Saturday, January 7, 2012

Ramses and Cleopatra

MumiMumi by Anne Rice
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I love this book.

Lupakan The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty yang mengerikan itu, buku ini mengembalikan penilaianku pada Anne Rice.

Tokoh utamanya, Ramses, sang Firaun yang terkenal itu, membuatku terpesona. Kombinasi antara ketampanan, kekuatan dan kecerdasan memang formula hero sepanjang masa...

Konon, rata-rata manusia hanya menggunakan 10% kemampuan otaknya, tapi hidup abadi bisa memaksimalkan kinerja otak. Begitu bangun di abad 20, ia tidak perlu waktu lama untuk adaptasi, hanya dengan mendengar dan membaca buku, dalam semalam ia bisa langsung menguasai bahasa Inggris. Kebijaksanaan dan pengetahuannya yang luas juga tak membuat rasa ingin tahu dan haus pengetahuannya surut. Yah, memang kecerdasannya membuatnya mirip dengan mumi-nya Poe, tapi aku jauh lebih suka mantan Firaun yang ini (catat, bukan mumi beneran, karena toh dia tak pernah mati). Satu-satunya kelemahan sang manusia abadi adalah pernah jatuh cinta pada Cleopatra, dan menghidupkan mumi sang Ratu dengan ramuan abadi, yang hanya menimbulkan serentetan bencana...

Jadi ingin mencantumkan lirik soundtrack Highlander yang dinyanyikan Queen di sini :

Here we are, Born to be kings,
We're the princes of the universe,
Here we belong, Fighting to survive,
In a world with the darkest powers,
And here we are, We're the princes of the universe,
Here we belong, Fighting for survival,
We've come to be the rulers of your world,
I am immortal, I have inside me blood of kings, (Yeah!)
I have no rival, No man can be my equal,
Take me to the future of your world,
Born to be kings, Princes of the universe,
Fighting and free, Got your world in my hand,
I'm here for your love and I'll make my stand,
We were born to be princes of the universe,
No man could understand. My power is in my own hand,
Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, Ooh, People talk about you,
People say you've had your day,
I'm a man that will go far,
Fly the moon and reach for the stars,
With my sword and head held high,
Got to pass the test first time - yeah,
I know that people talk about me I hear it every day,
But I can prove you worng cos I'm right first time,
Yeah. Yeah. Alright, Watch this man fly,
Bring on the girls,
Here We are. Born to be kings. We're the princes of
the universe. Here we belong. Born to be kings,
Princes of the universe. Fighting and free,
Got the world in my hands. I'm here for your love,
And I'll make my stand,
We were born to be princes of the universe.


- beli obral dari ibu kost -



View all my reviews

No comments:

Post a Comment