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A review by adindasr26
People from Bloomington by Budi Darma
3.0
I'm not very fond of stories that have no continuation that's why I rate it 3 stars.
The stories will haunt you...in an uncomfortable way, and while reading I could see how different cultures could affect someone's life.
The narrator in this story is very "kepo" is how Indonesian called curiosity on other people's lives, and the way bloomingtonian lives a very uncaring, solitary, "mind your own business" life is very sad. Very different from Indonesia, where we have a strong community sense and people always want to help their neighbours.
Anyways, what I'm saying is, the narrator could have such entitlement to themself and the way the bloomingtonian lives really makes it hard to make a connection.
The stories will haunt you...in an uncomfortable way, and while reading I could see how different cultures could affect someone's life.
The narrator in this story is very "kepo" is how Indonesian called curiosity on other people's lives, and the way bloomingtonian lives a very uncaring, solitary, "mind your own business" life is very sad. Very different from Indonesia, where we have a strong community sense and people always want to help their neighbours.
Anyways, what I'm saying is, the narrator could have such entitlement to themself and the way the bloomingtonian lives really makes it hard to make a connection.