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It's oddly serene and there's this haunting quality in this book the way the author narrated what she really thinks and care about 'Cinema'

Never really read book in Sebaldian style before. I love it so far.

Im confused but not really

Vibing with this monk!?

Ooops… spoke too soon. They finally talked about THE traitor. GUSTI!!!!

Yoooo… where’s Gusti?!??!? The traitor?!

It’s more about capturing Laut’s emotions than laying out exactly what happened or what he and his organisation actually did during Orde Baru…

Uhmm wait, after all, the title is Laut Bercerita.

I really think I should shift my expectations and the angle I’m reading this book from. Maybe I just need to accept that the ‘historical fiction’ label here is basically just a timestamp for the retelling of what Laut experienced.

Okay, Gusti is the traitor within their organisation but I don’t get it. He IS the intel and one if the member that close within the inner circle of the organisation so why the hell that they need to torture all of this kids to get informations? Like who funds them? Who is their ‘leader’?! Like what

Daniel has a special place in my heart!! Mainly because I cam relate to him for the last that yeah we tend to be a little bit “nyinyir”, too opinionated and doesn’t really do well with inconveniences that will come across as “manja” but deep down we do care but they way we show it might be a little “unorthodox” and fall under the category to almost pedantic and nitpick

The sex scene is necessary! Poorly executed and I don’t feel their sexual tension, I think white bread and I have more sexual tension and chemistry!!!

Laut gives off incel energy.

Okay, before I forget… there wasn’t even a sliver of indication that this Laut guy uses English in his day-to-day conversations with his peers, but suddenly, out of nowhere, he drops a casual ‘what’s up?’

still not feeling it

I think there’s a part of me that somehow detached from the historical background and context this book is trying to emulate. I used to know a lot more about Indonesia’s history, but somewhere in the chaos of growing into a ‘functioning’ adult in this already overwhelming world, most of it slipped out of my brain.

This author has some dramatic flair to her story telling style and just a shy away from being exaggerated. Unsure whether I like it or not

Uhm… romance historical fiction?!

OMG! WTF!

She fires her just like that?! what a bunch of creepy greedy motherfucking jerks!

Jew who graduated from Harvard, graduated from Harvard, dropped out of Harvard?! this is a weird thing to say.

Sheryl is creepy and a bit megalomaniac?!

Okay... I'm following so far.