review- novel summer in seoul

Title: Summer In Seoul Author: Ilana Tan Publisher: Scholastic Press Year of Publication: 2008 Number of Pages: 280 Pages Themed romance novels are always in demand by teens. This is what ultimately inspired a talented writer, Ilana Tan, who is also the theme as her first novel. Overview names similar to those of East Asia, but in fact the author is an Indonesian national. Starting from a love of foreign languages​​, in this novel, Ilana Tan insert a few words in Korean comes with footnotes made ​​in order for the reader to understand the meaning and come late in a story. The story begins when Sandy aka Soon-Hee Han, Indonesia-Korea mulatto girl who was shopping at a store, found his cell phone switched with one of the visitors. Sandy immediately return phone and realized that the phone switched with Jung Tae-Woo, a Seoul-known young singer who came back after four years of avoiding the world of entertainment. After the incident, they kept in touch since Tae-Woo who was rumored to be gay as a plan manager, Park Hyun-Shik, to take pictures with Sandy as her secret lover to clear rumors that have been circulating slant. Without a doubt, Sandy agrees as long as her face is not visible and is not recognizable in the photo. The days of summer as a lover fake Jung Tae-Woo dimulai.Hubungan both tighter and tighter, especially when Sandy apartment on fire. Jung Tae-Woo rescue and asked Sandy to stay at his house until Sandy get a new apartment. Day by day they are going through as a girlfriend pretending - pretending but sandy feel that he started to like Tae-Woo and vice versa. Meanwhile, journalists continue to find news about Tae-Woo relationship with Sandy. Finally, note that Sandy is the sister of a fan of Tae-Woo, who died four years ago at the fan meeting which makes Tae-Woo vacuum for 4 years in the entertainment world. Media mention that Sandy just wants revenge on Jung Tae-Woo as Jung Tae-Woo just wanted to apologize to Sandy for the incident. The situation is complicated when Sandy had a traffic accident and was unconscious. That's when Jung Tae-woo which will honestly own feelings for Sandy. A few days after that sandy was aware of the coma, that is where they are honest with each other over their feelings. The capital of the State Ginseng, namely Seoul, very suitable for use as the background of the place in the story. The language used by the author is very good, easy to understand, and not long-winded. Exposure of the incident in great detail but does not make the reader feel bored because the author uses proper diction to describe it. Although the novel Summer in Seoul the theme that is common, but in contrast to other teen novels, this novel does not highlight the human passions in establishing a hubungan.Novel this straight, so that readers can better understand the real meaning of true love between Sandy and Jung Tae -Woo told with subtle and sweet by the author. Taewoo figures here have a romantic gesture we can see from any kata2 made ​​on one sandy "If someday you miss me, will you tell me? ... So I can see you ran "(It, 135 and" It's been a long time not see you. You know, I almost forgot your face. If I ever forget how your face, I would not be able to do anything else. Do you know why? Because I'll be too busy trying to remember your face as sto not be able to think of other problems " Attitude Jung Tae-Woo who celebrate Sandy's birthday by giving roses, set off fireworks and singing a song (p. 109) is very thick with the feel of Korean drama. Call it the Full House to take up a similar and more the attention of the fans of Korean dramas, Summer in Seoul is also fantastic. Overall, the novel is excellent, but the stages of conflict resolution is not told in detail and the story is predictable.