Jabbar Muqrish by Dian Aleesya

Jabbar Muqrish by Dian Aleesya
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Jabbar Muqrish is the first novel by Dian Aleesya yang I baca and not a bad story.

Jabbar Muqrish menceritakan kisah cinta di antara Jabbar Muqrish (Jabbar) dan Wan Aisya (Aisya).

It started off with Aisya, secara tidak sengaja, ternampak suaminya berpimpin tangan bersama seorang perempuan semasa dia dan anaknya makan di sebuah restoran. Kebetulan, Jabbar berada di restoran yang sama dan apparently terlalu concern dengan keadaan Aisya dan anaknya pada ketika itu. His past of being cheated on made him felt that he knew what Aisya must be feeling semasa kejadian tu. So I guess he felt "attracted" to her since then, sampaikan he remembered her when he saw her selepas tu.

I suka pada watak Jabbar yang insistent. His characteristic reminded me of most male characters in western novel. Outspoken and tak peduli dengan pandangan orang lain... but I love the fact that he's a family-oriented man, a trait I found very attractive in a guy.

Watak Aisya really bothers me. I guess author nak show her as a strong character, but she came off somewhat arrogant and proud. I don't like her cold attitude towards Jabbar from the beginning. I understand if she acted like that after Jabbar nampak dah sangat-sangat memaksa. Author terlalu menekankan her bad attitude sampai I rasa menyampah. I don't know, her character just came off wrong to me. I don't know...

So it's an instant attraction in Jabbar's part and instant rejection on Aisya's part. I like the build up of their story, but not really with the relationship. Aisya's coldness tu I rasa terlalu ditekankan. I really don't see why Jabbar feels attracted to her. Just because he shares her situation of being cheated on? Keperibadian Aisya pun should be tak nampak sangat sebab whenever Jabbar was around, she's as cold as fish. Entah tang mana Jabbar suka tu. I know Aisya is a good wife and a nice lady, tapi my point is that, he didn't really see the "real" her, kan? I don't know... love really is blind, I guess...

I love the interaction between Jabbar with his family and friends. Really love it when a male character look up to his mother.

Writing style was really good. I love the quotes at the end of every chapter yang berkaitan dengan penceritaan setiap bab. Seriously loved that! Bahasa Inggeris yang superb, though, ada one or two times I noticed grammatical errors. Carutan watak lelaki tu, I guess not all are well-placed... macam ada yang tak kena in some dialogues... maybe overuse of the same word like "Damn" or maybe in Malay novel, tak banyak "clean" English word to be used. Can't use Sh*t, can we? Oh... well...

I decided to buy this novel after a seller told me there are 3 connected stories by the same author. I love that! So I beli with that in mind, so I know cliffhanger cite Noah tu akan disambung. Though, I would want to know what's the "apa saja" yang Jabbar nak when Aisya janji akan buat apa saja if Jabbar kawal marah dia bila berdepan dengan Noah and Jihan. LOL

Not a bad start, so I guess 4 stars for the book. Minus 1 sebab perwatakan Aisya (pre-wed).


Sinopsis

Bila si mulut manis, Jabbar Muqrish bertemu dengan si degil,
Wan Aisya... Mampukah gandingan sebegitu
menjadi harmoni bak irama dan lagu?

TIDAK!

Walau bermacm cara sekalipun yang Jabbar lakukan, pendirian Aisya tetap sama.
Hati dan perasaannya telah dinoktahkan setelah Iqbal mengkhianatinya.


"Saya tak nak dikecewakan lagi, Encik Jabbar. dan saya dah noktahkan segala-galanya...
termasuklah hati dan perasaan saya."
- Wan Aisya

Namun Aisya terluapa dia berdepan dengan Jbbar Muqrish, lelaki yang tak pernah kenal erti putus asa. Tolaklah berkali-kali, lelaki itu tetap juga dengan pendiriannya. Kerana Jabbar yakin, dia mampu melembutkan hati Aisya dengan apa jua cara.

"She doen't love me like I do, But i won't give up.
She will be mine, ummi"
- Jabbar Muqrish

Bernarkah si tampan yang mengaku tak akan meyerah kalah itu mampu melembutkan hati Aisya yang keras dan degil itu?

" I rasa, you pun dah kenal I macam mana. Selagi I tak dapat apa yang I nak, I gigih untuk dapatkannya. Tak kiralah dengan paksa atau tidak
- Jabbar Muqrish

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