Review: Predictable but sweet-- 3.75 stars
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 4, 2013
Typical rock star (Kai) meets girl (Dylan) story. Here she is an aspiring documentary film maker and college student who is shooting reality video of his tour for his web page.This was a pretty good read. The characters were realistic and well-spoken. In fact, the title, "Documentary," made me more interested in reading the book BECAUSE it sounded more intelligent. I was hoping for a decently written story (without major typos or grammatical errors) with believable characters and I was rewarded. Nobody did anything mind-numbingly stupid or illogical and the grammar was all correct.So really, I liked it because there were no major screw ups, I guess. I've been reading a lot of this genre recently and just to find a book with those attributes is enough to make it my new favorite. Sad but true.In any case, I liked this book. There isn't a lot of mystery (or what there is, isn't all that mysterious). And it's not a very complex story but for what it is, it is well done. I might have liked to have felt more of the flavor of what it's really like to live in Hawaii as they're there for a decent amount of time. As it was, it felt a bit like a one hour bus tour (which Dylan actually took one day). Not enough detail and substance for me. It didn't feel like the author actually knew much about the subject. But not a deal-breaker, just an observation about filling in details and creating a more complex background/environment.There is obviously a sequel and SOMETHING bad is about to happen but it doesn't displace an ending for this book, as so many other books do, much to my great annoyance. So many authors these days write sequels merely by cutting their book into two parts and leaving you on the edge of a cliff, story wise, wondering what the hell happened. I can't stand that.Here, the story of this book is actually wrapped up to a certain extent and even has a happy ending.So, I liked it.Would I recommend it? MaybeWould I read it again? Probably not.Will I read the sequel? Definitely.