this inbrought back so many memories for me, and I loved every minute of it, In comparison to other works I've read, the plot seemed bland, this story is realistic in my opinion because it was inspired by the author's personal experience, hence why I think why it inflicted so much emotion to the readers like me.
although, the plot didnt have so much stuff going on, i think Gwy focused more on the story being realistic than putting so much plot into it.
nevertheless i still enjoyed it bcz its been a while since ive read off from wattpad The plot is plain but it's still good.
The form of writing is very modern that's why it hooks the teens especially the wattpad readers but maybe hindi lang yata ako sanay na ganyan.
Nonetheless, it's cute. Kaso nga lang masyadong mabilis,
It's a nice story, but since it's a fast burn book, maybe the author should put emphasis and feels on every scenes more.
Not just by the dialog, but also by the mood the author wishes to create,
It's a nice read though, Funny, kilig, but maybe the book version is nicer, Idk. Still, great job! Yeah, no, I couldnt stand Luna
gt It was super fast paced and confusing kasi walang mga heads up if theres a time skip, bigla nalang magiiba yung dates.
gt It was cuteish and nakakakilig, There were a lot of parts na kililigin ka talaga or mapapangiti,
gt I wont give any spoilers na pero I have to say medyo na disappoint ako, Akala ko it was one of those “omg woah ang ganda” type of books pero it was, . somewhere in the middle lang naman, Nothing special really, nakakakiling lang siya,
gt I like Kalixs words and techniques pero, seriously, the guy is super confusing, Sassy, romatic in some ways, supportive, caring, I hate everyone but you type, intelligent, thoughful, but an idiot at the same time,
Meanwhile Luna Luna is, well, I didnt exactly love her character kasi she was assuming, pacute, malandi even if its just playful flirting, impatient, and yung pinaka nakakaasar is ang tanga niya pagdating kay Kalix.
For a college student, I guess ok naman siya, shes super determined and hard working,
gt Despite the negatives, I found some parts and the ending and very sweet so Ill still give it a four
Overall I would still kind of recommend this book if you want a quick read.
Mind that there are a few deep Tagalog words and street terms in the story Rereading this goes to the list of my top worst decisions of my life.
I wanted a light and feelgood wattpad story because I miss reading those, but I felt angrier than feeling wholesome and fluffy,
The story revolves around Kalix and Luna, and how slowly they lose themselves and their dreams as they face odds in their relationship.
Now, what do I like about this book
It is fastpaced and easy to read and digest,
It doesnt require that much brain capacity to understand the themes and plot because it is straightforward,
THATS IT YOURE SO PICKY AND HATEFUL! Yes, its a shitty story, thats why, Now here are the reasons I despise this story:
I have read books with quirky characters and I tolerated most of them, loved some even, but Luna makes me want to pull her hair.
Kalix is animated, bland, and onedimensional, Its as if the author made a wheel filled with endearing characteristics, spun it, and based his personality traits on the results, This man is the embodiment of lazy characterization,
The dialogues, lord, save me, The jokes were cringeworthy at best, I just want Luna to shut up, she is so irritating, Kalix places second in being irritating, and its a good thing that he doesnt speak much because when he does, I just want to end my life.
Also, the law terminologies are so out of place yet the author constantly include them in dialogues I only know one Law student personally, but I have never heard him use these terminologies in daily conversations.
Kalix is so pretentious, I hate him so much,
“Paano kapag hindi kita sinagot”
“You have a choice, I will not deprive you of your liberty, ”
Dude, youre asked a normal question, Answer like a normal human being,
When asked about his type, he says:
“Just someone nice, someone who can respect my time, and someone who wont deprive me of my life, liberty, and property without due process”
If a man ever replies this to me, Ill run the other way.
Luna then proceeds to ask kung ilan ang naging kalandian niya, and this mofo replies:
“I have the right to remain silent.
”
Fuck, yes, please remain silent for the entirety of the story,
Now the narration, The narration is meh. It shows that she wrote twitter seryes because her narration feels a lot like that, I also hated how there are a lot of unnecessary details that do not affect the plot, It speaks a lot about her writing skills,
I mentioned that I love how I didnt need that much brain capacity in reading this story since this is pretty straightforward, but Ill also mention how much I hate it, too.
It was straightforward to the point that the author dictates how the readers should feel, For instance, there was a scene where Luna narrates how her exboyfriend was too controlling, Instead of allowing readers to formulate their own opinion regarding this matter, the author already dictated how the readers should feel through this conversation.
This, I noticed, was prevalent in most of her stories, I love a straightforward narration, but if it doesnt allow discussions and differing opinions, I think it will reflect poorly on the author, A good story engages the readers, makes them think, and reflect on the themes, This story spoonfed its readers, instead,
The characters acted like teenagers even after a tenyear time skip, Look, I understand that there are people who act differently than their age, but the characters did not mature nor develop even when the author said that they did.
I realized, as I reread this, why I quit reading wattpad stories, There is a recurring theme in these stories: vilifying women and pitting them against other women, The same is true in this story, There must be a woman who tries to tear the two main characters apart for the sake of plot and character development.
Its cliché and redundant.
Plotwise, it adds nothing new to the genre, Its boring and repetitive.
Overall, I hate this story, I do understand the hype, though, and why its mainstream, No. It's Luna and Kalix, of course it's/, I mean the special chaps were just, Just give me a Kalix Jace and I'll be complete, I'll go to the waiting shed in Epaña right now, and wait for him to come down the overpass while holding a shake.
I'll take Sevi from Luna even though he already has Elyse,
PS. : I already read the books last year I'm rating the physical copy,
This is a reread for me, And just like the first time, I enjoyed the book! The writing was good, And the story kept me entertained the whole time,
i super super love the vibes of this book!! i think gwy did an excellent job setting the ambiance making her readers feel as if they're in the story themselves.
it was overall fun especially when seeing those easter eggs for the later books in the series so excited for via and arkin's ending!!!.
however, upon reading it the second time, i noticed that the writing and plot are underdeveloped, sometimes the pacing is also off and details are being thrown to justify what was written in the synopsis and there were a lot of them, this is not a bad thing per se but i just find it painful to read sometimes :lt
nevertheless, this book and the entire series are very close to my heart.
i would recommend this to anyone who wants a quick read though there is a conflict it was predictable and you would know that they're still gonna have a happy ending!
hoping na sana by duo ang release ng books hahaha super haba ng waiting time.
i wanna read aotd and gsot in physical copies only eh,
hiro mahal ko, miss na miss na kita Is it worth the hype/
I don't think so, Nope. There are many more undiscovered books that are better than this but since her readers are teenagers from facebook and twitter, na overhype masyado.
Is the plot good/
Honestly, too basic, Cliché. Predictable. Lame. Boring. The plot kung meron man is easy to understand so you don't really need much comprehension since very straightforward ang pagkakasulat, I don't see any plot twist in the story, As I said, the story is too predictable and cliché and maraming unnecessary scenes sa story so yeah its boring,
Would I recommend it to others/
If you are new to wattpad and you are looking for a light and easy to understand story, you can read this for a start but as I said marami pang ibang libro that is worth your time.
For me, this series is just a, . phase
Are they the "standard"/
Definitely not, Nope. Not at all. Never. No.
Kalix is literally doing just the BARE MINIMUM, pero dahil "gwapo" and "mayaman" and typical "cold serious guy" ang pagkakadescribe, nagustuhan ng iba.
Then they say that their standard is "high" Just because gwapo "high" na agad Uhm, whatever, Masyadong naglorify yung mga actions dahil nga gwapo and mayaman at may sariling law firm si guy, And please, the law terminolgies is so random, At first yeah it seems cool, pero yung "I have the right to remain silent"
Kalix is literally like Edward Cullen
Hinatid si Luna at hindi pinagsamantalahan dahil lasing BARE MINIMUM.
SRSLY HOW IS THIS THE STANDARD IT'S BASIC HUMAN DECENCY, THE BASIC.
Kalix respects Luna's friends and family B, A. R. E. M. I. N. I. M. U. M.
Kalix never cheated on Luna FUCKING BARE MINIMUM LIKE SERIOUSLY
Kalix drove from Ateneo to UST I MEAN YEAH MAHAL ANG GAS BUT NANLILIGAW SIYA DIBA SO BARE MINIMUM.
Comments:
: My standard went
: Why would I lower my standard when
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: Oh, to be Luna
Siguro ang mga nagustuhan ko lang sa kanya is yung determination niya to pursue law and even though pinpressure siya ng mom niya, he still did well.
He became successful despite that pressure and I know law school is hard so yeah,
But it doesn't change the fact na plain talaga ang pagkakasulat sa character niya, He is described as a cold and serious guy but he's just actually plain, bland and onedimensional, Know the difference between them, And please, stop glorifying him for doing the bare minimum,
Luna is immature and I didn't really see any major changes or character development in her, I've read stories with characters who almost had the same personality as hers, but the difference is there is a character development, Yung jokes niya is paulitulit and nakita ko na din yung iba sa fb so nothing really special, But I must admit na yung mga "banat" niya kay Kalix, it's okay I mean smooth naman kaso bilang nga lang yung mga ganun niya na hindi cringe.
Siguro sa "driving me crazy" lang ata ako hindi nacringe sa kanya,
Isa pa sa pinakaayaw ko kay Luna ay yung pagkamanhid niya, Like yung mga scenes kay Sevi, uhm girl are u okay Baka nga kahit umamin si Sevi akalain lang ni Luna na prank lang yon or what.
Isa din sa mga nakita kong away sa comsec is yung sa scene na nakipagsuntukan si Kalix, Hindi ko vinivictim blame si Luna kasi hindi naman niya control yung pagiisip ng lalaki doon pero yung sa scene na inaya niya pa si Kalix na pumunta doon sa inuman eh umalis na nga si Kalix, tapos hindi naman pala siya sure kung may kakilala siya doon, yun ang mali niya.
Hindi siya mali dahil nabastos siya, mali siya dahil pumunta siya doon eh hindi naman siya invited at umalis na din si Kalix, nagpumilit pa siya.
Tapos yung umuwi siya sa condo and tinanong ni Kierra kung bakit may nagsuntukan, "Hindi ko rin alam eh, nagulat lang din ako", something like that girl wth Like grabeng kamanhidan naman yan Is it a trauma or shock response dahil "hindi niya alam" kung bakit may nagsuntukan NOPE.
Nagfocus kasi siya sa landi at kilig niya kay Kalix and manhid lang talaga siya, Not really the "best girl",
And thenyears later after their break up, let's sayyears old na siya or something, . . where is the character development Hindi ko sinasabing magiba ang ugali niya, ang hinahanap ko ay yung "improvement", It's still the same jokes, attitude, etc,
The only thing I liked about her is how she treats her friends and family,
Through ups and downs she was there and that is good, And good thing she didn't changed her behavior with them through the years,
Should we call her the "best girl" I don't think so, . well atleast for me. It depends on your preferences, but don't glorify her that much,
Now for the couple, naghintay ngyears even without assurance What took them so long Hindi naman pumunta sa ibang bansa, they are in the same circle of friends so I don't really get it.
Nagiiwasan First of all kung hinihintay pala nila ang isa'tisa bakit sila magiiwasan I still really don't get this part on why would they have to wait a DECADE for each other.
It can be iconic for others but not for me since it doesn't really makes sense, But if the author added some things or drama on why it tookyears for them, the story would have a plot twist and it'll make more sense.
They wastedyears/a decade just to what Find the write timing to apologize :/
How would I summarize the story/
Their friend Sam was wasted and went to Kalix' table to uhmm idk.
Nilapitan ni Luna si Sam then nagkita sila ni Kalix, They casually talked. Sam invited Kalix' group in her condo, Once again, Luna and Kalix talked, flirted, A little misunderstanding bcs of Kalix' friend Amethyst so Luna decided to go to a club, get drunk, then she kissed a random guy.
Kalix saw so he went out the club, Luna being manhid talked to Kalix and asked "Kamusta ka na", And then bati na sila next chapter, Puro fillers muna. Tapos nanligaw si Kalix, pumunta sa Tagaytay, etc, Luna amp moon, official na sila, bakasyon sa New York, seggs, meet the family, fillers ulit, naospital si Kierra, nakita ni Luna yung pic ni Kalix at Ame, break up, timeskip, nagkita ulit sa work, galitgalitan muna sa isa'tisa, worked together, pinagusapan yung misunderstandingyears ago, nagbati, seggs, fillers, pregnant Luna, meet the family ulit, engagement, POV ni Kalix, "With her, I have the moon and the, I could never ask for more", end.
its been quite a while since I read the story so baka may mali sa ibang timeline, but kahit balibaliktad yan, I think nothing would change about the story since most scenes ay parang fillers lang
Suggestions
Some scenes are unnecessary and too much fillers makes the story BORING.
Make the characters less cringe, And if you are going to right flawed charcters, you should know how to justify them well,
Tell your readers through the story that do not settle for the bare minimum, Rich and looks aren't everything, It shouldn't be the "standard", They shouldn't be praised that much for doing the bare minimum,
Plan your story well and MAKE A PLOT TWIST for it to be interesting,
Rating:/could be/if Luna wasn't so immature and Kalix is not plain, So yeah,/. .