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Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS
by Myeongseok Kang, BTS
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
I enjoyed this as a fan; as Army. But I couldn't help having critical thoughts as a reader. It feels disjointed with us jumping back and forth in time between paragraphs. Which is annoying for a book supposedly set up to go in chronological order. I also see having a group memoir that's sort of interview style is harder to put together than a memoir focusing on one person. I'm not really the target audience for this was my recurring thought. As Army I know 95% of this already. This is more for record keeping and having a keepsake for Army. It's also a marketing tool to sell to those outside the fandom. A reference book almost. As with a lot of their content, there's less personal detail as we get closer to current day. The end, chapter 7, felt rushed smashing the last 3 years together.
So as a fan, it was nice getting more details about their trainee days and how they look back at those times. There's clearly also Bighit input cause we get a clearer picture of the company situation going into their debut. And some more background on content choices. I think the biggest gem from this is more background on the music makinf process, especially everyone's experience thoughts and growth. This confirmed a lot I had assumed or speculated about some choices music-wise and about their feelings towards their abilities at certain points. For that alone, I'm happy to have read this. This book hyperfocuses on their music career. Other content and brand deals are only mentioned briefly in passing. This is already 460+ pages.
But I have to say I also had many thoughts that this is somewhat of a fluff piece. Not a bad thing. Definitely not my fave memoir. Like I said it's something fans can get as a keepsake and industry peeps can use a reference.
So as a fan, it was nice getting more details about their trainee days and how they look back at those times. There's clearly also Bighit input cause we get a clearer picture of the company situation going into their debut. And some more background on content choices. I think the biggest gem from this is more background on the music makinf process, especially everyone's experience thoughts and growth. This confirmed a lot I had assumed or speculated about some choices music-wise and about their feelings towards their abilities at certain points. For that alone, I'm happy to have read this. This book hyperfocuses on their music career. Other content and brand deals are only mentioned briefly in passing. This is already 460+ pages.
But I have to say I also had many thoughts that this is somewhat of a fluff piece. Not a bad thing. Definitely not my fave memoir. Like I said it's something fans can get as a keepsake and industry peeps can use a reference.