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chyneyee's review
2.0
'Kuasa Melayu' supposingly is the story's central theme, but it is not heavily associated with the story. They believe in 'Kuasa Melayu', but few actual movements have been done to support their belief. Unless randomly berating at other races and bashing the immigrants is considered an action or "making a statement". The story is about two teenagers expressing their anger and hatred against other races, or two teenagers lost their direction in life. 'Kuasa Melayu' seems is just a borrowed term to attract readers.
I felt the structure of the story is more concerning than the story itself. The story's flow is difficult for me to follow as it seems jumpy and all over the places. One state of the story tells how the gang was disturbed with the couple kissing at the park. The story then moves away from that state with Asrul recalling how he was approached by Malik after the trauma incident. After the recall, the story returns to the current state, Malik's plan of what to do with the couple intimating at the park.
To be honest, I felt the writing style is mediocre and more suitable for young adults. However, I would like to give credits for the author's effort and ability to write an English novel although English is not the first language in his origin country. I think the story plot is interesting but too bad, the writing is not strong enough to support such an extraordinary idea. I wonder whether it will be a great book if he tells the story in his own language and gets translated into an English version. There were too many irrelevant details which I have to skim through. The amount of information on every human's appearance from top to bottom is too much for me. However, I have no doubt of the author's ability in background settings due to his extensive writing travelogues experience. The sceneries are brilliantly transformed into words.
Book Review: Nazi Goreng: Young-Malay-Fanatic-Skinheads by Marco Ferrarese.
I felt the structure of the story is more concerning than the story itself. The story's flow is difficult for me to follow as it seems jumpy and all over the places. One state of the story tells how the gang was disturbed with the couple kissing at the park. The story then moves away from that state with Asrul recalling how he was approached by Malik after the trauma incident. After the recall, the story returns to the current state, Malik's plan of what to do with the couple intimating at the park.
To be honest, I felt the writing style is mediocre and more suitable for young adults. However, I would like to give credits for the author's effort and ability to write an English novel although English is not the first language in his origin country. I think the story plot is interesting but too bad, the writing is not strong enough to support such an extraordinary idea. I wonder whether it will be a great book if he tells the story in his own language and gets translated into an English version. There were too many irrelevant details which I have to skim through. The amount of information on every human's appearance from top to bottom is too much for me. However, I have no doubt of the author's ability in background settings due to his extensive writing travelogues experience. The sceneries are brilliantly transformed into words.
Book Review: Nazi Goreng: Young-Malay-Fanatic-Skinheads by Marco Ferrarese.
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