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With All My Heart
Takdir Tuhan menemukan Syafira Arissa dan Adam Hariz dan menghubungkan mereka sebagai adik dan abang angkat. Satu insiden telah menyebabkan Syafira Arissa membawa diri ke Korea selama lima tahun. Sangkanya kembali dia ke Malaysia, Adam Hariz sudah menjadi suami orang namun sangkaannya meleset apabila dia dilamar hanya setelah dua hari dia kembali ke Malaysia. Biarpun luka lama masih berdarah namun hati tetap berbunga. Syafira Arissa menerima lamaran itu antara rela dan terpaksa. Namun, tiada siapa yang menyangka, seminggu sebelum majlis berlangsung, Adam Hariz telah menjadi milik wanita lain. Kecewa? Benci? Semuanya bercampur baur, lantas majlis perkahwinan mahu dibatalkan tetapi tidak pada Adam Hariz, dia tetap mahu Syafira Arissa menjadi isterinya.
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February 7, 2025
cw: men in his late twenties falling in love with a minor, poligamy (in case if you're not a fan of it)
HUGE SIGH, apart from above, maybe, I'm not a fan of books that read like a Koreaboo, and how it feels like it was intended to be a meaningful islamic story but ended out being preachy, draggy, petty and childish instead. Mana datang the 25% genre komedi pun saya tak tahu because this book literally only makes me angry and annoyed and not once it makes me laugh. Apologies in advance but I'll just rant and spoil things from the start to end in this very long review.
So it's basically just a collection of cliche KRT story, kisah tentang pasangan bercinta ja lepas kahwin dan dakwah being thrown around macam baca text book. This is an Islamic love story that wasn't being executed well enough in my honest opinion.
The story began when Ira came back after graduating from Korea and met again with her adoptive family, including her adoptive brother and former crush, the 32 (his age keeps on changing) year old, Adam. He has been in love with her for 5 years so he took this chance to court her into marriage and she agreed. But just a week before marriage, she got a text message exposing that he just had a nikah with a lady called Azura. She wanted to call the marriage off but he gaslighted and blackmailed her by using their mother's health conditions, so she just followed through the marriage tanpa rela. Well, there's nothing much with this story but you can guess it, (1) Azura madu yang jahat, (2) Ibu mentua dari 'neraka' (yang tiba-tiba), (3) Suami yang berahsia taknak bagitahu satu benda pun dengan isteri dan selalu ikut perasaan sendiri 24/7, (4) Isteri terpaling solehah terima dan reda ja orang buat apa benda dengan dia sebab dia 'muslimah sejati' yang nak jaga keluarga walaupun nyawa dalam bahaya dan maruah tercalar daripada orang 1, 2, 3 (5) Sebab ianya KRT dan kerja nya bercinta dan menggoda secara halal, konflik pun semua berulang ulang, seorang dengki, seorang salah faham, pujuk memujuk, dan ulang. Lepas tu happy ending lah.
Let me first go through the goods of this story.
Despite how I don't really like this book and I think this book should just be a 200pg book instead of 400pg, I still think this is quite an okay story lah, not the worse I've read, but if you love dramatic stories and clichés, you might enjoy this.
I honestly like books that touches on Islamic teachings, and this book gave out A LOT, LOT of it, it's nice at certain point, but for this one, I genuinely think a lot of it feels so unnecessary and sometimes even pretentious, doesn't blend well with the story, and straight up draggy to read. Maybe I like dakwah dalam fiction that are subtle, lancar, dan berkesan dalam penceritaan, but again, if you don't mind constant dakwah / preaches that might not really blend with the scene in fiction, you might like this because some of it is kinda helpful for Muslim women, general lifestyle, and islamic marriage.
In all seriousness, I kinda dislike majority of the characters apart from opah and Alya. Scenes with opah actually did warm my heart, and Alya's concern for Ira was nice to read, tapi sayang, their scenes and dialogues tersangat lah sedikit and at some part rasa macam plot convenience sedikit. Wish there are more meaningful and assurance conversations / bond shown between these characters because they literally are the only ones that FULLY believe in Ira, tapi itu lah, semua benda in a passing sahaja, yang banyak nya ayat-ayat dakwah, scenes orang bercinta, dan cerita tentang tourism Korea. It's a bit frustrating bila what matters wasn't shown, and the author seems to forget that this is a STORY BOOK, walaupun ada watak utama, yang sampingan pun sama penting, dan bukan yang antagonis sahaja juga.
So now I'll start to rant. Just a warning that I will mention about Islamic teachings a lot, because this book tried to do the same dari depan hingga belakang, so I will do the same and point things that bothers me and what I feel patut disuarakan dan bercanggah dengan ajaran agama.
1. First of all lah, if nak berdakwah dalam cerita, dah alang-alang you nak letak semua, it would be so much better to balance it out, bukan hanya isteri buat ini itu, anak perempuan buat ini itu — tapi untuk lelaki, role of a husband, ciri-ciri suami yang jahat tu, letak sekali lah hadith dan kesilapan mereka berdasarkan islam, sebab untuk cerita ni, yang salah nya banyak ke si suami, tapi dirasakan yang he ALWAYS gets a passing sebab tak ada lansung cerita tentang kekasaran seorang suami, dia mintak maaf tiba-tiba semua okay. Faham ni first person POV, tapi kalau you husnuzon sebab dia suami, dan you guna kad 'saya isteri solehah kena taat suami / mentua', you're literally enabling their behaviour. Islam tak larang Isteri / wanita untuk berfikir apa yang salah, kalau salah, salah lah ia. The same with kekasaran madu dan mentua jugak, tak ada nya mereka tak bersalah 'oh mereka tak buat salah pun sebab mereka hanya salah faham', COME ON LAH, MEREKA FITNAH YOU, CAUSES AN EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, BULI, MENYAKITKAN. Mention sekali lah hadith tentang hubungan keluarga dalam cerita yang sebenar, ya betul memang islam ajar baik dengan mentua, tapi jangan lah sekadar nak highlight DOSA-DOSA SEORANG ISTERI / MENANTU KALAU GO AGAINST THEIR FAMILY walaupun THEY HAVE THE RIGHTS TO STAND ON THEIR FEET DALAM ISLAM. Mana muslim women empowerment dalam ni?
2.Adam as a character annoyed me entirely.
• Yes, he likes a minor that's like a decade younger than her, and that's could be the entire reason. It's not even an assumption because it was mentioned that she's 17 when she left, and mind you this guy ada tunang (and he didn't even try to love walaupun dia yang lamar), and she's a minor, and he was 27. Frontal lobe budak tu pun belum fully developed kot. And in correlation to that, even throughout the story pun he easily manipulated her to get what he want because she's still young. There's him simply dismissing Ira's feelings, and gaslight her by using their mother's punya health condition? Apa benda bah? He never try to put himself in her shoes. Galak nak marah orang ja, lepas tu pergi love-bomb, tiba settle masalah dia.
• Even when it was revealed that Adam is married, no further explanation from him, and semua orang terima ja bulat bulat, reda. Likewise, sikda lansung bincang tentang arrangements bermadu. Tapi awal cerita seringakali mentioned 'buat cara betul ikut Islam', tapi semua dibuatkan tergantung, because somehow he didn't 'ikut cara islam' bila dengan Azura. Faham cerita ni nak highlight kena jaga ikhtilat sebelum nikah, tapi sikkan sigek benda pun sik cakap dan bincang dengan bakal suami, no highlights on marriage discussion, no taaruf, nothing, suami cakap A, you kena cakap A juga, you have no say in the marriage ke macam mana? Dan yang lucu nya, the MCs were adopted siblings, they live in the same house for quite some time, ni tiba muncul nak jaga ikhtilat segala when it's IMPORTANT untuk bincang tentang hubungan suami isteri sebelum kahwin.
• Some part of this story agak bercanggah dengan islam, lagi lagi dalam hal how you act dan tengok para wanita.
(a) Through Adam sahaja, dia seringkali merendahkan wanita / isteri, because every wrong thing Adam did get a passing, sikda mention berdosa fitnah isteri merendah isteri. He thinks wrongly of her sampai merendahkah dan fitnah isteri DEPAN ORANG LAIN on 3 different instances, and in this story, their arguments memang became a big deal, tapi berulang, because he never learn from mistake and tiap kali tak berubah ikut emosi dia sahaja, isteri nak penjelas pun dia ikut kepala dia, tapi bila dah jadi tahap buruk dah menyakitkan, dia love-bomb, semua settle.
(b) And then he went around comparing his wife to other wifes out there, by saying 'wanita terdedah dah tak ada istimewa buat suami mereka', ya Allah, Islam larang ya buat comparison macam tu, banding isteri you dengan isteri orang lain, pandang buruk dekat wanita lain, nak buat peringatan tak payah mengata orang, kalau nak puji isteri, puji ja lah dan jangan banding dan merendahkan wanita Islam lain.
(c) The purdah conversation could just be an encouraging one, just showing how happy he is for her and maybe how she's doing it for him and for God, tapi instead dia buat 'perempuan menunjuk-nunjuk dan mencari perhatian bila berpurdah' commentary, and the 'kulit awak putih sangat, lelaki lain suka pandang elok pakai purdah' — lah kalau tak putih tu buruk sangat ke, dahtu tak payah pakai purdah, lelaki benci pandang? I'm sorry but the physical commentary in the story makes me angry. Bila Adam cakap Ira 'gemuk' and other insults, eventhough he says 'oh I just wanted to protect you!', tapi that's absolutely bs, because if he really didn't mean it, he won't even think about her like that even once and that wouldn't came out of his mouth. You ada dan pernah fikir tentang benda tu, sebab tu you tutur benda tu.
(d) In fact, through his acts takda mention pun kalau dalam poligami dan you menyakitkan hati isteri itu berdosa. Ni pergi paksa orang untuk kahwin walaupun bukan betrayal kecik pun dia buat, dia pergi kahwin dengan orang lain dulu tau. And the way how he's being secretive he is and REFUSES to tell Ira what's going on with his isteri pertama doesn't make any sense, even after he explained it. Ira is still your wife and she deserves to know things, nak jaga aib apa, ni buat sakit hati isteri sahaja, and they're hiding an entire 'human being' kot, bukan benda kecik tu. Dahtu bila baby Azura keluar, budak tu besar, dan tak berbin kan Adam, macam mana you nak sorok? Sikit-sikit 'nanti awak akan faham, bukan masa sekarang', cepat lambat rahsia tetap terbongkar lah.
(e) Mesti Isteri sahaja minta izin jelaskan semua benda dengan suami, tapi suami takpa. Again 3 different instances yang dia merendahkan dan buat buruk dekat isteri tu, Ira minta izin nak kerja ya, dah two of it dia dengan colleague lelaki dia memang ada dengan orang lain, tapi dia mana ada nak dengar, terus nak cakap maruah seorang isteri. And the last one dia contact suami dia ya minta izin keluar dengan pekerja syarikat dalam situasi professional, tapi suami dia buat as if dia tak cakap lansung, dan dia marah sebab Ira tak cakap lelaki tu siapa in advance. Mind you, at the end of this book dia pun 2x5 tak closure lansung yang bekas tunang dia kerja sekali dengan dia, siap bermesej lagi, berjumpa lagi, biarpun masing² dah apa pasangan, tapi kenapa kalau isteri sendiri wajib dikasari, tapi you buat dengan isteri orang, dan you sebagai suami tak perlu cakap jugak lah kalau macam tu? Make it make sense.
3. Considering this story memang tema dia preaching, islamic, dakwah, tapi takda lansung nak highlight berkenaan tabayyun. Excuse for my words, tapi somehow semua karakter buat bodoh ja dengar dan terima satu pihak ikut perasaan tapi tak siasat dan cari kebenaran, hanya Ira ja lah yang banyak tanya itu ini, tapi itu lah dah bertanya pun orang masih merahsiakan. When Azura fitnah Ira, nothing were done, semua tak tanya bukti mana mesej tu, dan dalam phone Ira ada tak dia hantar mesej tu, atau apa benda yang berlaku, lepas tu macam tu ja the fitnah went on, takda clarifications. Bila it comes to Ira, semua terus tanya ADA BUKTI KE TAK, KALAU TAK AKU TAK PERCAYA 100%. It's such a missed opportunity for such a good theme berkenaan tabayyun, tapi itu lah, highlight dia isteri solehah dan keredaan, tabayyun tak payah.
In correlation, their umi's changes in personality tersangat lah abrupt, tiba jadi tipikal mentua dari 'neraka' yang menyakitkan hati dari perbuatan dan kata-kata, sedih sebab before that we never really see the motherly bond of her with Ira. Conversation awal cerita dengan Ira pun sekadar nak paksa budak tu kahwin dengan anak dia, tapi bila dah kahwin dicela nya pulak. Nak menangkan orang mengandung pun logik lah sikit, you went through pregnancy dua kali tau, tak mati kandungan kalau cium bau sayur buat loya. Dan kalau mengandung memang hati suci je ka? Tak boleh siasat dan tanya benda betul takut ibu nanti terkejut sampai keguguran? Tak faham lah saya. Mind you, umi's character was written initially as someone yang warak, banyak ikut majlis ilmu, tapi she herself couldn't differentiate the right vs wrong, what's up with that?
5. Label 'muslimah sejati' in this story agak terlampau berlebihan dalam cerita ni, I don't want to feel this way and accusing things, tapi sometimes rasa tahap riak dan ujub pula. Komen-komen 'cantik pakai tudung labuh' / 'muslimah sejati' dan sewaktu dengan nya feels so odd sebab terlampau banyak sangat disebut. And the constant mention of 'saya harini pakai tudung labuh bidang 60' feels unnecessary. Wanted to clear up, tapi saya juga pengguna bidang 60 jugak dan khimar, tak pernah lagi terfikir 'oh tiap hari saya pakai bidang 60', like, for us wearers, it's just a piece of clothing menutup kepala yang give me extra security, tak pernah rasa bagus pakai tudung lebar sikit daripada orang lain. Ia macam, you view lelaki sekadar simpan janggut = 100% muslim sejati. Then there's everything being mentioned about her being 'tertutup', feels absolutely pretentious, and it's so obvious bila she mentioned in her monologue tentang 'imej muslimah' dia. Is that all you think about yourself kah? I wished the muslimah aspect is being toned down and and the character is shown as more humble.
6. I wished more were shown of bond and dynamics between characters, because istg, she has many friends and even Alya, her adoptive sister, tapi there's barely any deep conversations with them. Not showcase of familial relationship between the family, even in conversation pun semua hal isu semasa kalau tak tentang agama. The issue here is the lack of personalities and chemistries of one character to another. For example, (a) sibling relation between Alya dengan abang nya barely exists, and her personality were only told not shown, dia baik dia pemulut, tapi tak tunjuk sangat pun perkara tu. (b) The chemistry between the MCs pun tak terasa sangat sebab all they do 24/7 is pujuk memujuk, rayu merayu, goda menggoda, lepas tu marah. I want to see more of genuity, the chemistry, them talking about what actually matters. Sebab bila isu erupted pun, their apologies rasa surface ja, dismissing things, and love bombs.
7. Ke-Korea-an cerita dan ciri Koreaboo dalam ni amat mengganggu ya. As a former 10 year old Kpop idol fam and able to speak and understand Korean myself, saya sendiri pening dengan cerita ni. The usages of Korean sentences / dialogue / conversation being thrown in terlampau kerap, dan translation dalam BM yang tersangat lah direct, terasa sangat mengganggu bila membaca. Faham ja Ira baru habis study dekat Korea, tapi ni cerita Melayu, watak Melayu, boleh ja tulis yang conversation tu dalam Korea, dan proceed ja tulis dialog dalam BM. And I don't really understand her attachment with Korea? Orang lain pun study dekat tempat lain, takda lah sampai obses dan rindu tak berpenghujung dengan negara orang. Dan come on, she literally just came back from Korea, bukan bertahun tak balik, tapi honeymoon pun pergi Korea, excited sangat nya macam first time. And the entire honeymoon arc is quite boring sebab tiba jadi macam dokumentari tourism Korea memperkenalkan semua itu ini bagusnya itu ini dekat Korea. And I found it absurd how everyone in Korea pergi puji Adam 'jalsaengyeosseo' 20x walaupun strangers. People mind their own business, kalau sekali takpa lah, ni ramai ramai puji nak highlight apa ya?
There are other things that still bother me too, but I'll put a stop here. Overall, I'm aware that this story was written by the author when she was 17/18, and I kinda get why this book reads in 'that way' and have that 'childish' kind of vibe with all of the constant judgment and penyampaian dakwah dalam cerita fiksyen romantik.
I'll straight up say that this book clearly isn't my cup of tea, with how things was executed, but if you're looking for an okay Islamic love story and things above wouldn't bother you as much, go try out this book, as it's fine.
HUGE SIGH, apart from above, maybe, I'm not a fan of books that read like a Koreaboo, and how it feels like it was intended to be a meaningful islamic story but ended out being preachy, draggy, petty and childish instead. Mana datang the 25% genre komedi pun saya tak tahu because this book literally only makes me angry and annoyed and not once it makes me laugh. Apologies in advance but I'll just rant and spoil things from the start to end in this very long review.
So it's basically just a collection of cliche KRT story, kisah tentang pasangan bercinta ja lepas kahwin dan dakwah being thrown around macam baca text book. This is an Islamic love story that wasn't being executed well enough in my honest opinion.
The story began when Ira came back after graduating from Korea and met again with her adoptive family, including her adoptive brother and former crush, the 32 (his age keeps on changing) year old, Adam. He has been in love with her for 5 years so he took this chance to court her into marriage and she agreed. But just a week before marriage, she got a text message exposing that he just had a nikah with a lady called Azura. She wanted to call the marriage off but he gaslighted and blackmailed her by using their mother's health conditions, so she just followed through the marriage tanpa rela. Well, there's nothing much with this story but you can guess it, (1) Azura madu yang jahat, (2) Ibu mentua dari 'neraka' (yang tiba-tiba), (3) Suami yang berahsia taknak bagitahu satu benda pun dengan isteri dan selalu ikut perasaan sendiri 24/7, (4) Isteri terpaling solehah terima dan reda ja orang buat apa benda dengan dia sebab dia 'muslimah sejati' yang nak jaga keluarga walaupun nyawa dalam bahaya dan maruah tercalar daripada orang 1, 2, 3 (5) Sebab ianya KRT dan kerja nya bercinta dan menggoda secara halal, konflik pun semua berulang ulang, seorang dengki, seorang salah faham, pujuk memujuk, dan ulang. Lepas tu happy ending lah.
Let me first go through the goods of this story.
Despite how I don't really like this book and I think this book should just be a 200pg book instead of 400pg, I still think this is quite an okay story lah, not the worse I've read, but if you love dramatic stories and clichés, you might enjoy this.
I honestly like books that touches on Islamic teachings, and this book gave out A LOT, LOT of it, it's nice at certain point, but for this one, I genuinely think a lot of it feels so unnecessary and sometimes even pretentious, doesn't blend well with the story, and straight up draggy to read. Maybe I like dakwah dalam fiction that are subtle, lancar, dan berkesan dalam penceritaan, but again, if you don't mind constant dakwah / preaches that might not really blend with the scene in fiction, you might like this because some of it is kinda helpful for Muslim women, general lifestyle, and islamic marriage.
In all seriousness, I kinda dislike majority of the characters apart from opah and Alya. Scenes with opah actually did warm my heart, and Alya's concern for Ira was nice to read, tapi sayang, their scenes and dialogues tersangat lah sedikit and at some part rasa macam plot convenience sedikit. Wish there are more meaningful and assurance conversations / bond shown between these characters because they literally are the only ones that FULLY believe in Ira, tapi itu lah, semua benda in a passing sahaja, yang banyak nya ayat-ayat dakwah, scenes orang bercinta, dan cerita tentang tourism Korea. It's a bit frustrating bila what matters wasn't shown, and the author seems to forget that this is a STORY BOOK, walaupun ada watak utama, yang sampingan pun sama penting, dan bukan yang antagonis sahaja juga.
So now I'll start to rant. Just a warning that I will mention about Islamic teachings a lot, because this book tried to do the same dari depan hingga belakang, so I will do the same and point things that bothers me and what I feel patut disuarakan dan bercanggah dengan ajaran agama.
1. First of all lah, if nak berdakwah dalam cerita, dah alang-alang you nak letak semua, it would be so much better to balance it out, bukan hanya isteri buat ini itu, anak perempuan buat ini itu — tapi untuk lelaki, role of a husband, ciri-ciri suami yang jahat tu, letak sekali lah hadith dan kesilapan mereka berdasarkan islam, sebab untuk cerita ni, yang salah nya banyak ke si suami, tapi dirasakan yang he ALWAYS gets a passing sebab tak ada lansung cerita tentang kekasaran seorang suami, dia mintak maaf tiba-tiba semua okay. Faham ni first person POV, tapi kalau you husnuzon sebab dia suami, dan you guna kad 'saya isteri solehah kena taat suami / mentua', you're literally enabling their behaviour. Islam tak larang Isteri / wanita untuk berfikir apa yang salah, kalau salah, salah lah ia. The same with kekasaran madu dan mentua jugak, tak ada nya mereka tak bersalah 'oh mereka tak buat salah pun sebab mereka hanya salah faham', COME ON LAH, MEREKA FITNAH YOU, CAUSES AN EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, BULI, MENYAKITKAN. Mention sekali lah hadith tentang hubungan keluarga dalam cerita yang sebenar, ya betul memang islam ajar baik dengan mentua, tapi jangan lah sekadar nak highlight DOSA-DOSA SEORANG ISTERI / MENANTU KALAU GO AGAINST THEIR FAMILY walaupun THEY HAVE THE RIGHTS TO STAND ON THEIR FEET DALAM ISLAM. Mana muslim women empowerment dalam ni?
2.Adam as a character annoyed me entirely.
• Yes, he likes a minor that's like a decade younger than her, and that's could be the entire reason. It's not even an assumption because it was mentioned that she's 17 when she left, and mind you this guy ada tunang (and he didn't even try to love walaupun dia yang lamar), and she's a minor, and he was 27. Frontal lobe budak tu pun belum fully developed kot. And in correlation to that, even throughout the story pun he easily manipulated her to get what he want because she's still young. There's him simply dismissing Ira's feelings, and gaslight her by using their mother's punya health condition? Apa benda bah? He never try to put himself in her shoes. Galak nak marah orang ja, lepas tu pergi love-bomb, tiba settle masalah dia.
• Even when it was revealed that Adam is married, no further explanation from him, and semua orang terima ja bulat bulat, reda. Likewise, sikda lansung bincang tentang arrangements bermadu. Tapi awal cerita seringakali mentioned 'buat cara betul ikut Islam', tapi semua dibuatkan tergantung, because somehow he didn't 'ikut cara islam' bila dengan Azura. Faham cerita ni nak highlight kena jaga ikhtilat sebelum nikah, tapi sikkan sigek benda pun sik cakap dan bincang dengan bakal suami, no highlights on marriage discussion, no taaruf, nothing, suami cakap A, you kena cakap A juga, you have no say in the marriage ke macam mana? Dan yang lucu nya, the MCs were adopted siblings, they live in the same house for quite some time, ni tiba muncul nak jaga ikhtilat segala when it's IMPORTANT untuk bincang tentang hubungan suami isteri sebelum kahwin.
• Some part of this story agak bercanggah dengan islam, lagi lagi dalam hal how you act dan tengok para wanita.
(a) Through Adam sahaja, dia seringkali merendahkan wanita / isteri, because every wrong thing Adam did get a passing, sikda mention berdosa fitnah isteri merendah isteri. He thinks wrongly of her sampai merendahkah dan fitnah isteri DEPAN ORANG LAIN on 3 different instances, and in this story, their arguments memang became a big deal, tapi berulang, because he never learn from mistake and tiap kali tak berubah ikut emosi dia sahaja, isteri nak penjelas pun dia ikut kepala dia, tapi bila dah jadi tahap buruk dah menyakitkan, dia love-bomb, semua settle.
(b) And then he went around comparing his wife to other wifes out there, by saying 'wanita terdedah dah tak ada istimewa buat suami mereka', ya Allah, Islam larang ya buat comparison macam tu, banding isteri you dengan isteri orang lain, pandang buruk dekat wanita lain, nak buat peringatan tak payah mengata orang, kalau nak puji isteri, puji ja lah dan jangan banding dan merendahkan wanita Islam lain.
(c) The purdah conversation could just be an encouraging one, just showing how happy he is for her and maybe how she's doing it for him and for God, tapi instead dia buat 'perempuan menunjuk-nunjuk dan mencari perhatian bila berpurdah' commentary, and the 'kulit awak putih sangat, lelaki lain suka pandang elok pakai purdah' — lah kalau tak putih tu buruk sangat ke, dahtu tak payah pakai purdah, lelaki benci pandang? I'm sorry but the physical commentary in the story makes me angry. Bila Adam cakap Ira 'gemuk' and other insults, eventhough he says 'oh I just wanted to protect you!', tapi that's absolutely bs, because if he really didn't mean it, he won't even think about her like that even once and that wouldn't came out of his mouth. You ada dan pernah fikir tentang benda tu, sebab tu you tutur benda tu.
(d) In fact, through his acts takda mention pun kalau dalam poligami dan you menyakitkan hati isteri itu berdosa. Ni pergi paksa orang untuk kahwin walaupun bukan betrayal kecik pun dia buat, dia pergi kahwin dengan orang lain dulu tau. And the way how he's being secretive he is and REFUSES to tell Ira what's going on with his isteri pertama doesn't make any sense, even after he explained it. Ira is still your wife and she deserves to know things, nak jaga aib apa, ni buat sakit hati isteri sahaja, and they're hiding an entire 'human being' kot, bukan benda kecik tu. Dahtu bila baby Azura keluar, budak tu besar, dan tak berbin kan Adam, macam mana you nak sorok? Sikit-sikit 'nanti awak akan faham, bukan masa sekarang', cepat lambat rahsia tetap terbongkar lah.
(e) Mesti Isteri sahaja minta izin jelaskan semua benda dengan suami, tapi suami takpa. Again 3 different instances yang dia merendahkan dan buat buruk dekat isteri tu, Ira minta izin nak kerja ya, dah two of it dia dengan colleague lelaki dia memang ada dengan orang lain, tapi dia mana ada nak dengar, terus nak cakap maruah seorang isteri. And the last one dia contact suami dia ya minta izin keluar dengan pekerja syarikat dalam situasi professional, tapi suami dia buat as if dia tak cakap lansung, dan dia marah sebab Ira tak cakap lelaki tu siapa in advance. Mind you, at the end of this book dia pun 2x5 tak closure lansung yang bekas tunang dia kerja sekali dengan dia, siap bermesej lagi, berjumpa lagi, biarpun masing² dah apa pasangan, tapi kenapa kalau isteri sendiri wajib dikasari, tapi you buat dengan isteri orang, dan you sebagai suami tak perlu cakap jugak lah kalau macam tu? Make it make sense.
3. Considering this story memang tema dia preaching, islamic, dakwah, tapi takda lansung nak highlight berkenaan tabayyun. Excuse for my words, tapi somehow semua karakter buat bodoh ja dengar dan terima satu pihak ikut perasaan tapi tak siasat dan cari kebenaran, hanya Ira ja lah yang banyak tanya itu ini, tapi itu lah dah bertanya pun orang masih merahsiakan. When Azura fitnah Ira, nothing were done, semua tak tanya bukti mana mesej tu, dan dalam phone Ira ada tak dia hantar mesej tu, atau apa benda yang berlaku, lepas tu macam tu ja the fitnah went on, takda clarifications. Bila it comes to Ira, semua terus tanya ADA BUKTI KE TAK, KALAU TAK AKU TAK PERCAYA 100%. It's such a missed opportunity for such a good theme berkenaan tabayyun, tapi itu lah, highlight dia isteri solehah dan keredaan, tabayyun tak payah.
In correlation, their umi's changes in personality tersangat lah abrupt, tiba jadi tipikal mentua dari 'neraka' yang menyakitkan hati dari perbuatan dan kata-kata, sedih sebab before that we never really see the motherly bond of her with Ira. Conversation awal cerita dengan Ira pun sekadar nak paksa budak tu kahwin dengan anak dia, tapi bila dah kahwin dicela nya pulak. Nak menangkan orang mengandung pun logik lah sikit, you went through pregnancy dua kali tau, tak mati kandungan kalau cium bau sayur buat loya. Dan kalau mengandung memang hati suci je ka? Tak boleh siasat dan tanya benda betul takut ibu nanti terkejut sampai keguguran? Tak faham lah saya. Mind you, umi's character was written initially as someone yang warak, banyak ikut majlis ilmu, tapi she herself couldn't differentiate the right vs wrong, what's up with that?
5. Label 'muslimah sejati' in this story agak terlampau berlebihan dalam cerita ni, I don't want to feel this way and accusing things, tapi sometimes rasa tahap riak dan ujub pula. Komen-komen 'cantik pakai tudung labuh' / 'muslimah sejati' dan sewaktu dengan nya feels so odd sebab terlampau banyak sangat disebut. And the constant mention of 'saya harini pakai tudung labuh bidang 60' feels unnecessary. Wanted to clear up, tapi saya juga pengguna bidang 60 jugak dan khimar, tak pernah lagi terfikir 'oh tiap hari saya pakai bidang 60', like, for us wearers, it's just a piece of clothing menutup kepala yang give me extra security, tak pernah rasa bagus pakai tudung lebar sikit daripada orang lain. Ia macam, you view lelaki sekadar simpan janggut = 100% muslim sejati. Then there's everything being mentioned about her being 'tertutup', feels absolutely pretentious, and it's so obvious bila she mentioned in her monologue tentang 'imej muslimah' dia. Is that all you think about yourself kah? I wished the muslimah aspect is being toned down and and the character is shown as more humble.
6. I wished more were shown of bond and dynamics between characters, because istg, she has many friends and even Alya, her adoptive sister, tapi there's barely any deep conversations with them. Not showcase of familial relationship between the family, even in conversation pun semua hal isu semasa kalau tak tentang agama. The issue here is the lack of personalities and chemistries of one character to another. For example, (a) sibling relation between Alya dengan abang nya barely exists, and her personality were only told not shown, dia baik dia pemulut, tapi tak tunjuk sangat pun perkara tu. (b) The chemistry between the MCs pun tak terasa sangat sebab all they do 24/7 is pujuk memujuk, rayu merayu, goda menggoda, lepas tu marah. I want to see more of genuity, the chemistry, them talking about what actually matters. Sebab bila isu erupted pun, their apologies rasa surface ja, dismissing things, and love bombs.
7. Ke-Korea-an cerita dan ciri Koreaboo dalam ni amat mengganggu ya. As a former 10 year old Kpop idol fam and able to speak and understand Korean myself, saya sendiri pening dengan cerita ni. The usages of Korean sentences / dialogue / conversation being thrown in terlampau kerap, dan translation dalam BM yang tersangat lah direct, terasa sangat mengganggu bila membaca. Faham ja Ira baru habis study dekat Korea, tapi ni cerita Melayu, watak Melayu, boleh ja tulis yang conversation tu dalam Korea, dan proceed ja tulis dialog dalam BM. And I don't really understand her attachment with Korea? Orang lain pun study dekat tempat lain, takda lah sampai obses dan rindu tak berpenghujung dengan negara orang. Dan come on, she literally just came back from Korea, bukan bertahun tak balik, tapi honeymoon pun pergi Korea, excited sangat nya macam first time. And the entire honeymoon arc is quite boring sebab tiba jadi macam dokumentari tourism Korea memperkenalkan semua itu ini bagusnya itu ini dekat Korea. And I found it absurd how everyone in Korea pergi puji Adam 'jalsaengyeosseo' 20x walaupun strangers. People mind their own business, kalau sekali takpa lah, ni ramai ramai puji nak highlight apa ya?
There are other things that still bother me too, but I'll put a stop here. Overall, I'm aware that this story was written by the author when she was 17/18, and I kinda get why this book reads in 'that way' and have that 'childish' kind of vibe with all of the constant judgment and penyampaian dakwah dalam cerita fiksyen romantik.
I'll straight up say that this book clearly isn't my cup of tea, with how things was executed, but if you're looking for an okay Islamic love story and things above wouldn't bother you as much, go try out this book, as it's fine.
May 22, 2019
Syafira Arrisa menjadi anak angkat keluarga Adam Hariz.Namun satu peristiwa membuatkan dia membawa diri ke Korea.Apabila dia kembali lamaran daripada Adam membuatkan dia serba salah namun diterima jua kerana Adam adalah lelaki yang dia cintai.
Kebahagiaan nyata buka seperti yang diharapkan ,,seminggu sebelum majlis perkahwinan mereka Adam memilih bernikah dengan Azura,ketika itu semua yang Syafira impikan hancur musnah. Tekad Adam yang masih mahu melangsungkan perkahwinan membawa duka buat syafira
dia dibenci ibu angkat merangkap ibu mertua,dia terpaksa berdepan dengan madu yang ingin menyingkirkannya,ditambah lagi cemburu adam terhadap lelaki yang berada di sekelilingnya.
ketika dia sudah mula menerima takdir perkahwinannya,dia dihalau oleh Adam...hanya kerana salah faham.Dia membawa diri bersama benih cinta yang baru menjadi,,,bagaimana Adam terpaksa memujuk dan mencari...
best novel ni...korang patut baca
Kebahagiaan nyata buka seperti yang diharapkan ,,seminggu sebelum majlis perkahwinan mereka Adam memilih bernikah dengan Azura,ketika itu semua yang Syafira impikan hancur musnah. Tekad Adam yang masih mahu melangsungkan perkahwinan membawa duka buat syafira
dia dibenci ibu angkat merangkap ibu mertua,dia terpaksa berdepan dengan madu yang ingin menyingkirkannya,ditambah lagi cemburu adam terhadap lelaki yang berada di sekelilingnya.
ketika dia sudah mula menerima takdir perkahwinannya,dia dihalau oleh Adam...hanya kerana salah faham.Dia membawa diri bersama benih cinta yang baru menjadi,,,bagaimana Adam terpaksa memujuk dan mencari...
best novel ni...korang patut baca
March 21, 2020
Saspen nak tahu misteri Adam kahwin dengan Azura. Saya pasrah Azura dalam ni jahat. Tapi saya tak jahat tau.
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