Misteri Taman Berhantu - Fita Chakra

Title: Seri Misteri Favorit 5: Misteri Taman Berhantu (the mystery of the haunted garden)

Author: Fita Chakra

Illustrator: Indra Bayu

Publisher: Kiddo

Publication: Prints to-1, April 2014

Pages count: 137 pages

Genre: Mystery & Thrillers

ISBN: 978-979-91-0703-9

This book tells about Laras, Sekar, Amel, Qonita, Nathan and Marizio whom have an excursion in the National Park Bantimurung, Bulusaraung, South Sulawesi. One of the tourist attraction there is a museum and breeding butterflies. Everything went smoothly and fun. They were accompanied by Mrs. Fatima, their teachers; also Mr. Rico, a clumsy new teacher. Pak Darma, their 'tour guide' are also friendly, even there also Daeng Tinggi the mysterious one and Mr. Rudi, a hideous ranger. However, a strange feeling came to Amel, the evil one is among them, plan something destructive. Amel who was getting close to Laras, then took her to investigate this matter.

Okay, read this series, it was not fair if I only read from one author. So, I decided to instigate my sister to buy this book. The result? Not bad. different chefs, different taste. Fita Chakra has a different storytelling methods than Yovita Siswati. Mystery does not immediately appear in the beginning, so it might be a bit boring for some people, but not me, I like it. Explanation at the beginning strengthening the personality of the characters which are indeed many. Actually, the difference of each characters’s personality aren’t too obvious, but the conflict between them ... Umm, complex.

Sekar who have a sense of responsibility towards her sister (twins) felt she must keep Laras from all peril, while Laras was actually felt unfettered and sometimes hate to set by her sister. Then came Amel, a strange girl who feared by her friends. Then, Amel and Laras are being close, and Laras see the good side of Amel. Amel, the brave and earth lover one invites Laras to face danger for the sake of nature. Laras was faced with a dilemma, between obey Sekar to be quiet, sheltered and safe forever, or with Amel go out to the tension that she dreamed.

For the cultural exploration, it was limited in the Park Bantimurung only. In this case, about butterflies and things scientific. Too bad, because actually I wanted the distinctive culture of Sulawesi was discussed.

Already then, many annoying errors, like latin names that forgot to italicized. Not only Latin name, there seems to be a few paragraphs that forgot to italicized too or maybe forgot to replace the pronouns. In addition there is a misleading statement that the butterfly is more beautiful than moth, in reality there are many beautiful moths and there also butterflies with a simple pattern. Typo is also quite a lot, it does not matter if only letters typo, but word typo? whereas if look at the creative process of this novel, it seems the editing was already all-out. Why are also ways to preserve the butterfly should be written if it is illegal? If it is illegal, what about the museums that display the preserved animals? Wasn’t the animals already carcass?

But, regardless of the technical issues above, seriously, I really want go to Bantimurung!

Regard,

Fatiah and her bad english

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Buku ini bercerita tentang Laras, Sekar, Amel, Qonita, Nathan dan Marizio yang sedang berdarmawisata di Taman Nasional Bantimurung, Bulusaraung, Sulawesi Selatan. Salah satu objek wisata disana adalah museum dan penangkaran kupu-kupu. Semuanya berjalan lancar dan menyenangkan. Mereka ditemani Bu Fatimah, guru mereka; juga Pak Rico, guru baru yang kikuk. Pak Darma, 'pemandu wisata' mereka juga ramah walau ada pula Daeng Tinggi yang misterius dan Pak Rudi yang menyeramkan. Namun, perasaan aneh menghampiri Amel, seseorang yang jahat ada di antara mereka, merencanakan sesuatu yang merusak. Amel yang sudah semakin dekat dengan Laras, kemudian mengajaknya untuk menyelidiki hal ini.

Papilio blumei
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Oke, membaca seri ini, rasanya tak adil kalau hanya dari satu pengarang saja. Jadi, saya memutuskan untuk menghasut adik saya untuk membeli buku ini. Hasilnya? Tidak buruk. Lain koki, lain rasa. Fita Chakra punya metode bercerita yang berbeda dari Yovita Siswati. Misteri tidak langsung muncul di awal, sehingga mungkin agak membosankan bagi beberapa orang, tapi tidak saya, saya suka. Penjabaran di awal memperkuat karakter tokoh-tokohnya yang memang banyak. Memang sih, perbedaan tiap karakter tokohnya tidak kentara, tapi konflik antar mereka ... apa ya? kompleks.

Troides helena
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Sekar yang memiliki rasa tanggungjawab terhadap adiknya (kembar) merasa harus menjaga Laras dari segala marabahaya, sementara Laras sebenarnya merasa terkekang dan kadang benci untuk diatur kakaknya. Lalu muncul Amel, gadis aneh yang ditakuti teman-temannya. Amel dan Laras menjadi dekat, dan Laras melihat sisi baik dari Amel. Amel yang berani dan mencintai alam mengajak Laras untuk menghadapi bahaya demi alam. Laras dihadapkan dengan dilema, antara menuruti Sekar untuk diam, berlindung dan aman selamanya, atau bersama Amel keluar menuju ketegangan yang ia impikan.

Miletus symethus petronius
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Untuk eksplorasi budayanya, memang hanya terbatas di Taman Nasional Bantimurung saja. Dalam hal ini, mengenai kupu-kupu dan hal-hal yang bersifat ilmiah. Sayang sekali, karna sebenarnya saya ingin budaya khas Sulawesi yang dibahas.

Ngengat bulan (Actias luna)
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Sudah begitu, banyak kesalahan yang mengganggu, seperti nama latin yang lupa dicetak miring. Bukan hanya nama latin saja, sepertinya ada beberapa paragraf yang lupa dicetak miring juga atau mungkin lupa diganti kata gantinya. Selain itu ada penyataan menyesatkan bahwa kupu-kupu lebih cantik dari ngengat, kenyataanya ada lo ngengat yang cantik dan kupu-kupu dengan pola sederhana. Typo-nya juga lumayan banyak, tak masalah kalau hanya typo huruf, tapi typo kata? Padahal jika melihat  proses kreatif novel ini, sepertinya editing-nya sudah habis-habisan. Kenapa pula cara pengawetan kupu-kupu harus ditulis jika memang illegal? Jika memang illegal, bagaimana dengan museum-museum yang memajang hewan awetan? Tidakkah hewan-hewan itu memang sudah bangkai?

Tapi, terlepas dari hal teknis diatas, serius deh, saya jadi pengen ke Bantimurung!

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Judul: Seri Misteri Favorit 5: Misteri Taman Berhantu

Pengarang: Fita Chakra

Ilustrastor: Indra Bayu

Penerbit: Kiddo

Terbit: Cetakan ke-1, April 2014

Tebal: 137

Genre: Misteri & Thriller

ISBN:978-979-91-0703-9