BOOK REVIEW: Caught Up In Rapture by Sapphire Morales

 

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TITLE: Caught Up In Rapture (4714)

AUTHOR: Sapphire Morales

FROM: Precious Hearts Romances

PAGES: 128

Wala sa plano ni Kristine na ma-involve sa kahit kaninong lalaki. Kaya nga kung kani-kanino na siya ipinapa-date ng mga kaibigan niya pero wala pa ring nangyayari. Kulang na lang din ay ipagtulakan siya ng mga magulang niya para makipagrelasyon. Pero nanatiling nakatuon sa career ang atensiyon niya. She enjoyed being single. Sabi nga niya, “No commitment, no complications.”

Hanggang sa makilala niya si Richmond, ang bagong prospect ng mga kaibigan niya na i-match sa kanya. Kahit anong pagtataray ang gawin niya ay hindi iyon naging hadlang para ituloy ni Richmond ang panliligaw sa kanya. Para dito, isa siyang challenge na hindi nito puwedeng palampasin.

And he succeeded.

Kristine was starting to fall for Richmond when Shantal came. At tila walang balak ang babae na tigilan ang paghadlang sa pagmamahalan nila ni Richmond.

Hindi pa man sila nagkakarelasyon, problema na agad ang hatid ng lalaki. Sabi na nga niya, “No commitment, no complications.”

REVIEW

GENRE

Romance

PLOT

Lame and confusing plot. 

POINT OF VIEW

POV was okay, but it lacked substantial thoughts. Thoughts that will move the story and the feelings of the character to where they're supposed to be. The author has to study and read more.

 

CHARACTERS

KRISTINE

She was full of inconsistency since the beginning. It’s like seeing a pretty woman and liking her... until she spoke and ruined everything. No depth, no motivations, no solid personality to relate to... Even her thoughts were unfathomable. Immature most of the time. And the way she changed to different personalities—her name should’ve been “Sybil”.

RICHMOND

Richmond, oh, Richmond. He’s not an exciting hero for me. Walang dating. Malamya ang pagkaka-describe sa kanya sa mata ng heroine. Walang personality, motivations, or passion. He’s like a pesky suitor I would run away from with all my might. He has no pheromones.

The characters’ mundane existence bored me. No outstanding dialogues, no development on their getting-to-know phase...  I could not see the connection. I have no idea how they fell in love.

MEANING

n/a

COMPARISONS

n/a

OTHER DETAILS

The meeting of the hero and heroine was an epic fail. The author lacked technique to execute the scene effectively. I have read a lot of novels that contain this element of surprise caused by a character having two names, and this book exhibited the worst so far. Habang tumatagal, naiinis ako sa tagal ng paglitaw ni Richmond. And when he did... Sigh. It didn’t work out. I’m sorry. It DID NOT work out. 

Okay pa naman sana `yong first chapter. Maayos ang pagkakalahad. Pero parang biglang napatid along the way. I was caught in quicksand. I was struggling  until the end.

If Shantal’s appearance and her relevance in Kristine’s life was the conflict, it was the lamest I’ve ever read.

One exciting scene. I was praying for just ONE exciting scene to come up... But I guess I wasn't a good kid in this lifetime.

CONCLUSION

I wanted to cry out in despair and frustration while reading this book. I was determined to finish it, though, to see if the story will become interesting... But I was just left with disappointment after disappointment (and a headache). The "Rapture" in the title misled me. I was hoping for something passionate, but I ended up getting the Biblical meaning instead.

I'm sorry, but I’ve read more “kilig” stories at this controversial online writing community. Those stories have parts they excel and suck at, but this book... I don’t even want to say it. I guess this is one of those quantity-over-quality products. But, hey, it's just an opinion in a million. And every author still has room for improvement. I hope they make the most of it.

One star for effort.

RATING:  1 STAR  ★ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆