Book Review : Gagal Pertamax Gan

A.   IDENTITY

Title                            : Gagal pertamax, gan

Author                        : Don Barnes, & Dwi Sammy

Publisher                    : Puspa Swara

Publication Date          : 8 July 2013

Language                    : Bahasa Indonesia

Number of Pages        : iv + 182 pages

ISBN                           : 978 602 2160 00 7

Media Type                 : Print

This novel was published by publisher Puspa Swara, which was originally written in an online forum Kaskus, titled: Rahasia Sukses Udah Biasa, Ini Dia Rahasia Kegagalan. The writings are a true story of the Don and his best friends, the secret of failure. The secret behind their failure became Hot Treads. This is what makes Puspa Swara Publishers glance at their experience to be processed into a novel. And in the novel there are also some examples of stories / inspirations that can change the mind set and mental attitude for the better.

B.   Summary

In this novel, Don and Sam (the author) share stories about their failures that provide many useful lessons, especially about mental and mind. They learn from some great figures to reconstruct a worldview against a failed experience. The inspirational characters include: Tomas Alva Edison, Abraham Lincoln, Wirght Bros and other great figures. Also, they learn from the people who once told them and their works.

Narrated, Krizpy Frenzy is abbreviated with KF without C, born normally without his father-mother know about. Where Don and Sam are Founding Fathers positions as captain and vice-captain, along with crew that is Paimin, a tall skinny man with a ‘polem’ hair style (poni lempar) who are obsessed with being handsome. Kusnaedi, his face was standard and hair was kinky, but standard too, his nose was big like Mr. Bean (so similar, Mr. Bean almost lost), used to be the victim of another bully member, especially the captain. Sugeng shortest of all, can not get out of the house if his hair not gelated by pomade, which he said the talisman to hook up a  girl. And lastly, Suparmin, his body is well-built, his face does not lose the box and his head is bald. The point is Krizpy Frenzy contains 6 freaks who gather every week to work on comics.

Don as captain, along with five friends started Krizpy Frenzy by sharing assignments. Don make the story, Sam draw the lineart, Paimin tracing part (thickening line), Kusnaedi edit on the computer, Sugeng pray for the comic success, and Suparmin supposed to buyin food part. (page 24)

Failure to make comics always comes to them, but eventually they can find where the points of success come up behind the failure.

Secret # 1

Failed = Learning

Secret # 2

Success = Failed + 1

Secret # 3

Failed = the Just of God

Secret # 4

pseudofailed vs real failure

Secret # 5

Failed = Mental Education

C.   Review

It’s better to fail first before we success, than a successful at first then failing after. Which do you prefer? If you fail, then you only have two choices : to be stronger than ever or become weaker. Many books talk about achieving success. In fact, behind it all not a few successes achieved easily. There are accompanying failures. So the question is, how far have you failed? Then, how far did you rise from that failure?.

Remember, failure always stalks you. Failure and success always come together and catch up together behind you. So start thinking positive about failure. Do not dodge, but deal with that failure. Stop saying "I must succeed" or "I must not fail!" Replace the sentence with "I am ready to succeed and ready to fail". Because success and failure are always together.

This is Don's message in his book FAILED PERTAMAX GAN. Based on the failed experience of "Krizpy Frenzy" who has eaten salt acid about failure, readers are invited to become more mature, wiser, more patient, and better able to think and be positive in the face of failure. The experience of failure also brought the author gave birth to this novel and the forerunner to the establishment of a typical food business from the cherry country - Japan which is named PANDORABA: The Kingdom Of Wagashi.

The process of the birth of this novel begins Don by writing one word, one sentence, one paragraph, one chapter, and finally be a novel that is done in 6-7 months. The writing of the story flows with inserts of inspirational and motivational stories. The nuances of humor and hilarious and light language provide an interesting effect so readers are easy to understand the content and novel messages contained in it. Well, if you do not understand please read back, Hehehe.

To know the secrets (they) READY TO FAIL = READY TO SUCCESS, please read the novel Failed Pertamax Gan by DON Barnes & DWI Sammy by yourselves. But be careful if on the front cover of this book you see instructions in the form of arrows, because if you open the folds of the cover by not following the instructions then you will regret Hohoho.