Example of a short review text in Indonesian

Review text is a review or summary from book or something else for newspaper or publishing. The structure of the review text consists of: orientation, interpretation, evaluation, and summary.

• Orientation contains an overview of the work literature that will be reviewed, for example name, use, and so on.
• Interpretation contains the author's view of the work reviewed. In this section, the author usually compares the work with similar works. The author also assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the work reviewed.
• Evaluation contains the results of evaluations that have been carried out on the work, appearance, production, and a detailed description of a literary work reviewed.
• Summary This is the author's final review which generally contains a conclusion from the work being reviewed.

Here is an example of a short review text:

The dreamer*

Title: The Dreamer

Author: Andrea Hirata

Book Type: Fiction

Publisher: Bentang

Issue I: July 2006

Thickness: X + 292 pages

The Dreamer is the second novel in the Laskar Pelangi tetralogy by Andrea Hirata. This novel tells the story of the author's life journey which is entangled in poverty on Belitung Island. He describes himself as Ikal and together with two of his friends, namely Arai and Jimbron, Ikal has a dream to continue his education to France and explore Europe to the Africa.

In the first chapter of this novel, Andrea tells that she – who is described as Ikal – and her two friends are three naughty teenagers. Their mischief is hated by Pak Mustar, a Deputy Principal of the Non-Main High School where they attend school. However, the principal, Mr. Balia, often gives motivation and dreams to the three teenagers to continue their studies abroad. In the following chapters, the reader is presented with pieces of the story that stand alone but still have a very close relationship.

Novels presented with language This beauty is able to bewitch the reader so that the reader can also feel the happiness, enthusiasm, despair, and sadness. In addition, this book also has jokes that are unusual, intelligent, and are sure to make the reader laugh. By reading this book, you will know that Andrea Hirata has an intelligent personality in processing words.word and has a very broad perspective.

Although it is called the second book of the Laskar Pelangi tetralogy, this book has almost nothing to do with the Laskar Pelangi book. However, this does not detract from the core message from this book that teaches about the impossible that can be realized with hard work.

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*Quoted from Bahasa Indonesia Forum for Knowledge for SMP/MTs Class VIII – Ministry of Education and Culture, 2014