Tittle : Semua Ikan di Langit
Author : Ziggy Zezsyazoeviennazabrizkie
Publisher : Grasindo
Years : 2017
Page : 216
Reviewer : Afi Kala
Synopsis :
My job does sound boring, going around the same place, filled with sweaty feet and noisy people, being teased by rude lizards, hearing strange songs about round tofu and being fried without any prior preparation but I love it. I love to know the stories of humans and cockroaches and mice and insects that stop by. I enjoy looking at the contents of an open bag, reading a book flipped over in the back seat, listening to music playing in a passenger’s head, and sometimes, even witnessing a theft. My route was indeed only through Dipatiukur-Leuwipanjang, before finally meeting him, and starting a new route: around space, across the dimensions of space and time.
⌑°␥ Review :
(+) Advantages
• Of course, the novel “Semua Ikan di Langit” (All the Fish in the Sky) is not separated from Ziggy’s style and characteristics, the way he describes the situations in a novel is quite impressive, and makes the story in this novel more vivid and imaginative.
• I am very much in love with the fictional characters in this novel, making me want to play longer with them, the portrayal of the characters is clearer and more fun.
• Stunning plot twist as an epilogue introduction with an epic language style.
(-) Shortcomings
• Very complicated to understand
• beginnings a little boring
⌑°␥ Wisdom :
• The Chinar tree gives a big picture of the plot of this novel, Ziggy packs it very neatly. The packaging is the universe, nature is drawn in fantasy but very touching on the real world. It makes the reader ponder a lot about the majesty of the Supreme with the Universe (the Creator and His Creation).
• There is a tragic and horror-filled part on display, and it makes me ponder, could this be a picture of the end days? Remembering this novel makes me want to read it over and over again.
• This novel also highlights the good and bad deeds described by the baker (bad) and the shoemaker (good), so that I can conclude to move away from the character of the baker and touch on the character of the cobbler (in Islam there is the term amar ma’ruf nahi mungkar).
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His happiness gave birth to stars.
His sorrow kills miracles.
His anger was fatal.
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Precisely with the mysteriousness and fantasy and strangeness of his novels, it makes me crazy enough to read Ziggy’s other works. I want to know more about the strange things that exist in Ziggy’s novels.
