[2023 ~ Book 3] Eternity's Wheels - Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves, Mallory Reaves

 

Judul: Eternity's Wheel  

Penulis: Neil Gaiman, Michael Reaves, & Mallory Reaves

Cetakan pertama, 2016

Diterbitkan oleh HarperCollins Children's Books

Jumlah halaman: 288 hlm; 20 cm

ISBN: 978-0-00-752348-1

Genre: Fiction, Novel, Fantasy, Young Adult, Science Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Time Travel, Adventure, Middle Grade, War 

Status: Beli di Big Bad Wolf Tokped 

JOEY HARKER IS A LEADER.

With peacekeeping agency, InterWorld, trapped by HEX enemies, Joey is the only one left. But he refuses to give up. How can he, when all the worlds are depending on him to keep the peace between the rival forces of magic and science?

As the threat of FrostNight - the ultimate battle - looms ever closer, Joey seeks out more of his fellow Walkers across the Altiverse, training them as fast as he can. Joey never wanted to be in charge. But now he's the one that everyone is looking to, and he'll have to step up if he has any hope of saving InterWorld, the Multiverse, and everything in between... 

Halo, Kakak Ilman dan Zi...

Aku senang bisa ketemu Joey Harker lagi walau dia tidak dalam keadaan sehat wal afiat di pembuka buku ketiga ini. Di Eternity's Wheel ini dia pada akhirnya kembali ke Bumi tempat dia tinggal, tapi dia nggak bisa pulang ke rumahnya, karena keadaannya sangat tidak baik dan dia juga nggak mau keliatan lagi ada dalam keadaan sepayah itu di hadapan kedua orang tuanya. Iga patah, luka bakar di mana-mana... Nggak ada orang tua yang sanggup lihat anak kayak begini. Jadinya dia masuk ke rumah Mr. Dimas, salah satu gurunya yang percaya tentang adanya Altiverse ini.

Selama beberapa hari Joey dirawat di rumah Mr. Dimas sampai dia pulih. Tapi belum juga pulih banget, Joey memutuskan pergi dari rumah Mr. Dimas dan mulai mencari another version of him juga Walking. Alasan lain dia nggak bisa berlama-lama di rumah Mr. Dimas karena nggak aman bagi Mr. Dimas kalo orang-orang HEX dan Binary tahu keberadaan Joey. Mereka nggak akan segan-segan menghancurkan orang-orang penting dalam hidup Joey Harker. 

Another version of Joseph Parker yang pertama kali ditemukannya adalah Josephine. Ya tentu saja, Josephine nggak percaya sama Joey pas mereka ketemu pertama kalinya. Tapi akhirnya memang Josephine-lah yang bantu Joey sampai akhir. Dia juga bantu rekrut Joey-Joey lain dari berbagai versi Bumi. 

Yang bikin tenang lagi menyaksikan petualangan menegangkan Joey melawan HEX dan Binary ini adalah kemunculan kembalinya Hue. Kalo ada Hue, aku tenang banget, meski yah, lagi-lagi Joey tertangkap dan jadi tawanan HEX dan Binary yang ternyata sekongkolan. Mereka sama-sama bikin FrostNight dengan manfaatin ekstrak jiwa J/O yang udah ditawan duluan sama mereka. 

Di mata Joey, J/O udah mati. Tapi sebenernya ga mati, karena oleh HEX dan Binary jiwa J/O dipake untuk FrostNight yang akan melahap Bumi dalam semua versi. 

Dengan kemunculan rekrutan-rekrutan baru untuk membantu Joey, sadar atau nggak, membuat Joey jadi leader karena tinggal dia yang tersisa sebagai senior. Pelan-pelan mereka mengaktifkan lagi InterWorld dan mulai berperang melawan HEX dan Binary. 

Daaan... Acacia is back! Masih hidup! Kali ini bahkan Joey ketemu semua anggota Time Agent termasuk keluarga Acacia. Yah, sama kayak Joey, Acacia nggak baik-baik aja, tapi berangsur pulih, karena dibawa balik ke markas. Dia berhasil ditemukan kakaknya, itu sebabnya kenapa dia ga bisa ditemukan Joey. 

Sisa ceritanya sih ya gitu, deh. Tetep penuh cerita menegangkan yang rasanya bikin urat-urat tegang terus. Kali ini juga tetep dengan lelehan air mata karena ada banyak mengenang mereka yang udah gugur. Rasanya nggak ikhlas pas menyadari mereka nggak akan lagi berjuang dengan Joey. Begitu juga dengan rasa teriris-iris sama sedihnya momen kangen Joey sama mamanya. Satu-satunya benda yang selalu ada sama Joey dan bikin dia merasakan kehadiran mamanya cuma kalung buatan mamanya. Duh, mrebes mili banget pas baca bagian ini... Mamanya juga mungkin udah ikhlas sama kepergian Joey, ya...

Perasaanku gimana ya, sama akhir dari trilogi InterWorld ini... dibilang menggantung nggak, setengah bahagia, tapi kalo boleh berharap, aku ga pengen lagi jadi saksi pertempuran mereka, deh.. walau di akhir buku ini dibilangin mereka akan tetep merekrut Walkers dari dimensi lain dan bersiap melindungi Altiverse dari tangan-tangan pihak yang akan merusak. Aku nggak tega sama penderitaan Joey... Cuma yaaaah... kalo ada lanjutan kisah Joseph Harker, mungkin aku tetep akan baca... karena biar gimanapun, aku akan selalu ada di pihak Joey Harker... Iya, sesayang itu aku sama Joseph Harker. Tapi kalo ada kelanjutannya, bukan trilogi lagi dong ya... 

Eh, aku belum pernah nulis tentang Interworld atau Silver Dream di blog ini, ya? Saking lamanya aku cuekin blog ini! Eh, bahkan di Goodreads aku ga cerita juga ding. Untuk bisa ceritain keduanya, aku harus baca ulang dulu. Najunghe, aku akan ceritain di blog ini biar kalian kebayang. Tapi saranku sih, kalian baca aja, deh! Biar tahu alasan kenapa aku sangat sayang sama Joey Harker... 

Oke, karena aku harus nulis review berikutnya, juga harus terus baca dan nonton dan kerja dan main game, aku sudahi dulu ngoceh di sini. 

Buku ini dibaca untuk memenuhi tantangan baca:

- Goodreads Challenge 

- BBI Joglosemar Babat Timbunan 2023

- Abroad & Beyond Reading Challenge 

- BBBBC Reading Challenge 2023

- Books In English Reading Challenge 2023

Sampai ketemu di posting berikutnya, ya... Love you both, xoxo 💋 

  

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The Never Ending Sad Story

Imagine tales so terrible that as many as fifty million innocents have been ruined by them - tales so indelibly horrid that the New York Times bestseller list has been unable to rid itself of them for seven years. Now imagine if this scourge suddenly became available in a shameful new edition so sensational, so irresistible, so riddled with lurid new pictures that even a common urchin would wish for it. Who among us would be safe?

Begin at the beginning – even if it is a bad one - with the first in A Series of Unfortunate Events, now even more disposable in paperback (from Goodreads)

Title: The Bad Beginnings (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)

Author: Lemony Snicket

Published by: Harper Collins Publishers

176 pages

e-book

first published March, 2009

ISBN: 0061757098

4/5 rating

Halo, Kakak Ilman and Adik Zidan...

Finally, Bunda took the challenge of reading Gothic Books with the BBI. I choosed the thin one and it was recommended by Tante Ally, because she likes it sooo much. She likes the way Lemony Snicket told the story. She loves those characters like Violet Baudelaire and Sunny Baudelaire. And also it is on Bunda’s 2012 list of books to read.

Hmm.. For the first time Bunda put this series into the books to read’s list this year, Bunda don’t think it was about kids. Or even children books. And Bunda was not even trying to search a thing about this book. Just because of the BBI’s challenge choose gothic books and ASUE is one of it, Bunda picked it to read.

And Bunda was surprised then. From the first page, the author has told his reader that this book is not about happiness or even has a happy ending. If you want a book with a happy ending or a happy story, just put it down. Well, he’s a hundred percent right. This is not a kind of book like that. 

Nah, The Bad Beginnings book is about three siblings of Baudelaire: Violet, Klaus, and Sunny. Violet Baudelaire is 14 years old, Klaus Baudelaire is 9 years old, and Sunny Baudelaire is about 2-3 years old. It was the time they played in a beach when they heard a bad news from Mr. Poe, one of their parents’ good friend. Mr. Poe told these children that their house was burnt and their parents were died on the accident. And from that time they have to live with Mr. Poe for some times until they meet their family’s relative.

Count Olaf, their family’s relative, was choosen to take care of the siblings. But Count Olaf isn’t a nice man. He took the charge of taking care the kids because the Baudelaire has a lot of money at the bank – where Mr. Poe worked and they have to wait until Violet is at age to claim the money. Count Olaf forced the kids to serve meal for him, give them uncomfortable bedroom and scary them.

One day, Count Olaf had an idea to marry Violet in a drama. Count Olaf is an actor. So, he asked the kids to play roles with them. Violet as the bride and Count Olaf as the groom. All Violet to do was just saying, “I do.” And Ms. Justice, the girl next door, who worked at a law department, played the role too. She didn’t noticed that Count Olaf had a plan to make Violet his real wife. Not just a drama. Not just an acting. Because, if Violet became Count Olaf's legally real wife, he will took the charge of the Baudelaire's own. Doh!

My reviews about this book:

Remembering Sunny, makes Bunda remembers Adek Zidan. Huhu.. Bunda don’t want both of you to be orphant yet. Well, you know, Bunda’s mother, who delivered Bunda to the world, has passed away when Bunda was still 6 years old. And Bunda’s younger sister, one of your aunts, was 1,5 years old that time. So, we know how it feels. But lucky us. We’re still have Eyangkung who raised both of us. Though he is married to another woman, Bunda feels very lucky that she is very nice to us. And Eyangti raised both of you too, right? Taking care of both of you when Bunda and Papa was not around.

Ah. Stop bla bla blah. Back to the book. Though those characters made their own story line, it was that the author kept on reminding us that this is not a book with a happy ending. It’s a little bit annoying for Bunda. If he has reminded us from the very first time about that, Bunda think he will keep the promise, right? That this book is not about happiness or has a happy ending?

Over all, this book kept Bunda’s eyes dance with the words. Bunda used to think not to read this book at night, because it’s an unhappy book. Learned from Granny Osano, we shouldn’t talk about unhappy things in the night, so Bunda chose to read it when the sun is still shining.

There was the time when PLN treat Bunda and friends some black out in the office, Bunda chose to finish reading this book. And yes, Bunda could not stop reading it till the last page. The story made Bunda breathless. And Bunda loves the characters. Bunda loves Violet, Klaus, and Sunny. Bunda loves them a lot. Bunda loves the way they played their role.

Violet is a very smart girl and think so fast. Klaus is also smart, even the little Sunny. I love them. I love how they survive and think fast in a short time how to solve their problems. Bunda thanked the author to create them smart :D

Children books should tell happy story. Not unhappy story. But maybe, the author has his own reason to write this gloomy book and categorized it on Children Books’ shelf. Sometimes, gloomy books successfully made Bunda don’t want to pick it up anymore. But, Bunda wants to know what’s next on Violet, Klaus, and Sunny’s life.

So, will Bunda read the next book? I think so. But not now. Bunda needs happy ending story. Haha.

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