Book Review - Timun Jelita by Raditya Dika

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It’s been a long time since Raditya Dika released a book. Yup, he’s a comedy writer who mostly tells stories about his personal life. I used to read his stories in Cinta Brontosaurus, Kambing Jantan, and the latest Kuala Kumal. His last book was titled Ubur-Ubur Lembur—it seems like I’ve read it but I don’t know, I just remember that I read Koala Kumal. And this is Raditya Dika’s latest book after his long hiatus.

Let’s get it.

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Timun Jelita
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This book tells the story of Timun—an accountant who suddenly wants to get back into a band because of a guitar inherited from his late father at the age of 40. No—this is not the story of Timun’s 40th birthday, but rather about a middle-aged man who has achieved financial freedom but wants to revive his old hobby. Timun then invites his old friends to form a band, but his old friends can’t because they’re too busy. With the support of Putri—his wife, Timun finally succeeds in forming a duo band with his cousin, Jelita.

Jelita was initially not interested in forming a band because she had a small trauma about forming a band. But Anton—suddenly made a plan to attract Jelita's interest again. Long story short, finally Timun and Jelita formed a band with Anton as the manager. But Timun's confusion did not end there. Day by day Timun found insecurity because of her age and slightly old fashion style compared to Jelita.

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My Rare Review

This book is still very typical of Raditya Dika's writing, which tries to be funny but is dry. The character of Timun mentioned—it's not hard to imagine, Timun is Raditya Dika himself. My friend who has also read this said that this book is Raditya Dika in the future—considering that Raditya Dika is already in his 40s.

In terms of theme, this book is indeed different from his previous books. What stands out the most is how he created the character of a 40-year-old man who wants to be in a band. As he mentioned, it's very rare to have a main character in his 40s, and yes, even though the character is in his 40s, this book is still interesting.

What is quite unfortunate in this book is how the dialogues—indeed, only a few, not all of them, like the dialogues in teen novels. But that's Raditya Dika. He is still a dry comedy writer.

I rate this book with 3 from 5 star...

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