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There are some interesting ideas related to the author's research about shame, vulnerability, etc, but I feel like the book is a bit longer than it should.

Impression so far: this book lacks the "weight" (bobot) from the author as he doesn't share much about himself beyond surface level and there's no meaningful life experience shared here that connects to what really drove him to write this book. Feels like a motivator-type book.

This book drags a bit and took more than 60 pages to get into its first concept which is almost 1/3 of the book

The finance-related conflict in the main character's family has been foreshadowed since the beginning but the resolution is just 'lah gitu doang tau tau selesai'.

Forgot this book was on by currently-reading list. Continuing this, then follow-up with watching the movie version later, maybe.

Selesai dengan bagian pertama.

Suram lah intinya berbagai hal-hal yang awalnya baik kemudian menjadi runyam dengan segala macam permasalahannya di berbagai lini. Bagus juga referensi datanya lumayan komprehensif. Dibilang dalem banget juga ngga sih soalnya topiknya cukup meluas.

Otw bagian kedua.

Really appreciate the author addressing that it took a year for the book to be published thus some of the stuff he write (especially related to AI) might be out of date by then.

This al-Ghazali guy is cookin', he's on to something

I decided to start reading this book because of the movie hype. Same style of writing but the context feels much more modern day Jakarta, let's see how it goes.

It's an OK-ish light pop reading that would feel relevant to office workers in the Jakarta Metropolitan area.

This book really went in-depth, maybe a little too much detail for what I was looking for. Great research though.

Buku pertama yang dibaca setelah kembali berlangganan Gramedia Digital biar berasa udah balik sebagian modal (kalau beli buku fisiknya bisa lebih dari 100rb).

Interesting and important topic, but way too comprehensive for the day-to-day reader. It starts with Hindu kingdoms in Indonesia and details what happens in each era (Dutch, Japanese, Soekarno, Soeharto, and so on). It is still written in easy-to-understand writing so still bearable.

Took forever but finally finished the first part of the trilogy.