Book Review: White Wedding by Ziggy Z

edited by Canva

I know the author Ziggy Zezsyazeoviennazabrizkie—the letter after Z is very long and I can't remember it, so I'll abbreviate it as Ziggy Z, from an announcement of a competition held by the Jakarta Arts Council—DKJ. It was a long time ago, then I felt that she was a cool writer because she could win a competition held by a state institution—if I'm not mistaken. Since then I have had the desire to read her works. However, buying Ziggy Z's books was not my priority, so it took me a long time to read the work of the author who I knew was still very young.

Yes, I think she is younger than me. So you understand how I admire her, because she has won the DKJ competition and defeated many senior writers. At that time, when many young writers were competing to write stories about young CEOs who then fell in love and chased after their girlfriends, she won the DKJ competition. Her work must have been extraordinary, until I actually read her work for the first time, I was relieved, my expectations did not change at all. So let's discuss my first Ziggy Z book.

Let’s get it.

---

White Wedding
_{Ziggy Z}

---

---

screenshot from Ipusnas

White Wedding tells the story of an 11-year-old girl named Elphira, a special child who was born albino. When she was born, her mother was depressed and after that she was treated for years in a mental hospital. Elphira was raised by her grandmother and father. She loves her father very much, however, it seems that her 11-year-old life is very difficult. Her father was diagnosed with leukemia when she was born and during that time Elphira hated herself and everything that was white. Even though she knew her father would leave one day, Elphira still prayed that when that day came her father would be in a beautiful place.

Elphira is not like other children who go to school. She is only at home because her body condition will have difficulty when exposed to light. She then has a tutor named Sierra, a red-haired boy her age. Through Sierra, Elphira can find out everything, including the meaning of her name which means white. Sierra repeatedly says that white is always fun, as well as herself who looks very white. But Elphira still hates the color white. Then with Sierra, Elphira learn about how to love herself and the world around her.

My Rare Opininon

I was fooled by this book. I thought it was a story of two lovers who were about to get married, but it turned out I was wrong. This is a story of an 11-year-old. I also thought that the beginning was a part of the main character's childhood with her childhood friend which might be continued when they were adults. It turned out I was totally wrong. The title and cover really look adult but the content is a children's story. Later I found out that Ziggy Z actually started her writing journey with children's stories. In her Wikipedia bio—that's wow because her profile is already on Wikipedia. Although this story is about children, it can be enjoyed by adults because what happened to Elphira also happens to adults nowadays.

Reading Ziggy Z's book for the first time made me happy. Her writing style is very easy to digest and she inserts many vocabularies that I may rarely use as an amateur writer. So for me she is really a genius writer with a simple but meaningful storytelling style. It seems that I will read other Ziggy books, no matter if the story is about a little kid. I admire her as a writer.

You know that Ziggy Z's books are currently very popular, I am lucky to be able to read them for free on the national library application. Although I have to queue because there are so many fans of her books.

So I rate this book 5 out of 5 stars, which is perfect!

Have you read this book? What do you think?

---

Thanks in advance, to read my blog and hope you like my post!
See you on the next post...

---

---