Book Title: Apapun selain hujan

Author: Orizuka

Publisher: Gagasmedia

Publish: 2016

Price: IDR 60,000

Thickness: 288 pages

ISBN: 978-979-78-0850-1

synopsis

Wira hates rain. Rain reminds him of a bad memory, hurts him.

In order to keep going, Wira left everything. He left the city where he lives. Leaving his biggest dream. In
fact, leaving the woman he loved.

But no matter how far Wira steps away from the dream, the dream is actually getting closer. When he
tried hard to forget the past, that's when he met Kayla.

The meeting changed everything.

Wira had everything. Faiz and Nadine, who are his best friends, can understand him the most and
taekwondo. However, in one day, at the 2013 Jakarta Open Cup Tournament event, everything that had
been beautiful now became dark and even frightening for Wira. What used to be the best thing he had
turned into the thing he most wanted to forget and stay away from. When he had to see his own friend,
Faiz died while competing in the final round against him. When it rains.

Since then Wira left far away from her hometown. After graduating from high school, Wira decided to
move to Malang and continue her studies there. He chose to stay away from Jakarta and live with his
grandmother because he could not live in the same city with his school friends and clubs. In Malang
Wira starts everything again.

Wira is afraid of rain. Because the rain reminded him of the dark events that were very painful for him.
Bring it back to Faiz, Nadine and also taekwondo. If it rains, Wira will choose to wait until the rain stops
and then she will go home.

But everything slowly changes when one name comes into his life. Kayla The girl who was helped by
Wira while being bullied by the thugs. It was also the first time that Wira had used her taekwondo to
help the girl involuntarily. Kayla who turns out to be a taekwondoin knows it too. When meeting again
with Wira, Kayla asked that and was immediately denied by Wira.

As if Wira was indeed brought back to taekwondo, another incident brought Wira closer to the thing she
wanted to stay away from. Because a cat finally willy-nilly Wira must approach the place of UKM and
meet with taekwondo again.

Kayla, who is not easily discouraged, looks for many ways to bring Wira back to taekwondo. What he
didn't realize was that it brought back Wira's wounds and dark memories of the past. What will happen
with Wira next? How Wira was able to rise from the dark past and resume her life? And when faced with
a bitter memory, can he stand back with the help of Kayla or even Kayla even make things worse

Strength :

The writer is very good at composing a word into a good story, making it easier for readers to find the
climax.

weakness :

There are some words that are rather difficult for the reader to understand, and there are several
chapters whose stories are cliché like drama in the life of a soap opera.