REVIEW OF LET GO

LET GO, A NOVEL BY WINDHI PUSPITADEWI

Book Title                   : Let Go

Author                        : Windhy Puspitadewi

Publisher                     : Gagas Media

Thick Book                 : 242 pages

Year of Publication      : 2010

Story Summary :

“You know what the meaning of lost ? You will never really know until you experience it your self.”

            Raka, an orphan who was also a high school student first grade can never accept the death of his father. He didn’t go to his father’s grave. His father, who promised to keep him and his mother, was just leaving as his father addicted with smoke.

            Raka’s life as a student in school is never separated from fights. He is more frequently used muscle than brains to solve the problems. Until one day, he get punishment from his teacher to join the organization in the school. In there, he met three students with different characters. Nathan, a genius who was always being sarcastic. Nadya, the leader of his class who never asked for help from others. And Sarah, shamed girl who always made Raka helping her. They was forced to work together to made a Mading.

            Raka felt disturbing with the attitude of his friends. But he like to solve all problems of his friends and made them closely each other. Start from Sarah, he often helped this girl until Sarah started to fell in love with him. However, Raka have some feel to Nadya because they have similarities including the type of film and the like the same music. In the other situation, Raka always care about Nathan, although he was don’t care. Until at last, Raka knew Nathan’s disease. He had cancer. So Raka must be ready to lost his lovely person in his life for second time.

“Don’t hate me. Day passed day, I was dead, but you‘re still alive. Really, it’s ok to me if one day you forget me. I will remember you, it’s more than enough to me.”

            I love this book because the author make the story seemed real. The option of words can retouch the readers. This novel tell us that in fact, life never be separated from the lost. But editor are less carefully so that there are some words that miss typed.