YAY or NYAY?
Last week, I finally succumb to the hype called ‘WATTPAD’. Personally, I
really think na pambata at pang-jejemon lang ang site na iyon. I am not
judging them but merely stating what others saw and felt when they've
tried reading some stories there. At dahil wala naman akong kaalam-alam
kung ano ba ang magandang basahin sa site
na iyon, I asked my online friends to suggest some. I said I only want
to read
THE BEST, so they better recommend a worthy read. They are all excited telling me their faves
and best of the best works and I was busy taking note of each and every one of
it. They all seem to have a common denominator - they all love, rave, praise,
fangirl, and gush over this particular writer and her ‘yummilicious’
heroes. I got intrigued and my inner goddess
got curious, and so I decided to give her the privilege to pop my cherry on
that department.
Let’s just call her CAMPROCK.
And so, my nightmare err I mean my reading marathon
featuring her works began. Hmm. I
noticed she’s using first person pov, and even tho I don’t like to read works
written that way, I still gave her the benefit of the doubt. I tried, I really tried hard… my hardest to
understand to like the first of her story that I read but it’s no use. On my 5th
chapter, I stop and drop the whole thing. Ang linaw ng isip ko before ako
nagbasa, pero habang nagbabasa na ako, biglang gumulo. I don’t know why they
worship this story but it definitely didn’t work for me. Too many misused words, grammar glitch, no concrete plot, too many inconsistencies,
and the lines felt like they were just grade schoolers. The writer was not able to pull of the first pov style. Di niya nagamit ng tama. Migash. I cannot.
Hahaha. Maybe because her readers are within 14-16 age bracket and they’re
in that stage na konting kibot lang kilig na. Konting ‘baby’ endearment, heaven
na. OR they’re just fascinated and crushing on the character representation
used by the writer. Mas kikiligin ka nga
naman kapag may mukha ang hero na binabasa mo especially if that face and body
is hot. Right? So I guess
that’s it.
Anyway, as to not be rude, I tried again reading another of her works,
and
still the same. I can’t find the urge to finish it. I don’t do DNF but
with
this one, I gladly broke one of my sacred rules. I'm really super duper
disappointed and prolly won't read another one of her works. But hey, I
MIGHT. One last time. I'll try to be open-minded and this time, will try
to finish one. 3rd time might be lucky. x
Siguro nga kanya-kanya lang tayong preference. They may like
what I don’t. Simple as that. But as for me, I don’t based my dislikes on
feelings alone. Kung ayaw ko sa isang
story, may mga konkretong dahilan iyon.
I really would like to give a review of the ones I have read but since
di nga nagrerespond yata ang writer sa posts and tweets, what’s the point? Di
niya rin naman mababasa. So she will
not know and take note of the reader's problems with her works. Sige,
mabuhay ka sa mundong ikaw lang mag-isa. Lol. But maybe, I
will do it. One of these days kapag napilit ko ng tapusin ang nasimulan ko.
Para fair naman.
Example 1.Chapter 3, they’re doing this school dance and the girl thought she was asked by her crush to be his partner when in fact, it’s the delinquent brother who did. So she got mad, she ran, the badboy followed her, and somehow he confessed his love. The end of chapter 3.
Chapter 4, started by the heroine talking, it did not pick up to where it ended. And it so happens na 2 years na pala ang lumipas and it was not even stated. Based on how the heroine thinks and talks about the incident, it was like it happened yesterday. Kung di pa minention ng heroine after a lot of scenes na 2 years nap ala ang lumipas then I wouldn’t even know. LOL. A lil not or a paragraph something that tells us it had been 2 years would suffice don’t you think? Para naman di nganga ang nagbabasa. Ako pa naman yung reader na metikoloso sa mga detalye. Hahaha.
So, I guess it's NYAY for me.