Book Review of- " Breaking Free"

                           Breaking Free

                      Author- Neha Nayak

This is the story of Noya, who chooses to calls off her wedding on the day of the marriage and decides to travel on her own. On this journey, she meets Ranbir who seems to be present everywhere. Thinking Ranbir as a stalker or someone sent by her parents to keep an eye on her, Noya tries to avoid him. However, whenever she finds herself in trouble, Ranbir is always there to help her. Gradually a bond develops between them and they become friends soon. While Ranbir started to develop feelings for her, Noya has some different plans. What are these plans? Well! You will have to read the book to know the answer of this question. The only thing I can tell you that the ending of the book will surprise you. While reading the book, you will also get to know the internal conflicts of both Noya and Ranbir. These internal conflicts run parallel with the external conflicts of the main story-line and add a different beauty to the overall plot.

The character of Noya, one of the central leads of this novel, has been developed well. She is a strong female protagonist. However, she is not a one-dimensional character. By highlighting both strengths and weaknesses of Noya, the author has tried to make this character believable. In addition to the strengths of Noya, the worries, flaws and vulnerability of this character not only make this character convincing, but also make readers to develop a bond with her. The character of Noya also throws light on different shades of womanhood. The chemistry between Noya and Ranbir has also been portrayed adroitly. This chemistry takes the story forward smoothly. Though the story has been narrated mainly from Noya’s point of view, the inclusion of Ranbir’s point of view from time to time works well in the main story-line.

While the author has depicted both personal and situational conflicts in the story skillfully; the emotional scenes could have been improved though. Love stories are not just stories of love. On the other hand, these are also the stories about frustration, disillusionment, duplicity, healing, joy, and, ultimately hope. In other words, love represents a range of emotions and I think it is important to capture them all if you are writing a love story. Though we find these elements in the main story-line, these could have been certainly used more effectively.

Overall it's worth reading !

Rating- 4/5

The confined thought

Sometimes I wish I had never met you.
I wish; I had never talked to you.
Sometimes, I question myself - 'were you really worth of loving ?'

I never knew love would make me turn this way.
You were there everytime,
But, you left saying nothing.
Why suddenly everything changed?
Did you listen to my unspoken confession?
Did you feel the light in my eyes becoming dark?

May be you forget to realise how much I adore you.
Sometimes I question myself- 'were you worth of all pain and emptiness?'
Will you ever understand how much you were loved?

Every day, I breath through the chaos of my inner self.
And I find you -"the changed you" in that.
Those broken piece of you, I have kept alive in my misty dreams.
I keep telling myself, that you are gone,
Far far away.
But when I start writing,
My poems seems to call your name again and again.

I splatter the ink over the pages.
Tear those pages, which make me remind you.
With no other option, I hold those torn pieces,
and cry aloud thinking you will hear it.
My pen demands the love I deserve and my mind says that you are gone.
But when my heart pictures you,
It gives all the answer that - 'you were always worth it'.

Small little moments

As the sun was going down,  I quickly paced my way to my room. With lots of stuffs in my hand, it wasn't possible for me to walk anymore. I was exhausted and all in sweat.
 It was a hot summer day, I went out for shopping as it was one of my close friend's birthday. 
I decided to take rest for sometime before I start to head towards my room again. While I was sitting on a bench, I saw a young couple conversing with each other. They laughed together, perhaps at some jokes that they might have cracked. It looked beautiful how they were spending time with each other. 

Life shouldn't be always about fights and silly quarrels you had , but the small moments of togetherness where you can sit and laugh at each other.
There will be moments when everything would seem blurry. But, instead you should focus on the other side which makes you feel happy instead of being sad.

Book Review of- " Everyone has a story"

Everyone has a story 

Author- Savi Sharma 

"Everyone has a story"- is the story of Meera, who was struggling to find a story for her novel ,
Vivaan, who wants to explore and travel to different places in the world.
Kabir, who was passionate to start his own café and Nisha, who was left heartbroken by her boy friend.
The story is beautifully spun in the web of these four characters.
Meera used to search for her story everywhere but couldn't get one, until the day she heard Vivaan's answer on the author's talk at the café . She thought she got her story and it was Vivaan. Finally she encountered him, and asked almost everything about him but was not satisfied with whatever he said.
Later, they went on meeting each other and sharing their views on life and different perspectives. In the mean time, Meera was writing her novel on Vivaan. They shared a bond which neither of them noticed.
One day Vivaan left, he escaped for travelling to different parts of the world without biding anyone goodbye. Meera was left heartbroken, when she found Vivaan nowhere with a little knowledge that he might went to explore the world. She went to Vivaan's office with Kabir, where he used to work as a chief manager to know about his whereabouts but, was again disappointed as Vivaan left his job giving a resignation letter.

After months, when Vivaan returned from his tour, he regrets about what he did
He went to café Kabir where he met Nisha, who explained everything that was going on. He felt sorry for everything.

The incomplete story which was written by Meera was yet to be completed after his return. Meanwhile, Vivaan spoke about his past, 2015 - "Radha" who was to be his bride, who didn't reached on the day of wedding and was later  found to be raped and murdered. Meera left café kabir, with anger and agony.
She fell from a steep step and was admitted in a hospital. Later she went to coma and after months she recovered when Vivaan read the story written by her to her.
At last her novel gets published and she was in the same place talking with people being an author at café kabir.
(But the question is that -nothing about Meera's parents or friends were mentioned. while she was in ICU for months no one came to see her? doesn't  she have any relatives? friends? Or family members ?)


Rating- 3.5/5

Book Review of -"Till the last breath"

Till the last breath

Author- Durjoy Datta 

"Till the last breath"- is the story of Dushyant a 25 years old and a drug addict who didn't have any ambition in life.
Kajal, Dushyant's ex-girl friend, and the daughter of a rich father. She was physically abused by Dushyant and later ended breaking up.
Pihu a 19 Year old medical student, who was struggling for her life and counted every breath of her as a blessing.
Dr. Arman who wanted to save Pihu and Dr. Zara who was taking Dushyant's case.
Both Pihu and Dushyant wheeled to room no. 507 of GKL Super Speciality Hospital.

Dushyant didn't wanted to live, while Pihu as fighting for her life to remain alive for a few more breaths.
 Pihu was suffering from a deadly disease 'ALS' a motor neuron disease which has no cure. while Dushyant was suffering from organ failures and needed to go for transplantation as soon as possible.
 Dushyant didn't had any support by his side, while Pihu's parents were quite supportive to bring a smile to their daughter's face.

Soon, Dr. Arman and Pihu were drawn towards each other. They fell in love, while on the other hand, Zara and Dushyant also developed a bond.
Zara had a bad past, which kept her haunting. But later everything was resolved.
 Pihu diagnosed that Dushyant was suffering from Cadmium poisoning when he fell from his bed and broke his bone. This was her first diagnosis as a student. Pihu was aware of the fact that she was going to die. But still she had a hope to live.

The story ends with Pihu's death along with the transplantation of her organs to Dushyant. Pihu died but Dushyant survived.
Dushyant was agonised by the reality that Pihu was her donor with whom he never spoke politely. Later, he finds a note written by Pihu which was- YOLO- you anly live once" you got one more life so, don't destroy it.

It is an awesome story. U should give it a try if you haven't read it yet.

Rating- 4/5

Experience that teaches

It's quite strange isn't it ? Thinking about the past and going back through the same phase you were once, and living it in the same way you lived that moment in your life. It's quite strange that people become sad whenever they recall some harsh and painful part of their journey in life.

But whatever the past be,  the reason and their pain be, the fact is that - nobody have any control over their past; nor do they have any control over the future. Crying over the past again and again for the same instance which happened isn't worth. Sobbing over the past will give you nothing except pain.

Just take an example, if you try to crack the same joke again and again, the intensity of fun in your joke will reduce; and after repeating the same joke, for about 4 to 5 times, a time will come when nobody would even laugh at your joke.

Is it that hard to erase those phase of your life? Is it that hard to move on in life ? The answer lies within yourself. Don't break yourself just for the sake of those harsh memories of your life. It's hard, but also possible. Try to be happy with whatever experience life teaches you, because at the end, it is you who will become much more stronger because of those experiences of your life.