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Rido Arbain

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Fiction, Humor and Comedy, Young Adult

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Rido is a writer, not a sweet talker.

He published his debut novel FLIP-FLOP (Elex Media Komputindo, 2015), a duet novel with Ratna Rara.

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Average rating: 3.53 · 95 ratings · 39 reviews · 6 distinct works

	Flip-Flop by Rido Arbain (Goodreads Author), Ratna Rara 3.41 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cerita Gokil Anti-Mainstream di Sekolah by Rido Arbain (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Sari Widiarti (Contributor), Flazia (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	@SeketikaGalau by Ferdinand Rama, Rido Arbain (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Dui Leonita (Contributor) 3.50 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Banyak Nama Untuk Satu Cinta by Haya Nufus (Goodreads Author), Deasy Maria (Goodreads Author), Ayu Welirang (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ekspedisi Mencari Cewek Idaman 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kepala Dua 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Rido Arbain and 1 other person liked raafi's review of Agama dan Imajinasi: Menjelajahi Kedalaman dan Kelapangan Spiritual Islam: "In a way, buku ini sungguh thought-provoking. Melalui buku ini, pandangan saya pada akhirat, neraka, dan siksa kubur berubah. Yang lebih utama, buku ini membahas bahwa imajinasi ternyata penting dalam keyakinan/spiritualitas seseorang. Semoga bisa me" Read more of this review »
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Rido Arbain made a comment on his review of Seporsi Mie Ayam Sebelum Mati " raafi wrote: "izinnn mau mengapresiasi bahwa ulasan ini amat sangat evidence-based. juga teliti dan taktis. lanjutkan, do!" Ahaha, makasih, Raaf! ...more "
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Rido Arbain and 2 other people liked Vindy Putri's review of Cantik itu Luka: "Ternyata aku tidak cocok tulisan semacam ini. Sebenarnya aku tertarik dengan cerita yang berlatar jepang belanda. Ada unsur seksualitas yang aku tidak kuat untuk membayangkannya. Jujur saja ada beberapa bagian ku skip. Penulis berhasil membuat aku mu" Read more of this review »
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Rido Arbain and 4 other people liked Ms.TDA's review of Laboratorium Palestina: "Israel telah mengembangkan industri persenjataan kelas dunia dg pelbagai produk yg diuji coba di wilayah Palestina dg label “BATTLE-TESTED”! Cap dari IDF ini berhasil menjadikan perusahaan2 keamanan Israel sbg yg “tersukses sedunia”. Laboratorium Pal" Read more of this review »
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Perkenalkan, tokoh utama kita yang bernama Ruslan Abdul Wardhana alias “Ale”—jangan tanya saya dari mana panggilan akrab ini berasal, sebab penulisnya tak mau repot-repot menjelaskan. Ale dideskripsikan sebagai seorang pria berumur 37 tahun, TB 189, ...more
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“Terima kasih juga sudah mengajariku bahwa jatuh cinta adalah menjadi diri sendiri.”
― Rido Arbain, Flip-Flop

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“Ada yang pernah bilang, cowok itu selingkuh dengan mata, sedangkan cewek selingkuh dengan hati. Itu kenapa cowok yang selingkuh biasanya kembali, tapi cewek yang selingkuh akhirnya benar-benar pergi.”
― Rido Arbain, Flip-Flop

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“Kalau ingin membuat luluh hati cewek, cowok harus pasang badan paling depan. Jangan takut ditolak, patah hati itu urusan belakangan.”
― Rido Arbain, Flip-Flop

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“Tak ada yang lebih menyakitkan dari kepedihan yang tak bisa ditangiskan.”
― Dewi Lestari

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“There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I haven’t kept long enough.”
― Irwin Shaw

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“You should write a book," Ron told Hermione as he cut up his potatoes, "translating mad things girls do so boys can understand them.”
― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

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“If you don't like someone's story, write your own.”
― Chinua Achebe

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“There's difference between being dead and dying. We're all dying. Some of us die for ninety years, and some of us die for nineteen. But each morning everyone on this planet wakes up one day closer to their death. Everyone. So living and dying are actually different words for the same thing, if you think about it.”
― Robyn Schneider, Extraordinary Means