entertainment industry + (insert genre).
Adult + horror = could really go darker than this.
III. Celestial Maiden vs Acheron (Spoilers)
The story that I felt this was similar to is I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me because both deal with someone giving themselves over to an entity.
A. Celestial maiden is explained & feels like a competent entity unlike Acheron who got beat up and people killed left and right. Celestial Maiden did get trapped and mutilated by humans but killed a bunch in end of story, so it levels out.
B. Gorgeous Gruesome Faces is more organized structurally.
C. You could study these stories next to each other.
I. The horror: what is at the heart of the horror is good.
II. Overall good: Explains and wraps up everything while leaving space for more.
III. There are many good things sprinkled throughout the story but my favorite part of story is last 100 or so pages when we get to heart of story. There is a book that is similar to this that I came out this year. I feel like by reading that story so close to this one I am able to appreciate what this did. Also, it showed me the ways that story failed.
IV. Good setting and premise for a horror.
The Bad
I. Story drags a bit
II. I felt emotionally detached in ways.
III. Did the romance(s) take over the story at times?
IV. Could they have moved some things around so as to create a tighter darker story?
V. Was there enough time with the competition or characters?
Thoughts
I. Mismarketing vs My Lofty Expectations
A. Do I have elaborate expectations for books? Yes.
Do these synopses and marketing not fully represent these stories? Yes.
B. Possibilities (from reading up to chapter 2): Since this is horror we could get a darker k-pop story than that has been done in ya. The line between homophobia and queer baiting the industry/fans do.
Assumptions: I assumed it was going to be more focused on realistic contemporary horrors of Asian music industry.
C. How do you comp stories when some of the true comparisons are spoilers?
D. I don’t agree with the Yellowjackets comp. What way does it compare to Yellowjackets?
II. There needs to be more of: Asian entertainment industry + (insert genre).
Adult + horror = could really go darker than this.
III. Celestial Maiden vs Acheron (Spoilers)
The story that I felt this was similar to is I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me because both deal with someone giving themselves over to an entity.
A. Celestial maiden is explained & feels like a competent entity unlike Acheron who got beat up and people killed left and right. Celestial Maiden did get trapped and mutilated by humans but killed a bunch in end of story, so it levels out.
B. Gorgeous Gruesome Faces is more organized structurally.
C. You could study these stories next to each other.