A review by interludeshadow
Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS by Myeongseok Kang, BTS

4.0

I really wish it was more critical and sharper and even more honest, especially towards the music industry, not only opinions from the writer themselves but more from the members as well. But I fully understand it was constructed and produced under Hybe supervision. Obviously, not the goal of this book. Personally speaking, the beginning was good most notably where it discussed the diss track for instance, up until (spoiler alert?) the chapter where BTS started their American venture, and the dynamic starts to die down and seemed to be skipping a lot of important points such as, for example, the initial poor receptions from the entire music industry and media from the West, the xenophobia, James Corden's 15 year olds jokes, and many more. On the other hand, the second half talked a lot (a bit too much, almost repetitive) about their coming of age story, the hard work, the burn outs which is totally not wrong (and I'm fully aware of!) but it can be toned down a little bit. In the end, I still couldn't hold my emotions knowing how genuine the love, the bond, and the trust that BTS and ARMY share.