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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 rated a book liked it Korupsi by Pramoedya Ananta Toer	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
Novel ini menyoroti bagaimana godaan kekayaan dan tekanan sosial dapat menjerumuskan seorang pegawai negeri idealis ke dalam jurang korupsi, yang perlahan menghancurkan moral dan integritasnya. Bakir, sang tokoh utama, jelas melakukan korupsi karena ...more
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Bahkan tanpa peduli siapa sosok asli di balik nama Kartosoewirjo pun, sehimpun puisi di buku ini sudah bagus dengan sendirinya; sebab ditulis dengan gelagat kecendekiaan kata-kata. “Kau memang tak akan pernah mengalahkan aku. Akulah yang mengalahkan d ...more
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Rido Arbain and 6 other people liked Seno Guntur Pambudi's review of Majapahit: Intrik, Pengkhianatan, dan Peperangan di Kerajaan Terbesar Indonesia: "Siang itu, Raja Kertanegara memanggil para menterinya, dia duduk di balai kecil di bawah pohon flamboyan yang rindang. Dihadapan menterinya, ia berkata bahwa untuk menangkis invasi masif dari tentara Mongol adalah dengan menguasai Sumatera, secara kh" Read more of this review »
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Rido Arbain and 1 other person liked Alfin Rizal's review of Malice - Catatan Pembunuhan Sang Novelis: "Bayangkan gimana jadinya saat sesuatu yang kaupercaya—dan sudah tertanam dalam benak—sebagai kebenaran itu ternyata palsu. Dan, sebaliknya; yang kauyakini palsu ternyata sebuah kebenaran. Novel ini punya kekuatan deskripsi seajaib itu. Nyaris 90% aku" Read more of this review »
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Rido Arbain and 1 other person liked Sandy's review of Inyik Balang: "Buku yang menyegarkan. Suka sekali dengan banyaknya peribahasa, sajak, yang diselipkan. Walaupun butuh lama untuk mencernanya. Bagian paling saya suka adalah ketika kata terMAKTUB dan terMAKTAB bisa sedekat itu. Sungguh indah sekali." Read more of this review »
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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