A review by paulawind
Wędrówka by Intan Paramaditha

adventurous mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

It’s a choose your own adventure book! How exciting! - was my first thought upon starting reading the novel but as I kept reading (and choosing), my initial excitement slowly died off. This book too closely mimics the life, how each of our choices determines our future, and how there is no going back. I cheated and went back many times, just trying to get better, happier future, just to arrive at the end which was the best I could do - a bittersweet ending where the MC managed to scrap a life for herself instead of hating her life or dying in a grotesque way. I know that what I got is also the best we can hope in life, this is not a fantasy book, but my heart still yearned for main character’s happiness, crazy adventures after making a pact with the devil. In my case the Dearest Iblis only gave her a grant and a year-long visa in the US, leaving her as lost as she was back home.

I read books to escape my reality and to hear other people’s stories and this novel delivered it to a T, someone else’s mundane reality, just with a spicier beginning.