Juris Angela
(Precious Hearts Romances)
book 1 of ??
Jhanine was a simple girl with a simple dream. Planado na niya ang buhay niya. Hanggang sa muling nakasalamuha niya ang lalaking kinaiinisan niya sa balat ng sangkatauhan—si Prince Daryl Rivera. Bukod sa pagiging anak ni Senator Benjamin Rivera ay hindi matatawaran ang kasikatan at kaguwapuhan nito na tinitilian ng kababaihan.
Pero nang masangkot silang dalawa sa isang malaking isyu ay halos isumpa niya ito sa kapahamakan na dinala nito sa kanya, kasabay ng isang pangako na hindi na siya magkakagusto rito kahit kailan. Ngunit kabaligtaran niyon ang nangyari. Nagising na lang siya isang umaga na umiibig nang labis dito. At sa gitna ng kanilang relasyon, isang pangyayari ang tila nagpamukha sa kanya ng tunay na estado ni Prince Daryl sa lipunan—ang mapanghusga at mapanlait na mga tao. Dahil doon ay nagdesisyon siyang talikuran ito.
Isang bagay na tila pagsisisihan niya habang-buhay.
~W~
About the book:
Title: Prince Daryl Rivera
Author: Juris Angela
Series/Imprint: Car Wash Boys Series
Published On: June, 2013
Pages: 128 pages
Reader's Point-of-view:
Car Wash Boys written by Miss Juris Angela was a series consisting of ten-twelve books (I guess). The first five books were already out in the market. Lolo Badong owned Lolo Badong's Hugas-Kotse Gang, a car wash found inside Tanangco Street. The Car Wash Boys was named from Lolo Badong's car wash services. His grandchildren have their own companies, professions and occupation but once in a while, they were helping him run the car wash. They were popularly known on their street for their looks, financial state and firm body (You'll know why as you read the review. LOL!)
The first book was about Daryl, the senator's son and Jhanine who works at an IT company. They were childhood friends but something happened that tore their friendship apart. Since then, Daryl would tease Jhanine mercilessly and was enjoying every minute of it while Jhanine was pissed off every time she would see Daryl. An issue (that was spread off nationwide) occurred because of Daryl's mischievousness and thus earning Jhanine's wrath. Daryl asked for forgiveness and little by little, she had managed to forgive him and fall in love with him as well. But along the way, there were different forces keeping them apart. Two of them were her insecurity and their status difference.
Daryl, the hero of the novel, was your typical spoiled rich guy. He was your typical happy-go-lucky type of a guy that acts like nothing matters aside from himself. The beginning of the story was written on his point-of-view so imagine how pissed I was when I read his monologue. Hindi ko alam kung saan ako lulugar sa kanya. He said he wanted to prove that he could survive without the help of his parents' name but look at the way he acts. Immature. So immature. Maiintindihan ko pa kung nagrerebelde siya pero hindi. Sabi nga niya twenty-five na siya at kailangan na niyang magseryoso. Ibig sabihin nga, mababaw siya noon at puro party lang siya. Pero nabawi naman niya ang ugali niyang iyan later on. The only thing I liked about him was his devotion towards the heroine, Jhanine. Imagine, for how many years, his feelings for her remained the same. At least kahit maloko pala siya non at puro gimik ang alam ay hindi nawala si Jhanine sa puso niya. Though I found this let's say, unconvincing. LOL!
Jhanine was again the typical heroine. She was the kind of heroine that would not stay on your mind after yo read the novel. Hahahaha! Mataray, palaban at pikon siya. Hindi ko nagustuhan `yong pagiging taklesa niya na para bang wala siyang pinag-aralan. Nakulangan ako sa characterization sa kanya dahil kahit tapos ko ng basahin ang nobela, hindi ko pa rin siya kilala at hindi ko siya ma-distinguish sa ibang karakter na nasa nobela.
Here are the side characters again. Napansin ko sa pagbabasa ng mga gawa ni Ms. Juris na mahilig siyang magtipon-tipon ng mga karakter at itambak ang lahat ng mga ito sa isang scene. Pakiramdam ko tuloy bilang isang reader ay nawawalan na ng privacy sina Daryl at Jhanine. I know the series was about the Car Wash Boys pero kailangan ba sa bawat pagkakataong sa Tanangco Street ang settings, lahat ng Car Wash Boys (Or 80% of them) ay kasama sa scene? Hindi ko na tuloy matukoy minsan kung sino ang nagsasalita at nagiging dragging at boring ang kwento. Nakakairita lang na ang dami-daming side comments at hindi naman nakakatuwa. I think Ms. Juris was trying to be funny by inserting funny side characters but really, hindi sila nakakatulong at sayang lang sa space. AND please Ms Juris, wag mo ng isingit ang mga characters sa The Tanangco Boys. Overcrowded na! They were all over the place! Dahil sa dami nila at nakatumpok sila sa isang scene, wala na silang pagkakakilanlan. Nasabi lang na si ganyan ay ganito ang trabaho pero wala siyang distinction sa ibang characters. O siguro ay dahil first book pa lang ito pero... Hahahaha!
As I was reading the novel, it seemed like there's a nagging voice inside my head shouting, "I know this! This scene was so familiar! And this, too!" So nag-usap ang reviewers at parehas sila ng napansin. Just like what was written on the author's page of this novel, Ms. Juris said that this novel was inspired by a movie and she did not mentioned what movie it was. I don't know if you could call this as an inspiration or what. But there were scenes that were totally the same as that movie.
We're not saying that the whole story-plot was the same. There were some scenes that were let's say, kahawig. Ayoko ng isa-isahin at baka masyado lang pala kaming paranoid. Siguro ay ako lang ito or what. But really, even the conflict was somehow the same. LOL! Hindi ako maka-move on. And the scene at the company, parehas talaga eh. And don't forget the scene where the senator called her to talk about his son. Sabi ko hindi ko iisa-isahin pero ginawa ko pa rin. Hahahahaha! The movie I'm comparing the novel was aired on March, 2011. (BTW, thanks to the one who answered my question on Twitter. It surely helped a lot =))
In overall, it was ahm, okay. A little bit dragging and boring on some narrations but it was still readable. Kung mahilig ka sa light novels na hindi ganoon kalalim ang conflicts at sa hero na hindi kalalim ang substance, then try this. O kung ang hilig mo naman ay yong babasahin na pampalipas oras talaga, pwede din to sa inyo. But if you're looking for a boom-wow novel, then... Hahahaha!
The problem I encountered while reading was the setting itself and how the characters act in each scene. Kapag kasi nababasa ko ang salitang Tanangco Street, hindi ko maiwasang isipin ang literal na "kalye." Ibig sabihin, sa gilid ng kalsada at daanan ng mga sasakyan or what. Hindi masyadong na-explain kung ang Tanangco Street ba ay literal na kalye o pangalan lamang at ito ay isang subdivision. O siguro ay hindi ko lang ito napansin masyado sa kwento dahil nga may mga nilagpasan akong narrations dahil sa sobrang haba niyon. Correct me if I'm wrong na lang. I'm open for corrections. But if Tanangco Street was just a street, parang hindi akma ang ilang establishment na nabanggit sa kwento (Idagdag pa ang nabanggit sa The Tanangco Boys series). At eto pa ang napansin ko, kailangan talaga kapag maglilinis ng sasakyan, isa-isa nilang huhubarin ang suot nilang t-shirt? Are you kidding me? Hahahahaha! I could not help but laugh when I read those scenes where the car wash boys took off their shirts so they could start cleaning the cars. At tinitilian pa sila ng mga babae. Ayon na yong hot part? Nadaya ako ng video teaser ah! Hahahahaha! Pilit na pilit ang parteng yon. Though first book pa lang naman ito.
To be honest, mas nagustuhan ko ang nobelang ito kaysa sa unang libro ng The Tanangco Boys. Mas may kwento naman ito kaysa doon. Pero hindi ko talaga maiwasang ikumpara ito sa movie na yon. Hahahaha! Buti na lang at iilan lamang ang scenes na yon kaya okay na din.
Favorite Scene: Nong nagpunta sa Boys Town si Daryl at Jhanine. Hindi lang pala puro kalokohan ang alam ni Daryl. You go, man.
Favorite Character: Lolo Badong and Lola Dadang.
Rating: 1.80 Stars
(The point eighty was given BookLover. Ang bait niya no? Hahahaha!)
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