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Rido Arbain

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Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Young Adult

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Rido is a writer, not a sweet talker.

He published his debut novel FLIP-FLOP (Elex Media Komputindo, 2015), a duet novel with Ratna Rara.

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Average rating: 3.53 · 95 ratings · 39 reviews · 6 distinct works

	Flip-Flop by Rido Arbain (Goodreads Author), Ratna Rara 3.41 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cerita Gokil Anti-Mainstream di Sekolah by Rido Arbain (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Sari Widiarti (Contributor), Flazia (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	@SeketikaGalau by Ferdinand Rama, Rido Arbain (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Dui Leonita (Contributor) 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Banyak Nama Untuk Satu Cinta by Haya Nufus (Goodreads Author), Deasy Maria (Goodreads Author), Ayu Welirang (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ekspedisi Mencari Cewek Idaman 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kepala Dua 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Rido Arbain liked Ms.TDA's review of Na Willa: "Sebagai yang sudah menonton film dan sekarang selesai dengan bukunya, perasaan “hangat” itu datang kembali dibawakan oleh sosok anak kecil bernama “Na Willa”.🥰 Jujur agak sedikit kaget liat sosok Mak yg lumayan nerapin gaya VOC ke Willa 😳 but well, it" Read more of this review »
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Rido Arbain rated a book liked it Fasisme dan Buku by Joss Wibisono	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
“Rezim kanan tangan besi Indonesia memang tidak perlu membakar buku, cukup mengganti ejaan, karena dampaknya sama: generasi muda tidak berniat lagi membaca buku zaman dulu karena ditulis dalam ejaan lain. Dengan membakar buku, maka bukan saja buku it ...more
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Rido Arbain rated a book liked it Hanya Kamu yang Tahu Berapa Lama Lagi Aku Harus Menunggu by Norman Erikson Pasaribu	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Sebagian besar isi cerpen sangat sulit dicerna oleh otak mungilku; entah karena topik ceritanya yang repetitif, gaya berceritanya yang hampir selalu sama—menggunakan sudut pandang orang kedua, atau memang karena latar belakang tokohnya yang serba abu ...more
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Rido Arbain rated a book really liked it The Art of Loving: Memaknai Hakikat Cinta by Erich Fromm	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Erich Fromm memulai buku ini dengan pertanyaan sederhana: “Apakah cinta adalah seni?” Meskipun pertanyaan di atas sudah ia ajukan sejak 1956, saat karya klasik ini pertama kali terbit, akan tetapi jawaban dari pertanyaan itu mungkin akan selalu relev ...more
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Rido Arbain and 2 other people liked raafi's review of Kuda Terbang Maria Pinto: "Setelah getol membaca kumpulan karya nonfiksinya di beberapa buku, baru kali ini saya mencicipi karya fiksi pendek Linda Christanty. Begitu penuh dengan unsur historis dan terasa amat deskriptif. Pada beberapa cerpen saya kesulitan dan bahkan ketidur" Read more of this review »
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Rido Arbain rated a book really liked it Olenka by Budi Darma	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Awalnya, Fanton Drummond tak sengaja bertemu Olenka saat menaiki lift di apartemen Tulip Tree. Namun, sejak membaca cerpen karangan Wayne Danton berjudul “Olenka” yang dimuat dalam antologi tahunan Cerita Pendek Hadiah O. Henry, rasa penasaran Fanton ...more
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Rido Arbain and 3 other people liked Faiz • فائز's review of Bekisar Merah: "Mengenali kesusasteraan Indonesia lewat Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk—saya mulai mengagumi Ahmad Tohari sebagai salah seorang pengarang Indonesia yang mempunyai sentuhan istimewa, tatkala menggambarkan kebudayaan Jawa dan segala perkara yang terangkum di dala" Read more of this review »
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“Panggil aku Kartini saja—itulah namaku,” tulis Kartini dalam suratnya kepada sahabat penanya, Estelle Zeehandelaar, pada 25 Mei 1899. Pernyataan itu tidak muncul begitu saja, sebab itu adalah manifestasi dari penolakan Kartini atas feodalisme Pribum ...more
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“Terima kasih juga sudah mengajariku bahwa jatuh cinta adalah menjadi diri sendiri.”
― Rido Arbain, Flip-Flop

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“Ada yang pernah bilang, cowok itu selingkuh dengan mata, sedangkan cewek selingkuh dengan hati. Itu kenapa cowok yang selingkuh biasanya kembali, tapi cewek yang selingkuh akhirnya benar-benar pergi.”
― Rido Arbain, Flip-Flop

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“Kalau ingin membuat luluh hati cewek, cowok harus pasang badan paling depan. Jangan takut ditolak, patah hati itu urusan belakangan.”
― Rido Arbain, Flip-Flop

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“Tak ada yang lebih menyakitkan dari kepedihan yang tak bisa ditangiskan.”
― Dewi Lestari

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“There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I haven’t kept long enough.”
― Irwin Shaw

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“You should write a book," Ron told Hermione as he cut up his potatoes, "translating mad things girls do so boys can understand them.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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“If you don't like someone's story, write your own.”
― Chinua Achebe

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“There's difference between being dead and dying. We're all dying. Some of us die for ninety years, and some of us die for nineteen. But each morning everyone on this planet wakes up one day closer to their death. Everyone. So living and dying are actually different words for the same thing, if you think about it.”
― Robyn Schneider, Extraordinary Means