Eid adalah hero dalam ini cerita while Najiha adalah heroin. Eid digambarkan lelaki who doesn't really know about sweet talking, hence his sentences are very direct and sarcastic at times. Najiha memang tak sukalah kat Eid tu. Not benci cuma tak suka. Not at the same wave length kata orang tu.
Those yang pernah baca Ikhlas, A.K and suka cerita tu, for sure will like this as well. Same author katakan. I don't really like Bahasa Melayu Singaporean but masih boleh pejamkan mata bab tu disebabkan gaya penceritaan, mixture of English language too and yang penting isi yang ingin disampaikan sangat kena dengan selera saya. Cerita ni sangat sweet tapi ada part yang saya nangis. Agak lama tak nangis bila membaca novel, ingatkan hati dah kering but reading this, made me cry again. Dangggg! Part nangis tu time Najiha lost her father especially masa dia bercakap dengan salah sorang student dia yang nakal, Fattah but isi bicara Fattah sangat matang. Remember my previous entry about death is inevitable tu? That entry pun disebabkan membaca inilah. Something for me to ponder, I suppose.
Antara quotes yang saya suka dalam cerita ni:
- I can probably save you form human beings. But from Allah? I have no authority, Najiha. You have to help yourself. Saya tak boleh tolong awak kalau awak tak nak tolong diri awak sendiri.
- It's not about the amount of time I know that person, it's sincerity that counts. Kan?
- Sebab tu aku berubah, Najiha. Aku sayang sangat keluarga aku. Aku tak nak ayah aku kena seksa semata-mata kerana aku tak jaga aurat aku sedangkan mak dan kakak ipar aku pun pakai tudung. Aku tak nak jadi punca kenapa aku sekeluarga tak dapat bersama di syurga. I know I sound idealistic, because in the first place I'm not even guaranteed a place in jannah. Memang tak semua orang bertudung tu baik. But at least I tried, you know. I'm making an effort to at least, minimize dosa-dosa aku.
- When we meet that person (referring to soulmate. Harus terangkan untuk bagi pemahaman kan? :P), hati kita rasa tenang sangat. And tak terlintas pun dalam benak kita nak buat perkara tak baik kat orang tu. Even the slightest thought of something 'wild'. (wild here termasuk pegang tangan for me. Best kan kalau betul-betul dapat orang macam ni? Once upon a time I knew a guy that fits this. Once upon a time = past = history. Period)
- If you marry me Najiha, I can't guarantee you paradise. But I can ascertain that we'll work together towards it. Cause if you're willing to walk with me, Najiha... I'd more than willing to guide you insyaAllah. (Melting gile!)
So sape mau pinjam? Ekekekeke.
