Waktu Helena by Zaky Yamani #BookReview - The Books of Ours

Buku Waktu Helena by Zaky Yamani

Identitas Buku

Penulis: Zaky Yamani

Editor: Karina Anjani

Cover oleh: Sukutangan

Penerbit: Gramedia Pustaka Utama

ISBN: 9786020637051

ISBN Digital: 9786020637068

Jumlah halaman: 248 hlmn

Fakta Menarik

Buku “Waktu Helena” ini merupakan kumpulan cerita pendek, lho! dan judul “Waktu Helena” merupakan salah satu judul yang termuat dalam 10 cerpen di buku ini. 

Yuk Kita Ulas

(Kumpulan cerpen) Waktu Helena – Berisikan tentang kumpulan cerpen kehidupan yang rasanya cerita-cerita yang termuat di buku ini terasa dekat dengan kehidupan kita, namun dikemas dengan sudut pandang yang unik dan menarik. State of griefing, ketamakan manusia, perpisahan, cinta, reinkarnasi, halusinasi, dan mimpi menjadi pembahasan yang lekat dengan buku kumpulan cerpen “Waktu Helena”

Terdapat 10 judul dari cerpen-cerpen yang termuat dalam buku ini, antara lain: “Kepada Assad Aku Menitip Diri,” “Waktu Helena,” “Tulah Busur Warisan,” “Manusia Kelinci,” “Perang Para Calon Dedemit,” “Membunuh Alida,” “Mungkin karena Mita, tapi Entahlah,” “Aku Hantu,” “Satu Peristiwa di Pasar Item,” dan yang terakhir “Surat Paramitha.”

Keseluruhan cerpen-cerpen-nya sangat easy to read dan kita bisa merasakan kecenderungan emosional yang dialami dari para tokoh. Bahasa dan tata bahasa yang digunakan pula sangat ringan, jadi bisa dinikmati banyak orang.

Opini Kami

🙋🏻‍♂️Impresi aku baca cerita ini selain unik itu aneh sih karena ada beberapa ending yang nyeleneh banget. Ngga cuma di ending ada beberapa karakter yang punya hubungan aneh yang bukan sesama manusia melainkan teman khayalan seperti di judul “Kepada Assad Aku Menitip Diri,” ada juga hubungan manusia dengan sosok hantu kuntilanak seperti di judul “Tulah Busur Warisan.” Namun, jika kita telaah lebih lanjut semua karakter di sini memiliki kehilangannya masing-masing, karena kehilangan itulah mereka sampai memiliki eksekusi akhir yang absurd karena memang semua kehilangan dari karakter tersebut sangatlah berat dan sakit. Menurutku sendiri kumpulan cerita seperti ini cocok banget buat selingan bacaan di antara novel-novel berat dan tebal.

🙋🏻‍♀️ Unik sekali cerpen-cerpen di buku ini. Ada beberapa cerpen yang memiliki ending is a bit weird, but that’s the point why I love this book!. Pula dengan beragam emosi yang tertuai di buku ini yang rasanya emosional tersebut sangat dekat dengan sifat manusia yang kadang cenderung tamak, mempunyai rasa kepemilikan akan sesuatu, dan hawa nafsu yang bergelora. Cocok banget untuk kalian yang ingin punya bacaan-bacaan ringan yang tidak membosankan karena di setiap bab buku ini bercerita tentang sepetik kisah-kisah yang berbeda. 

Rating dari Kami

4/5 ⭐️

English Version | 🇬🇧

Fun Fact!

The book “Waktu Helena” is a collection of short stories, and the title “Waktu Helena” is one of the 10 short stories in the book. 

Here Comes the Review!

(Short story collection) Waktu Helena - Contains a collection of short stories about life that feel like the stories contained in this book are close to our lives, but are packaged with a unique and interesting point of view. The state of griefing, human greed, separation, love, reincarnation, hallucinations, and dreams become discussions that are closely related to the short story collection book “Waktu Helena”.

There are 10 titles of short stories included in this book, including: “To Assad I Entrust Myself,” ‘Helena's Time,’ ‘The Plague of the Inheritance Bow,’ ‘Rabbit Man,’ ‘The War of the Dedemite Candidates,’ ‘Killing Alida,’ ‘Maybe it's Mita, but I Don't Know,’ ‘I'm a Ghost,’ ‘An Event at the Item Market,’ and finally ”Paramitha's Letter.”

All of the short stories are very easy to read and we can feel the emotional tendencies of the characters. The language and grammar used is also very light, so it can be enjoyed by many people.

Nick and Nora’s Mind

🙋🏻‍♂️My impression of reading this story besides being unique is strange because there are several endings that are really strange. Not only in the ending there are several characters who have strange relationships that are not fellow humans but imaginary friends such as in the title “To Assad I Entrust Myself,” there is also a human relationship with a ghostly figure of a kuntilanak as in the title “Tulah Bow Inheritance.” However, if we examine further, all the characters here have their own losses, because of their losses they have absurd final executions because all the losses of these characters are very heavy and painful. In my own opinion, a collection of stories like this is perfect for a reading interlude between heavy and thick novels.

🙋🏻‍♀️ The short stories in this book are very unique. There are some short stories that have an ending that is a bit weird, but that's the point why I love this book!. Also with a variety of emotions in this book that feel very close to human nature which sometimes tends to be greedy, have a sense of ownership of something, and lust that is raging. Perfect for those of you who want to have light reads that are not boring because each chapter of this book tells a different story. 

A Star From Us!

4/5 ⭐️

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