Romance Novels and Stockholm Syndrome

These few days, I went both on binge eating and binge reading. Both affected my mental and physical health in no-good way. I'll exclusively talk about the latter in this post.

I indulged myself with romance novels, mainly Harlequin. I selected them based on how interesting are their premises from the synopsis in Goodreads and the comments by their readers. Here are some of them.

My book selections. Judge away, I bow my head in shame.

I can hear what you're thinking just from seeing the titles and covers. A loud WHAT and DIRTY BOOKS! and TACKY! Well, this is why they are called guilty pleasure. I know too much of them are bad and too early when you first exposed to this genre is bad too. I feel ashamed to have read these books, but some days when I need something light, happy-ever-after guaranteed, and can make me roll my eyes in 1. disbelief, 2. disgust, 3. mockery, I'll read them. The aftertaste is 1. sated after fulfilling my binge, 2. ASHAMED, and 3. guilty. But enough of that.

I am seeing a disturbing theme serving as universal backbone to some of these books... The Stockholm syndrome, where a dominant male swept into the female protagonist life, both forcefully and unwanted, did nasty things to her, and got her love and devotion forever after. Ouch. These books set women emancipation movement far backward into Victorian era. Let's review some of them by the level of godawfulness.

3. The Highest Stakes of All

In The Highest Stakes of All, we are presented with a dangerously irresponsible father, his beautiful young adult daughter (who is afraid to defy her father unhealthy policies with her far sounder opinions) as heroine, and the hero with perfect physical description and of course an old baggage burdened upon him by some woman from his past. This book is highly disturbing. First, the father is practically peddled his daughter as 'attention diverter' in his globetrotting poker games. I'm speechless. How can a father allow, even ask his daughter wearing revealing clothes? If I wore clothes like she wore in the book, my father will lock me. Then, the grandest bad fatherly act ever... Betting his daughter against five hundred thousand pounds (if I recall the currency correctly). 

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Like this, but instead of chips, a living, breathing human being.

And of course, he lost. Being both a gentleman and coward, he surrendered his bet - the daughter.

The 19 year old daughter is bestowed with every winning features a mortal can have. Killer physique and inherently nice heart, almost a Snow White-like character. So sweet. But there is something wrong in her brain circuit. She whines about how she hates her current state of life as accessory in her father's dealings, but she doesn't do a thing. It's not like she doesn't have any other choice. She can easily contact her aunt and uncle in UK and ask them to bring her home, closer to college life she badly wants. Instead, she chooses to follow her father, bows to his dangerous schemes. It only takes ONE call, but she doesn't make it. She trusts her father will protect her from any sticky situation because he has extracted her from one. One good deed against a long tallies of godawful deeds? One good deed wins. And at the gambling table? No better. No better. It just takes a NO and a scream like, "NO, NO I AM TOTALLY NOT THIS CREEP'S TROPHY GIRLFRIEND. Worse than that, I'm his daughter." But she doesn't do that. Oh, no. Unfortunately, her tongue is tied at that moment. And so she is whisked against her will by her father's opponent to the millionaire's private island. 

Being a Harlequin, the opponent is a handsome, perfectly sculpted Greek (I don't know why Harlequin authors are so crazy with Greek, Spanish, and Italian heroes) millionaire, age not mentioned. In the midst of Greece economic crisis, it's difficult to believe that there still is Greek millionaire left. The millionaire has painstakingly tracked the father-daughter duo for revenge. In his admirable tracking, he neglects to ascertain two vital things, namely 1. the real relationship between the femme fatale he deems responsible for the crime he avenges and the elderly gentleman who is the real criminal and 2. the age of the femme fatale. 1 and 2 will be vital to the storyline and overall icky factor. He eagerly executes his revenge (before checking the daughter's ID - I don't know why he can be and stay a millionaire with mind like that) with the threat of kidnapping and rape charge looms high for him. Then he realizes his horrible mistake. Essentially, the first sex the millionaire has with the daughter is rape, because she's unwilling. It feels creepy because he seems far older than the daughter. After the rape, does the daughter threaten to sue or ask him to return her to her stable relatives? Nah. She longs for the millionaire, she has no will whatsoever to escape. Especially after she found a helpless cute girl (later in storyline we'll learn that she's the millionaire's daughter but he doubts her legitimacy) and acts nanny to her. When the chance to leave the millionaire comes, she refuses to go because it means jumping from the frying pan into the fire or whatsoever (in this thing, I completely agree with her decision, seeing how awful her stepmother is). This is the rare occasion when her brain works as it should be. She and the millionaire admits their love to one another, with plans for marriage seriously considered.

What I learn: you can fall in love with your rapist, and it's totally OK. But only if he is loaded, handsome, perfectly sculpted, and all that blah. Your rapist too, can fall in love with you until he cannot wait to make your commitment more permanent. You should not try to escape with any method, although you totally deserve your freedom.

2. The Greek's Forced Bride

If you are a normal human being, the title should make you wince. Nobody likes to force-marry someone. To lay the bare outline, our heroine, Natasha, catches her fiance in the midst of the act with her sister. The other witness is her soon-to-be brother-in-law, Leo (another Greek millionaire - in the midst of Greece economic crisis they seem to be a thriving breed), who almost precedes her in barraging Natasha's fiance office to kick his ass for siphoning company cash. Natasha runs away and loses her self-control and cool logic. Leo catches up with her. What happens next is the classic semi-abduction (I don't wanna go with him, but I can't see another solution, besides, he's so persuasive...). Leo has lusted after Natasha since the engagement between Natasha and his stepbrother is still well and good. Natasha reluctantly reciprocated after being kissed, fondled, and everything that can be counted as sexual assault. Then of course the stepbrother and sister strike back, leaves Natasha with gold digger mark and no choice beside marrying Leo.

Sigh. Fortunately, this book isn't so rampant with Stockholm syndrome, at least not as awful as the previous book. Although whisked you away forcefully when you are a damsel in considerable distress and unstable condition is a nasty thing to do. What if the whisker is insane/ deranged/ dangerous criminal hidden behind the perfect smooth facade as a millionaire? After all, Natasha barely knows Leo. She is just being engaged for several months and only communicates with Leo in soon-to-be-in-law capacity before that. 

What I learn: again, Greek millionaire isn't a dying breed. It doesn't count as sexual assault if your body respond well and the one doing the assault is one sexy hot-blooded Greek millionaire.

1. Savage Surrender

Our heroine, Sophie, is adorable in the beginning. She is quick-witted and sharp-tongued. Clever and cool-headed, too. She literally stumbles into fortune one rainy day. She gets a position boost, from a lowly employee to private secretary to the Greece-based mother of the company owner. I usually dislike sheer luck, but this time, I'll forgive it. Then comes her son into the picture. Alex is a womanizer who apparently doesn't understand the meaning of word no and so confident of himself that he unable to comprehend that, yeah, not every heterosexual/ bisexual woman can be charmed by you, asshole. So he keeps on trying to get Sophie. With charm. When charm fails, he tries harassment, which elicits firmer rejection. But he keeps on trying. And when Sophie flirts lightly with his friend, he roars with illogical jealousy. Sophie, of course, fights back. And he keeps silent for awhile.

But then a minor earthquake rocks the island. Sophie's employer decides they should go to England and tells Sophie it will be okay if she sees her family. She agrees, albeit reluctantly. The thought of comes back home revives old memories. Then Alex tries to seduce her again in a very inopportune time. The bane of Harlequin heroines, BODY RESPONSE, befalls her because of the desire for her lover she has locked away for 5 years starts to trickle back. Alex goes away smugly, believes that he wins Sophie.

From http://sunflowerfieldsawards.com/

  Yep, won like a trophy.

Sophie goes home, becomes a nervous wreck, anticipates to see her old flame (which becomes her old flame while he's still married - hello adultery!). Alex follows her and of course successfully finds her and wiggles to be her companion to a party that is hosted by her old flame and his completely nasty, without-redeeming-inner-beauty-whatsoever bitch of wife. Sophie kisses her old flame passionately in the hidden place. Only it isn't too hidden because Mrs. Old Flame sees them and Alex too. Alex gets worked out and declares that he will marry Sophie. Sophie refuses. Alex forces her. Sophie, afraid to be outed as 'the other woman', agrees very reluctantly (although Mrs. Old Flame is very promiscuous it is highly unlikely that people will blame Mr. Old Flame if he commits adultery, although the adultery is first committed when Sophie was 18 and Mr. Old Flame... 33. Barely legal). Sophie becomes very passive and apparently loses her wits. I became fed up and skipped. And found, surprise, surprise, Alex slaps Sophie. During honeymoon, no less. Sweet. And yes, Alex gets what he wants, sex with Sophie, with Sophie acts totally passive because she still doesn't want him, which makes it non-consensual, which makes it rape. And during the act Sophie is presented with the 'triumph glittering in Alex's eyes'. Sophie's passiveness is zombie-like, which indicates that she is very probable depressed. In this point, I felt my stomach lurched with disgust. But then, comes the BODY RESPONSE. And Alex acts real attentive when she is sick. Sophie then realizes she loves Alex. I almost vomited. Then Sophie receives a news that makes her to go home in hurry while Alex is away on business trip. She goes home, meets the old flame, old flame tries to kiss her and accidentally witnessed by Alex, who must be 1. eagle-eyed or 2. voyeuristic if it is about Sophie. Another misunderstanding. Then love declaration and big happy ending.

This book is a rapist apology, to quote one comment at Goodreads. I cannot support Sophie and Alex to be united because 1. Alex is a bastard who tries to make Sophie jealous by seducing his friend's sister (completely fails, of course), the seduction isn't only comprised by kiss and adoring words, which makes him a heartless bastard; and 2. Alex harasses Sophie sexually and finally rapes her. By supporting their relationship, it means that the reader justifies the rape and harassment, which no sane woman will support. This book is a very clear example of Stockholm syndrome because Alex rapes and is very nasty toward Sophie, yet Sophie falls for him. 

What I learn: the same with the previous two books.

Will somebody writes a good Harlequin with empowering moral lesson? As for those books and their comrades with similar storyline...

Double Indemnity

Lately, I am hooked to noir and hardboiled. I love noirs... especially the ones set in the 1920's. They are from different era when guys called women 'dame'. They are awesome. They sweep me away.This book is touted as one monumental noir novel, and its author (James M. Cain) as a highly influential person to noir development. I made a resolution to read this book when the right moment come. It came around two days ago. I devoured it instantly. I enjoy it thoroughly.The narration is done by an insurance agent who has a funny name, Walter Huff. Mr. Huff as a nickname is pretty funny, it sounds like sound that you make when you puff. The narration is fast-paced and built with the signature diction of noir. It is gritty. It is dark and self-examining.So, what is double indemnity? 

dou·ble in·dem·ni·ty

noun

NORTH AMERICAN

1. provision for payment of double the face amount of an insurance policy under certain conditions, e.g., when death occurs as a result of an accident.
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3. This term is very relevant in this book, in fact, it's one of the main characters motive, beside lust. In the beginning, we are introduced to an insurance salesman doing his usual routine. Walter Huff tried to sell a policy renewal to his client, a Mr. Nirdlinger. However, he wasn't home when Walter paid him a visit. Walter seemed like an OK guy, a regular joe. But then he met a woman that will change his life and dirty his hands, Phyllis Nirdlinger. This is the exact moment when his moral is tested. And he failed the test. This moment makes me wondering. If you know that someone plan a homicide, why don't you prevent it? Are lust and money so big a temptation? I mean, Walter's life is plain, but it isn't dull. He can assess people well - it's one of his asset - and he enjoys selling insurance policies, which are exciting for him. He is good. It's a respectable life, he isn't a beggar. Is it possible to want someone so much after your first meeting that you decide to risk everything you have? When I read this book further, I feel that the two characters who conspire to take another human being life are so disconnected and distant. I mean, well... taking someone's life is a huge sin, morally and religiously. It will need a huge temptation to do the aforementioned act. But I didn't sense that Walter is tempted enough. It feels so insignificant compared with other things that he had already had.
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5. Then Phyllis. She is first shown as a woman with a plan, then a willing accomplice in adultery and marricide, then later we learn that she is really crazy. The crazy talk she said at the beginning? Totally not an act. She is also more... ahem, experienced than Walter. Let's say that poor Walter should have done a more complete background check about his soon-to-be partner in crime. I dislike her depiction as a crazy woman, because it feels incongruous with her former acts. They were coldly and logically calculated.
7. The biggest irony in this book is when Walter tried to be a teacher in Murder 101, the pupil was more experienced. And Phyllis fared better when her acts were one-woman-acts. When a new partner was introduced, it was proven to be a big, fatal failure. A real pity, Phyllis.
8. 
   
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And Walter? WRONGEST DECISION EVER, dearie.

See?

There are several memorable quotes in this book. I'll give you two.

I had killed a man, for money and a woman. I didn't have the money and I didn't have the woman. 

That's all it takes, one drop of fear, to curdle love into hate.

Chicago - the Dissection - part one

Thank you for Adit who recommended this film in the first place.

Chicago is a musical starred by Renee Zellweger as Roxanne 'Roxie' Hart, Catherine Zeta-Jones as Velma Kelly, and Richard Gere as Billy Flynn. It is adapted from the Broadway musical Chicago by John Kander (music) and Fred Ebb (music), with storyline adapted from a play by Maurine Dallas Watkin, a female reporter. The story is inspired by real-life cases of Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner. Chicago is an amazing satire. Rarely satire is delivered in such an enjoyable form as this vaudeville movie.

This review will contain spoiler. Proceed at your own risk.

The film opens with shot of an eye. The eye, I think, alludes to Beulah Annan's 'man-taming' eyes. In the next scene, chanteuse Velma Kelly stepped out from a taxi after a rainy night at Chicago. She was late, and hastily prepared herself to perform. Here, we are treated with Zeta-Jones' surprisingly superb voice and dance in her performance of All That Jazz.

I love the way Zeta-Jones confidently stated, "Don't sweat it, I can do it alone", signaled the light-boy, and smirked defiantly and continued her performance after she saw the cops came. And there's one thing that is my favourite - the seemingly irrelevant trivia. All That Jazz is filled with them. Here is the list:

• ...I hear that Father Dip is gonna blow the blues...
  I Googled and it says that it is a nickname for Louis Armstrong, a legendary jazz and blues musician.
• ...I bet that Lucky Lindy never flew so high...
  Lucky Lindy is a nickname for aviator Charles Lindbergh, who also happened to be a big hypocrite. 
• ...oooh, you're gonna see your sheba shimmy-shake...
  Sheba is a 1920's slang, means a woman.

The Velma scenes are intermittently showed with the scenes which show us a sweet-looking blonde woman (later, we knew her name is Roxie Hart) who looked ordinary and had a dream to become a performer, and who seemed to enjoyed a little affair with a man (who is, we learned later, named Fred Casely) outside her marriage. The scenes are not suitable for underages and definitely not for office or school consumption.

Fred promised that he'll use his connection to realise Roxie's dream to become famous, a somebody. Later, Roxie learned that he lied solely to gained access to Roxie's favours (ahem, ahem). Roxie, in a heat of anger (after being knocked around), shot Fred thrice. He died instantly. All while a song played on the Harts' gramophone. This scene alludes to the fact where Annan shot her lover and let him bled to death while playing a really silly song on her gramophone.

Then Roxie's husband, Amos, came home. Roxie then told a story to her husband and begged him to help her. Amos agreed. This scene is brilliantly told via a 'song of love and devotion by Ms. Roxie Hart to her dear husband, Amos'. I AM pleasantly SURPRISED that Zellweger can sing.

Hohoho. I love Funny Honey's lyrics. It's funny how easy a song of love and devotion changed into a song of anger and fight. All of Roxie's praises to her husband evaporated when Amos denounced her (completely justifiable in my view), called Roxie 'act like some goddamn floozy!' (oh, how I love those 1920's vocab!). The change from that 'funny, sunny, honey, hubby of mine' to 'scummy, dummy, crummy! hubby of miiineee' happened very fast. The lyrics is a fine mix of insult and praises. Roxie said she loves her husband (praise!) despite 'he ain't got the smarts'(insult)  - of course, that what made him so easily tricked and obeyed Roxie's request. And when Amos smartened up and realized what actually had happened, both got real angry. Roxie for feeling betrayed, Amos too. And it is funny to see Roxie shouted, "You are... an unfaithful... husband!".

Lady, you need a huge and clean mirror for self-reflection.

And it's funnier to see how Amos just got silent and did not even raise his head to meet anyone's gaze.

Next scene, Roxie admitted that she shot Casely and the reason she did it. Of course it was done when she was high in adrenaline. Now the adrenaline started to wear off, she started to feel fear. And then, enter the matron, Matron 'Mama' Morton.

Queen Latifah's performance in When You're Good to Mama rocks! The lyrics are amazing. Mama is awesomely referred as, 'The Keeper of the Keys, the Countess of the Clink! The Mistress of the Murderess Row, Matron... Mama... Morton!!!" The song sketched about Mama's personality and policy, and the subsequent scenes support that sketch.

When you're good to Mama, Mama's good to you :)

Mama, true to her words, practiced reciprocity. And because of that, Roxie's night in Cook County Jail was a freezing cold one. While she lay down and tried to sleep, she recounted the stories of the fellow inmates of Murderess Row in a very delicious performance of Cell Block Tango, in which she was an audience watched the other inmates' confessions. The reasons behind their dirty deeds are cliche, yet understandable. They defended themselves, said that...

• ...he had it coming...
• ...if you had been there, if you had heard (for the case of Bernie)/ seen (Wilbur) it, I betcha you would have done the same!
• ...he took a flower at its prime...
• ...the dirty bum, bum, bum... (for Al Lipschitz, a promiscuous and apparently bisexual lover)
• ...I didn't do it, but if I'd done it, how could you tell me that I was wrong?

Overall, very catchy. Velma's story: '... I completely blacked out, I didn't remember a thing' clearly alludes to Belva Gaertner's defense that she completely blacked out and woke up with bloody hands that held a gun while beside her, her paramour lay dead.

Next. Roxie, saw that Velma got all the publicity and got more famous, decided that she wanted the same thing. She tried to befriend Velma. Velma rudely refused her advances. Roxie then decided to seek Mama's advice. Mama's solution? Call Billy Flynn. Billy is a famous criminal lawyer with shining track record and huge, huge fee. Four thou at the least. Even there's a fee for calling him. To show how capable and duplicitous he is, Richard Gere as Billy Flynn with the County Cook Jail girls perform All I Care About is Love. Billy is introduced as 'The silver-tongued, the Prince of the Courtroom, the one, the only, Billy Flynn!' It's not exaggeration, apparently. Billy is shown as cliche, an immoral lawyer who loved money and cared only for his track record and fame, both influenced by the number of successfully freed clients. Whether they are guilty or innocent is not too important. Flynn is an amalgam of Gaertner and Annan's defense lawyer.

So there's a way out... But how will Roxie finance her way out? There seems to be no light in the end of the tunnel. But, surprise, surprise... 

Does he look familiar?

Zoom in, with better lights...

Right.

Can a man be this pathetic? God. But believe it or not, it is based on true story. Beulah Annan too, screwed around and had a side dish. And yes, her husband paid for her lawyer too. And supported her during her trial until she was acquitted. So yes, a man can be this pathetic.

End of part one, because I felt sleepy. Night.

NB:

For some of you, all of Chicago's scenes might feel downright immoral to you, but for me, they are incorporated for the sake of storytelling, and thus should be enjoyed and viewed as artistic performances. Sure, the performances are full of women and men in minimal and revealing clothes and provocative gestures and gyrates, but they are very fine works of art.

Skin Tight by Carl Hiaasen

The first Mick Stranahan book! Well... who is Mick Stranahan?
Mick Stranahan is an Irish ex-cop, ex-District-Attorney-employee, veteran of five marriages (all to waitresses) and numerous romances. After leading such turbulent and tumultuous life, it is no wonder that he wants a little peace at his very rustic house in a secluded area near the sea which is famously called Stiltsville Village.
But, one day, the peace was suddenly shattered when a hit man attacked Stranahan at his own house. A very unwelcome act, not to mention life-threatening, which was quickly remedied with a quick wit and reflexes and a cooperative marlin wall mount... Days after the incident, Stranahan's life quickly became more interesting with amazing speed.

I read this book after I read its sequel, Skinny Dip. It affects my enjoyment of the book only a little. This book is funny and hilarious too, with Hiaasen's standard fare - the environmentalists, nature's enemies, and a criminal case that pits those opposing sides against one another.

A very refreshing read. I recommend this book for the ones who want or need hearty laugh or just light reading.

Kitab tentang Yang Telah Hilang oleh John Connolly

Aslinya berjudul The Book of Lost Things, seperti yang bisa dilihat pada gambar sampul di samping.
Buku ini sudah lama terbitnya sih, dan saya juga bacanya sudah lama. Tapi buku ini meninggalkan kesan yang sangat dalam buat saya. 
Awalnya, saya membeli buku ini karena tertarik pada retelling cerita dongeng. Saya lemah banget pada iming-iming 'retelling cerita dongeng'. Buku ini terbukti memuaskan. Beberapa cerita dongeng yang di-retelling dan turut membentuk alur cerita buku ini adalah dongeng Rumpelstiltskin dan Si Jubah Merah (Little Red Riding Hood). Keduanya diceritakan ulang menjadi sangat gelap dan kelam. Atmosfir buku ini memang gelap dan kelam, bahkan sejak awal.
Buku ini diawali dengan peristiwa kehilangan yang besar. Kehilangan istri dan kehilangan ibu. Wanita yang meninggal adalah ibu dari David, protagonis utama kita. David adalah anak laki-laki yang biasa-biasa saja, introvert. Hubungannya dengan ayahnya semenjak kematian ibunya cukup dekat, walaupun David selalu merindukan ibunya.
Sampai ayahnya bertemu Rose dan menjalin hubungan dengan Rose.
Ayah David dan Rose lalu menikah (MBA, by the way) dan pindah ke rumah Rose. Beberapa bulan setelahnya Rose melahirkan bayi laki-laki, Georgie. Georgie bukan bayi yang mudah diberi simpati. Dia rewel, dan penyakitan. Hal ini membuat perhatian ayah David dan Rose terpusat pada Georgie. David semakin menarik diri dari dunia dan menenggelamkan diri dalam buku-buku dongeng yang bertulisan nama 'Jonathan'. Buku-buku yang berbisik kepadanya. Di samping itu, semenjak pindah ke rumah baru dan tenggelam dalam dunia buku David sering pingsan dan mengalami khayalan yang seolah nyata. Tetapi ayahnya hanya menganggap David kena ayan.
Relasi David dengan Rose sendiri tidak pernah baik. David tidak suka pada Rose yang dianggap tidak layak menggantikan ibunya. Rose sendiri berusaha mengambil hati David, tapi selalu gagal, walaupun ada satu saat langka ketika keduanya bicara dengan baik-baik. Dalam percakapan ini, David mendapat pengetahuan baru tentang Jonathan.
Keadaan semakin diperparah dengan kedatangan si bayi baru. Rose yang kelelahan semakin sulit mengontrol emosinya dan pada suatu ketika, amarahnya pada David meledak. David, yang sudah menanggung banyak beban baru (kehilangan perhatian, penyakit aneh) juga meledak dan lari ke reruntuhan dekat rumah. Dan pada saat bersamaan, pesawat tempur Jerman jatuh di dekat reruntuhan itu.
David pingsan. Dan ia bangun di dunia yang asing dan baru baginya... Dunia yang mengerikan. Di mana cerita dongeng menjadi nyata. Sayangnya, bukan dongeng yang indah.
Apalagi yang selanjutnya terjadi pada David? Well, seperti para ksatria dalam dongeng, David diuji. Luluskah David dari semua ujian yang ia alami? 
... untuk itu, baca sendiri bukunya untuk menemukan jawabannya :)
Beberapa dongeng yang di-retelling selain dua dongeng di atas:

• Childe Roland
• Sleeping Beauty
• Hansel dan Gretel
• Snow White

Itu saja yang saya ingat. Selebihnya, saya tidak mengenali dongeng yang di-retelling. Dongeng hasil retelling benar-benar sangat berbeda dengan dongeng aslinya. Lebih dewasa dan lebih gelap, dengan pesan moral yang juga lain sekali dengan pesan moral yang tersirat dalam dongeng originalnya. 

Aftertaste yang saya rasakan setelah membaca buku ini adalah perasaan hangat bercampur kesedihan. Perasaan hangat karena ternyata masih ada hal yang indah dan baik setelah melewati segala hal yang mengerikan itu. Kesedihan karena ternyata orang baik tidak selalu mendapat upah yang sesuai dengan perbuatannya di dunia - entah bagaimana dengan upah di akhirat. 

Cocok sekali untuk penyuka cerita fantasi maupun retelling fantasi.

Good job, Mr. Connolly! Sayangnya saya malah belum membaca satu buku pun dalam seri supernatural-kriminal Anda. Kalau boleh menyimpang, banner website Anda sangat saya sukai. Archangel Michael, sedang mengalahkan setan :)