So this is my first malay book in quite a while. I have not read one for at least three years I think. I actually had high hopes for this but my hope plummeted so soon. The process of the story is very fast and not very detailed. Wished it could have been elaborated some more. In terms of gruesome, not so much because I somehow could not sympathise with the victim because I don't know any of them and their death is a little bit meaning less. This is a cliche book. If you're into crime story or horror, you could have seen the killer coming from far away and you could also have known the little twist the author trying to accomplish. Could have been made into an awesome but but under-utilised. Sorry. Buku kedua keluaran FIXI yang aku baca.Ngeri tengok muka depan. But then bila dah habis baca, kengerian itu tak berapa terasa.Kisah 3 orang sahabat, Samuel, Rehan dan Joanne, yang menghantar skrip mereka kepada Professor Bazri untuk dinilai, tetapi ditolak berkali-kali. Dalam itu juga, berlaku pembunuhan sama seperti yang diceritakan dalam skrip yang dihantar oleh mereka. Aku teringin gak nak baca macam mana dia bunuh mangsa-mangsa tu. Tapi just dapat baca bila mangsa dah dibunuh. Dalam erti kata lain, perincian masa diorang kene bunuh tu tak berapa ada la. Apa yang berlaku benar-benar mengejutkan mereka bertiga dan menganggap semua itu adalah kebetulan. Pembunuh sebenar itu sebenarnya berkomplot dengan salah seorang daripada mereka. Memang korang tak expect kot 'dia' tu sama-sama join shoot masa pembunuhan itu berlaku. The rest, korang try la baca ye. Cerita yang kita dapat agak dah ending dia. Tapi aku salute gak la sebab penulisnya kaum Cina. Kira okey kot dapat tulis buku dalam Malay. Syabas untuk beliau dan untuk aku kerana aku baca buku ni dah.
What do You think about NGERI (2011)?
Permulaan cerita yang agak perlahan, hampir buat saya berhenti membaca. Glad I didn't.
—ann
Nope, i prefer it to be darker from its title.
—swimmergal2
