Bilangan Fu

Finally, a new book by Ayu Utami is out. As a fan of her previous works (Saman & Larung). I couldn't be any more excited than this. I bought the book "Bilangan Fu" in Toga Mas and finished it in less than one day. Surely it was engaging but reading "Bilangan Fu " is more like reading Dewi "Dee" Lestari than reading Ayu Utami. I guess, "Bilangan Fu" is a bit more "pop" than Saman or Larung and it concentrate more on youthful self-fulfilling ambitions. Not only that, Ayu Utami put less politics and more spiritualism in this book. Another hint is, the book criticize propaganda monotheism and give support to Easter beliefs. No wonder it sounds like Akar by Dewi Lestari.
Well the point is, I like Saman & Larung much better than this new book. Saman is so much thinnerbut for me it contains a world many times bigger than the one contained in Bilangan Fu. However, still worth reading.