First of all, cliché. I mean, I'd surely give this book five-rate-stars if only I was a newcomer who just first got herself into this kind of genre. Unfortunately, I've come across this kind of plot too many too my liking. I, honestly, am not a reader who is into Indonesian literature. Sure, I've read fews from Indonesian author, but to read this one, which is metropop-genre, is a semi-new experience for me, if it does make a sense, hahaha.
One thing that literally suprised me when read this is, buku ini punya writing-style kayak western authors di luar sana makanya gue, tbh, sempet mistook ini buku as a translated-novel dari pengarang luar, tapi pas gue baca biografi si penulis ternyata doi penulis lulusan sastra Indonesia and suprisingly is a bataknese kayak gue, hahahaha. Terus, karena penasaran gue carilah maksud genre metropop tuh apa dan ternyata metropop tuh subgenre dari novel populer di mana penulisan settingnya seperti ala-ala barat sana atau urban life. Pantes, kok pas gue baca kultur Indonesia jadi liar banget (PDA di mana-mana, sex before marriage lumrah, dll.), ya, gue tau ini notabene nya cuman sebuah cerita fiktif belaka dan lagipula gue juga udah liat kalau ini novel rated, jadi maklumlah. Cuman, suer, aslilah, gaya penulisannya niruin kayak pengarang di luar sana banget, makanya kenapa gue bilang semi-new experience soalnya di satu sisi gue udah sering nemuin gaya penulisan kayak gini, tapi di sisi yang lain ini gue temuin di novel karya pengarang Indonesia.
Terus kenapa cliché? because I've seen this plot way too many, where in bad-bitchy woman meets that kind-of-boy-next-door-type one and sometimes also in reverse. Aslilah, novel romance plotnya kayak gitu mulu, capek hayati nemuin plot yang predictable banget, ujung-ujungnya si cewe tobat, nyesel, and finally chasing after him because that one party doesn't want to interfere the other party's life again. But, over all, it's still worth it lah, walaupun I'm teensy-weensy bit disappointed with the plot but it still is fun to read you book! Semoga di masa yang akan datang, gue bisa baca karya novel lo yang lain bang! Luv ya :)