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Eva
Eva is 3% done with The Love Hypothesis
Baru prolog aja udah ngeluh masalah yang mirip2 sama yang di Katabasis... apa jangan2 ngambil PhD di Neraka juga ini mah?
Jan 14, 2026 08:01AM Add a comment
The Love Hypothesis

Eva
Eva is 70% done with A Steep and Savage Path
I confessed I pick this one because the cool winter tone and creepy things illustrated on the cover. Also, another Hell's adventure after Katabasis, this one with vampire as the guide to the underworld. I like that it's an Eastern European vampire lore than BS modern takes. More like a blood drinking vengeful ghost
Jan 08, 2026 11:51PM Add a comment
A Steep and Savage Path

Eva
Eva is on page 323 of 547 of Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
Dear daddy is pureblood maxxi. He's only a half breed, a product of eugenic experiments. He's an asset and a non-person who should be thankful to be let alive at all. His mommy is not a person, a woman, a Chink, therefore only dirt.
Daddy deserved that Unforgivable Curse strike upon him. Rot in hell, Dad. Fuck you.
Nov 25, 2025 07:51PM Add a comment
Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

Eva
Eva is on page 300 of 547 of Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
So far it's the most enjoyable reading for this year. I get it why Robin acted that way, coz itu yang kejadian sama chindo juga di era Orde Baru. Erasure of cultural identity (nama cina dihapus), forced assimilation (dipaksa menjadi org Inggris tapi juga didiskriminasi tanpa henti), tambahkan itu dengan dia adalah yatim piatu yang tak punya safe place. Tentu saja dia bakalan cari aman terus. I feel you, Robin.
Nov 24, 2025 07:29PM Add a comment
Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

Eva
Eva is on page 164 of 547 of Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
Sumpah seru banget, penuh dengan penjelasan tapi semuanya menarik. Bener2 filosofi soal bahasa, penerjemahan, sejarah, dan hubungannya dengan penjajahan juga. Suka banget juga sama karakter utamanya, Robin Swift ga ngebosenin tbh. Mungkin ada yang bilang 3rd POV nya rada gersang, tapi gue suka tipe2 narasi kek gini sih.
Nov 22, 2025 08:18PM Add a comment
Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

Eva
Eva is on page 109 of 547 of Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
It's so baffling good, anjir! In one way, gue berasa kayak baca Harry Potter pertama kali, terutama pas Robin dan Remy mengeksplorasi kompleks Oxford. Pelajaran tentang translasinya juga menarik. It's a long journey to the end, tapi setidaknya nggak harus baca tujuh buku sih....

Prinsip aktivasi sihir pada blok perak juga rada2 mirip membaca mantera dan melambaikan tongkat sihir. Well, I'm doing cocologi here
Nov 20, 2025 06:58PM Add a comment
Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

Eva
Eva is on page 21 of 547 of Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution
Gila, baru bab satu aja udah mempesona banget. I'm sucker for speculative fiction di era Revolusi Industri. Dari dulu udah denger Babel dibilang bagus tapi kek ga nemu dorongan aja nyari bukunya. Sekarang berhubung masih penuh semangat setelah baca Katabasis, gue mesti baca Babel.
Nov 18, 2025 11:53PM 1 comment
Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution

Eva
Eva is 61% done with Katabasis
Okay, jadi ini yang sudah gue dapatkan. Bahwa Alice Law adalah narator yang tidak bisa dipercaya, bahwa dia sangat tidak stabil secara mental dan mempengaruhi pola pikirnya.
Alice juga terkena sindrom pengkultusan individu yang berbahaya, di sisi lain dia juga bermain politik seks kotor di tempat kerjanya, tapi malah kehilangan nyali di detik terakhir. That's make her an idiot, either you're playing slut or you not.
Nov 13, 2025 07:11PM Add a comment
Katabasis

Eva
Eva is 33% done with Katabasis
Mulai beneran seru nih!!
Nov 13, 2025 05:45AM Add a comment
Katabasis

Eva
Eva is 25% done with Katabasis
I have heard too much hype about the author, and her book before this. I think this one started as solid. I like Alice and Peter.
Nov 12, 2025 11:16PM Add a comment
Katabasis

Eva
Eva is 68% done with A Forbidden Alchemy (The Artisan Trilogy, #1)
Untuk world building sekompleks ini, gue merasa menjadikan cerita ini sekadar romance fantasy kok serasa menyepelekan. Terasa tidak pantas. Permainan politiknya emang khas YA, itu satu hal. Dikorbankan untuk memberi jalan kisah romantisnya, sayang banget kata gue.
Oct 25, 2025 09:12AM Add a comment
A Forbidden Alchemy (The Artisan Trilogy, #1)

Eva
Eva is 38% done with A Forbidden Alchemy (The Artisan Trilogy, #1)
I like the world building actually. It's feudalistic, grimy, gritty, smoke filled, coal polluted world where magic is wanning and worker class is angry.

And the MMC is actually Tom Shelby with different skin... that's kinda weird. Personally I don't really like Peaky Blinders, But most women loves him, so yeah.
Oct 22, 2025 07:23PM Add a comment
A Forbidden Alchemy (The Artisan Trilogy, #1)

Eva
Eva is 54% done with The Hazel Wood (The Hazel Wood, #1)
A bit reminded me of Neverwhere, but this is Americana version of it. Neverwhere is very British fantasy.
Aug 20, 2025 08:22PM Add a comment
The Hazel Wood (The Hazel Wood, #1)

Eva
Eva is 54% done with The Hazel Wood (The Hazel Wood, #1)
A bit reminded me of Neverwhere, but this is Americana version of it. Neverwhere is very British fantasy.
Aug 20, 2025 08:22PM Add a comment
The Hazel Wood (The Hazel Wood, #1)

Eva
Eva is on page 54 of 359 of The Hazel Wood (The Hazel Wood, #1)
A bit reminded me of Neverwhere, but this is Americana version of it. Neverwhere is very British fantasy.
Aug 20, 2025 08:20PM Add a comment
The Hazel Wood (The Hazel Wood, #1)

Eva
Eva is 35% done with What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile, #1)
The setting of Egypt in the Era of Exploration always fascinated me, fantastical or not, or tinged with supernatural. Inez is such a fun FMC and Whitford Heyes as the male lead is swoon worthy.
Aug 13, 2025 09:06AM Add a comment
What the River Knows (Secrets of the Nile, #1)

Eva
Eva is 41% done with A Theory of Dreaming (A Study in Drowning, #2)
Ahhh, hubungan percintaan dan halangan komunikasi yang mengiringinya. Kadang2 memang bersikap tidak terus terang berakar dari rasa segan untuk menambah pikiran pasangan sendiri, yang ujung2nya malah jadi salah paham. Seperti sebuah kontradiksi, ketika jatuh cinta malah menutup pintu untuk bicara satu sama lain secara terbuka akan masalah masing2.

Dengan atau tanpa sihir, kondisi ini sangat relatable.
Aug 07, 2025 06:44PM Add a comment
A Theory of Dreaming (A Study in Drowning, #2)

Eva
Eva is 20% done with A Theory of Dreaming (A Study in Drowning, #2)
Tone nya mengingatkan gue sama The Pan's Labyrinth sih tbh. Realita dan fantasi berkelindan
Aug 07, 2025 09:37AM Add a comment
A Theory of Dreaming (A Study in Drowning, #2)

Eva
Eva is on page 217 of 378 of A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)
Gila, ga nyangka bisa nemu hidden gem cuman berbekal ngeliat ilustrasi buku sekuelnya yang kemarin baru terbit. Gue suka banget world building sama konfliknya.
Aug 02, 2025 08:18PM Add a comment
A Study in Drowning (A Study in Drowning, #1)

Eva
Eva is 47% done with A Forgery of Fate
Needs moar sharks with laser beam if you ask me. They had modern emergency alarm in Dragon Realm castle, why no blaster gun??
Jul 04, 2025 12:40AM Add a comment
A Forgery of Fate

Eva
Eva is 28% done with A Forgery of Fate
As far it was okay. After 4 DNF books, I suppose I'm fine with okay.
Jul 02, 2025 06:15PM Add a comment
A Forgery of Fate

Eva
Eva is 17% done with A Forgery of Fate
Emak tukang judy, bapak menghilang di lautan. Berantem di kedai bakmi... drachin indeed...!
Jul 02, 2025 06:39AM Add a comment
A Forgery of Fate

Eva
Eva is on page 60 of 262 of Sapi, Babi, Perang dan Tukang Sihir: Menjawab Teka-teki Kebudayaan
Ga nyangka aja miara babi ternyata sangat menghabiskan resource.
Jun 23, 2025 06:14AM Add a comment
Sapi, Babi, Perang dan Tukang Sihir: Menjawab Teka-teki Kebudayaan

Eva
Eva is on page 29 of 262 of Sapi, Babi, Perang dan Tukang Sihir: Menjawab Teka-teki Kebudayaan
Slow reading karena ini non-fiksi. Tapi sejauh ini bagus banget, terjemahannya pun enak dibaca. Penjelasan2 tentang kelakuan irasional manusia ternyata justru berakar dari nalar yang sebenarnya sangat rasional dan bahkan pragmatis.

Buku ini ditulis di tahun 1974 tapi gue rasa isinya masih sangat relevan menjelaskan bagaimana masyarakat bersikap.
Jun 22, 2025 12:51AM Add a comment
Sapi, Babi, Perang dan Tukang Sihir: Menjawab Teka-teki Kebudayaan

Eva
Eva added a status update
Not finished it. I don't feel like I want to read it until the end. It reeks trashy teen American soap opera so much I want to shoot myself. I just can't stand it.
Jun 17, 2025 09:12PM Add a comment

Eva
Eva is on page 254 of 292 of The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
Kelemahan buku ini fatal bukan main. Karakter2nya ga menarik, datar, dan ga berasa variatif. Lo ga merasa terikat dengan mereka, in the end lo ga peduli sama kondisi mereka. Akibatnya adegan aksinya jadi hambar bukan main.
Feb 06, 2018 08:37PM Add a comment
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray

Eva
Eva is on page 185 of 292 of The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
Interesting and fascinating world bulding but the characters are lackluster to the point of very one dimensional. Worse, they are boring! Better over the top one dimensional character than boring ones. God! So much potential wasted I felt so sad.
Feb 04, 2018 09:43PM Add a comment
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray

Eva
Eva is on page 85 of 292 of The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
This is classic english gothic story narrative with a bit of modern twist (the mentor is eccentric masculine female for example) but overall still follow the classic rule, saving the damsel in distress.
A bit dry if you like something character driven, this is more atmospheric story.
Feb 01, 2018 11:15PM Add a comment
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray

Eva
Eva is on page 69 of 292 of The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray
Ini kali pertamanya gue baca YA novel dengan sudut pandang omnipresence third person. Biasanya first person lageee first person lageee.
Jan 31, 2018 08:39AM Add a comment
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray

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