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Baka Sakali (Trilogy) [jonaxx]

Story Title: [Trilogy Book] Baka Sakali

Author: jonaxx

***Author's Blurb***

Ang pag-ibig ay parang nagsusugal. Pag sigurado kang mahal mo ang tao, ibibigay mo ang lahat. Ang problema dito ay di mo alam kung may maibabalik paba sayo o wala. Maswerte ang nakakakuha ng higit pa sa inaasahan, pero luhaan ang mga sumugal at natalo. Pero ganun paman, tulad ng sugal, kahit walang kasiguraduhan, marami paring umiibig, marami paring sumusugal. Dahil... Baka Sakali... Baka Sakali...

Additional Information:

Genre: General Fiction / Romance

Rating: Mature

General Language: Filipino [Taglish]

Length: Trilogy Series:

Book One: 68 parts [65 chapters + prologue, epilogue]

Book Two: 33 parts [30 chapters + prologue, epilogue]

Book Three: 33 parts [30 chapters + prologue, epilogue]

Status: Trilogy Completed

Popularity: [as of writing] December 02, 2015

Baka Sakali: 19, 257, 812reads / 347, 361 votes / 59.3k comments

Baka Sakali 2: 7, 994, 989 reads / 134, 464 votes / 26.8k comments

Baka Sakali 3: 2, 955, 394 reads / 173, 164 votes / 114k comments

***Review Proper***

(DISCLAIMER: IMPORTANT TO READ THIS. If you think you've read the saddest love stories, you may be wrong. I just want you to know that you have to be emotionally ready to be hurt not once or twice but indefinitely before you pursue the story. It's as painful as a real breakup, I tell you.)

I - Primary Approach

This could be a contradiction to what others may or might say, but I found the title very intriguing. Though there lies the fact that it sounds simple, cliche, and self-explanatory (if you're the kind of reader who checks out on the genres after the title), it happened to be an effective clickbait. One thing about readers is that they usually tend to seek and read further when they are drawn curious.

Being someone who, if I may say, have read a decent number of romantic-themed novels, I was hoping to find something different, something unique, something interesting that I may find with this book. Of course, if you have seen my previous reviews, then you would understand if I'd say that one factor that got me into this story is the author herself. Oh, the brilliant-minded jonaxx.

Although if I were to separate the author from the book itself, it really sounded cliche especially while reading the Baka Sakali Prologue. It is an effective approach, there's no doubt with that, however, the plot seemed basic. There's really nothing too unique about it, however, the seemingly familiar outcome of the story slaps you right in your face - and it surely gives you the rage to swipe forward and read further.

If you may have noticed, this part of the story may have lured me into reading it, but I'd still give it an 8.

II - Technicalities and Writing Style

The whole trilogy was narrated through a First Person's Point of View, of course, by our female protagonist, Roseann (does it have an 'e'? i am not sure) Aranjuez. And as expected, jonaxx did very well with her writing style - and if you must notice, over the three-year writing period of the trilogy, her expertise definitely blossomed into being such a sensible writer.