Book Review: Eat, Pray, Love

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia

Novel yang berjudul “Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia” ini merupakan pengalaman pribadi Elizabeth Gilbert saat berusia 34 tahun pasca bercerai dari suaminya.

Berhari-hari ia sedih dan kecewa dengan perceraiannya serta kegagalannya membina hubungan baru dengan pria lain, membuat Gilbert mengambil keputusan untuk berkelana ke berbagai negara demi mencari pengalaman spiritual serta harapan menemukan cinta baru.

Tiga negara yang sempat dikunjungi Gilbert ketika itu adalah Italia, dimana ia menghabiskan waktu selama empat bulan di sana, kemudian berlanjut ke India selama empat bulan demi mencari ketenangan spiritual dan berakhir di Indonesia dimana akhirnya ia menemukan cintanya kembali setelah bertahun-tahun tinggal di pulau Bali.


Sejak terbit pada 16 Februari 2006, novel ini telah mendapat review yang bagus dari berbagai media di Amerika. Salah satu yang menyukai isi novel ini adalah Oprah Winfrey yang pernah mempromosikannya lewat dua episodenya. Bahkan Oprah sendiri menyatakan bahwa novel ini seperti “sebuah kitab suci bagi segala permasalahan wanita modern saat ini”. Novel ini sempat bertahan di posisi teratas New York Times Best Seller selama hampir 110 minggu sejak diedarkan.

- Book Review: Eat, Pray, Love

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

The Lost Symbol Review

"The Lost Symbol" by Dan Brown is a sequel to "Da Vinci Code" which was released Tuesday (15/9/2009). This novel tells the conspiracy secret society of Freemasonry in the United States government.

Brown still presents the story of symbols expert Robert Langdon with a quick story and make readers difficult to divert from the page. His novel is also controversial, as usual. This novel uses the U.S. capital, Washington, as the location of the story. Like "Da Vinci Code", Langdon will uncover the secrets Freemanson through architectural traces in Washington. Of course, there are enemies with a strong character, almost like characters in a comic. In the "Da Vinci Code" is a scary albino monk. In "The Lost Symbol" look muscular tattooed man calling himself Mal'akh (in Hebrew means angel). Like Brown's earlier novel, Langdon will be accompanied by a beautiful woman as an adventure. In "The Lost Hollywood", the woman is the brother of Peter Solomon, Katherine Solomon.

Finally, my advice, before reading The Lost Symbol, you should read Brown's previous works. Start with the Angels & Demons or The Da Vinci Code. If you've read one of them (both of them), you will better understand and enjoy The Lost Symbol.

- The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown