It is one of the books that blown my mind. It's very well written and would probably relate with a lot of people who are in their journey to find themselves. So many people are talking about it but I did not buy it until a few months ago where I read the preview on the first pages. Easy for me to see if I want to buy the book or not. When the first pages hook me right away, I don't need to think twice. This book is one of them. This contains spoiler of course. Nora, the main character, like many of us, fall into depression and decided to kill herself. But she's not dead right away. She went into a kind of limbo between life and death. In that library she met a librarian, this librarian is a kind of a guide. Our guide that probably tasked when we were born. The librarian shows her lives that she could have had if she wants to. She is so depressed and thinks that no life will makes her happy enough to live it. I can totally understand her state. I was there....
Salah satu tujuan yang harus tercapai ketika mengunjungi Jogja kemarin adalah GOWES di Malioboro. Itu semacem ga bisa nggak deh pokoknya kudu gowes, sendirian ya gak masalah wis. Terus kan sebenernya tujuan ke Jogja kemarin adalah Ujian Bahasa Korea tapi kita punya ekstra 2 hari sebelum ujian. Emang sengaja nyisain waktu buat liburan tipis-tipis. Gw kesana bareng pengajar Korea (Maya) tentunya dan juga pengajar Bahasa Inggris (Mbak Trias). Mbak Trias butuh hiburan, doi tepar gegara jadi anggota KPPS sehari sebelumnya. Jadi pas dateng tiba-tiba ngerasa sakit. Malemnya kita cari makan, eh doi malah mual-mual masuk angin. Duh masa iya jauh-jauh ke Jogja tapi berakhir di kasur aja? Nah pas jalan pulang, kan dicegat mas-mas Jogja Bike ini ditawarin sepedaan. Gw sih OKE banget kan, tapi si mbak ini menolak dengan dalih lagi sakit. Trus gw rayu-rayu dia biar ikutan gowes itung-itung cari keringat gitu biar cepet bisa sendawa dan anginnya keluar ntah lewat lubang manapun oke lah. ...