Perempuan Busana Merah by Ramlee Awang Murshid

Secara jujurnya, struktur penceritaan yang menggunakan reverse chronology rumit dan bercampur baur bagi saya. Dan saya tak berapa minat sebab saya dah terlalu menghayati cerita di awalnya. 😂😂 Macam tu saja saya tertipu dengan tulisan RAM kali ini. Memang lain dari yang lain, namun masih mengekalkan elemen thriller dan misteri yang menjadi identitinya. Tajuk itu sendiri dah berjaya mengaburi mata saya. 

Cuma ada beberapa perkara kecil yang saya rasa terganggu seperti typo dan penggunaan perkataan yang jarang diguna untuk bahasa sehari-hari. Saya rasa RAM sangat berani mengetengahkan tema permainan online memandangkan rata-rata pembaca tegar RAM sebaya dengan saya. Tapi mungkin ini cara dia menarik minat pembaca muda dan saya menghargai usahanya untuk keluar daripada zon selesa. Apa-apa pun saya lebih suka RAM yang konvensional. Maaf. 

Susah saya nak memberi ulasan sebab bahagian yang penting cuma prolog dan epilognya saja. 😂. Yang lain-lain adalah perencah memanjangkan perjalanan naratif, namun tetap berfungsi dalam membina suasana. Mungkin bagi pembaca lain, pendekatan ini terasa segar dan menarik, tetapi bagi saya, saya masih setia kepada gaya RAM yang dulu. What say you? 

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The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Celia Bowen is born with an innate ability and grows up moving through a series of theaters under the watchful eye of her father. He pushes her to earn money as a spiritual medium, despite her dislike, insisting she needs the practice for a greater challenge ahead. It is not a contest of skill but of endurance, one that binds her for nearly thirty years.

Her opponent, Marco Alisdair, is trained in secrecy. Like Celia, he masters manipulation and illusion, yet he must remain hidden. Years of preparation shape his life, but when he finally encounters Celia, certainty gives way to nerves and confusion. Both are groomed for a clandestine game, Celia performing in public while Marco works from the shadows. Everything proceeds according to plan until they begin to fall for one another.

At the center of their rivalry stands a mysterious circus that opens only at night and vanishes by dawn. With its black and white tents and dreamlike atmosphere, the circus travels from place to place, enchanting devoted visitors who long for it once it disappears. Even its performers sense secrets lingering beneath the spectacle.

Chosen as part of the circus, Celia must prove her strength and outshine her rival. Yet over time, she and the other performers begin to feel bound to something that demands sacrifice. The novel is richly magical, with breathtaking world building and lyrical prose. As someone who prefers fast thrillers, I found the pacing slow but pleasantly so. The ending feels simple yet fitting, closing the story with quiet inevitability. 4.5⭐