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Critical Analysis Of Touche

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Touche, the Incredible Novel for Teenagers
Mochammad Asrori, one of Indonesian writer says “ Author of TeenLit Indonesia so far is more often to write the story that is cliche, the story of love is always same, and the conflict and climax that are not improved.” That is right, in Indonesia, there are many kind of teen novel and most of them are about love stories which arranged in a groove that is easy to guess. It is rare to find the fantasy, mystery and the love story together in an Indonesian teen novel nowadays. However, one of Indonesian teen novel by Windhy Puspitasari, Touche, proves that fantasy, mystery and love story can be more interesting to read when they come together in a novel. Touche, is a must-read-novel for teenagers because it is making the fantasy looks real, putting the mystery part as unpredictable problem, and telling the love story in romantic ways but not dominate the storyline because it is not the main theme.
The reader are invited to imagine freely with the fantasy on the plot and make it looks very real. There are many proof that the author is very cleaver to make the fantasy comes alive. The first one is from the main character. There is Hiro, …show more content…

Touche, is a must-read-novel for teenagers because it is making the fantasy looks real, putting the mystery part as unpredictable problem, andtelling the love story in romantic ways but not dominate the storyline because it is not the main theme. This novel can make the fantasy looks real, shocked feelings because of the unexpected story and problem solving, and the important, this novel is not leaving the teen romance story behind. This novel also gives many sensations and feelings during the reading. Tension, feelings, sadness, and happiness have their own places in Touche. This novel becomes one proof that there are some authors who create novels for teenagers differently, not cliche, and the conflict is

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