Hopeless Romantic by Trisha Jayne Lim (strawberry008)
I would like to admit that I was one of the hopeless romantics in this world. And being a hopeless romantic, you are said to be in love with love. But then, I also came to the part that I started to get too bittered with this so called love, that was also said to last forever. Yet, I had found this story. Truth be told, I didn't read the story because I found it on this website. Bias na kung bias pero binasa ko 'to because I had known Ate Chicha.
But hindi ko rin naman agad siyang binasa because I am having doubts about it dahil na dun sa title. Hopeless Romantic? Hindi naman sa hindi catchy, but thinking about it, syempre sa first impression parang...wala lang. It would be just that story ng mga taong katulad ko na nangangarap ng fairytale-like na love life; yung ma-me-meet si prince charming, yung may happily ever after. And just like all the cliche wattpad stories, oh sorry ha, ayun nga, naisip kong baka ganun nga lang din siya...
Yun nga lang, di ba sabi nga na do not judge the book by its cover/title? Mahilig naman din kasi ako magbasa basa ng mga undiscovered gems inside wattpad. I am not sure kung sikat na ba ang story na 'to since then o masyado lang akong oblivious sa mga famous stories these/those days.
Anyway, remember that I told you at the start that I was being bitter about love? Well then, Trisha Jayne Lim woke my sleeping hopeless romantic heart when she let me enter a sweet mind of a hopeless romantic girl.
Jamilah Rylie Hao is this girl that I am talking about. She is the character in this story which I can say that I can relate the most. Being that person who dreams of happy endings, and strongly believes in true love, back then, I can clearly remember that movies actually made me believe about all of these. I almost lived in fantasy and in my imagination just like her.
And because I am a girl, one of the reasons that I loved this book is because of Justin Tyler Dela Cruz. Of course, inside my very wild imagination, I have the image of a handsome, almost-perfect guy. But that wasn't just the characteristic of him that I admired. He also got the qualities of being smart, responsible, selfless, and loving. And the most that I adored was him being sweet and so caring to all of the people he love.
The story entitled Hopeless Romantic was filled not just by this two characters, but it was also made interesting by putting the friends, families and the greatest supporters of the main character/s. But in every story, we will always have the antagonist who really played big roles inside the story. They doesn't just irritates me when they suddenly showed up, but beyond that, I did liked them for they developed our characters to become stronger, not just for themselves but also for the people they really love.
When I reached the very last parts, it reminded me that things wouldn't end in every way that you wanted. I definitely understand. At that point, I got confused for a while, then I decided to really go neutral. I began living in reality.
Inside the story, a lot of realizations were made, and a lot of happenings really happened that I think, I do not need to put into words. Then I can say that this was not just one of those boring cliche stories. As I replay the scenes that I made from reading the story, I realized that your life wouldn't just revolve around love. Another thing is that you wouldn't find the person you will love and would love you completely, not unless you already learned to value and love yourself first before anyone else.
Before I end this, I just wanted to say that nothing is perfect, and this story really commit some flaws. I would not question what the author had written. Instead, I like to comment that she made some mistakes in her "typing"(?). Not grammatical kind of errors because I didn't particularly give much of attention on those, but what really stayed in my mind until I had finished reading it was that I think there was a part where it was supposed to be "waist" but what's written in there is "waste".
Okay, nevermind that paragraph, I just wanted to say it. Mehehe. So going back, what definitely got stucked on my mind at the epilogue part was her not believing in love. Even if I already gave up in believing for forevers, I would still disagree with Rylie for ending it by disbelieving in love. Love is strong, and powerful. And that's what I strongly be certain of!
Love? Rylie do not believe in love anymore. Wonder why? At this moment, we will see what's supposed to happen on the second book. Yes, second book! But before that, of course we should know what she had experienced from being a sweet innocent hopeless romantic girl, and what probably would make her into a bitter one. You should read Hopeless Romantic to find out! :)
