BOOK REVIEW
PUBLISHED: 2019
BY: PAUL KALANITHI
“At those critical junctures, the
question is not simply whether to live
or die, but what kind of life is worth living,”
– this is one of the most impactful
quote we could highlighted from this
book.
Disclosing the blue cover of the
book entitled ‘When Breath Becomes
Air’, Paul Kalanithi shared every moments
of his life before he became a
neurosurgeon, he succeed but in the
middle of his journey- he was diagnosed
for having an inoperable lungcancer.
As he might not have much time to
live, Paul welcomes the reader to explore
his journey as a respectable neurosurgeron
during the day and a patient
who undergoes therapy on the next day.
This is not a usual medical book,
as Paul Kalanithi entrusts love, friendship,
slice of life and motivational connotations
lies behind the blue cover
reading material.
This book depicts the life of a
woman who went through a hardship
after she was sexually assaulted by her
brother since she was a child. However,
it stops when she meet a man named
Stuart.
Dawn, who was a high school
student went eloped with the man that
he thought loved her to the bottom of
his heart – yet less that she knew her
life felt into a glitch when the man was
only using her for his own satisfaction
and living.
This story tells whatever happened
to us, never gives up and everyone
make mistakes and every person must
have their own dark pasts. However,
don’t be too caught with what we did at
the past and strives to be the better person
than we are today. Dawn had a terrible
past, but she eventually managed
to change her life and learned from her
mistakes.
PUBLISHED: 2017
BY: DAWN MCCONNELL
SASARAN EDISI 82 151
PUBLISHED: 2019
BY: MIZI WAHID
“Every day that you wake up in the
morning, it’s a sign – the best is yet to
come,” Ustaz Mizi Wahid. As the title
suggests, this book is about the art of
surrendering, the art of letting go and
the art of letting God.
It gives an insight for the readers
to understand the events that happen in
our lives but most importantly, it helps
the readers to understand that everything
that you wish for will definitely
happen according to your timeline, at
the most perfect of time. This book also
talks about the importance to acknowledge
our feelings and letting ourselves
feel those feelings, be it grief, or sadness.
It is the epitome of the saying that
tells us that everything happens for a
reason.
Filled with the utmost soothing of
words, this book is generally for everyone
(even those with different beliefs)
but mainly, this book is for the broken
hearted and those who are on the verge
of giving up.