Announcement before review: N nak jual buku ni for RM14. Pada sesiapa yang berminat, boleh lar PM :)
I don't like it as much as I wanted to. Pada N, terlalu banyak sangat benda yang berlaku. Every Malay novel cliche dirojakkan dalam novel ini.
Tak dinafikan penulis pandai mencorak cerita. Tapi selepas membaca beratus novel tentang arranged marriage, I want something different.
Minus mertua yang kejam, semuanya ada dalam cerita ini. The evil and annoying exes, kematian one of the parent, salah satu watak utama jatuh sakit and the other akan datang menyuap, one got into an accident pastu menjadi temporary cacat, dituduh curang, secretly mengandung pastu lari ke luar negara then come back years later with the child in tow.
It's almost formulaic and predictable.
But, I have to say, Dila Dyna is a pretty good writer. Yang itu tak dapat disangkal. N tak rasa pening or keliru bila baca novel ni. What is lacking, however, is originality.