Book: When Love Happens
Author: Manish Kumar
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 138
Publisher: Srishti Publishers
Blurb:
True love never dies. It is redefined every time you feel it.
When Nish falls in
love, little does he know the impact it is going to
have on his life.
Hailing from conservative backgrounds, love is
nothing less than
war with the world for the lover and his beloved.
Albeit limited
communication, they still dare to dream of a life
together. But with
the pressure of attaining stability in life, he finds it
impossible to chase
his dreams endlessly.
An unassuming man
from a modest background, he fights helplessness
and challenges
thrown at him by life, only to learn precious life lessons.
His faith in God
gives him the strength to move on and find his calling
in writing and
poetry.
When Love
Happens... is a tale of shattered dreams and redemption, of
fear and fortitude,
and above all, of the indomitable human will.
Review:
When Love happens is a short love story with elements of spirituality used here and there to uplift the story from the black hole it often fell in
due to dark and a never ending struggle.
The story is about a boy Nish hailing from a small place. Like
any other boy his story touches the realm of life when he realizes that he has
fallen in love and it is not what it seems like. His story is different. It is
sour, it is ecstatic and it is dull, all in one, shown at different angles at different
times.
The characters in this book were weak and very limited in
their scope of attaining richness. I found the main character okayish. He was
what was expected from him. He was good, obedient, charming but not rebellious
which I would have loved to see in him. I couldn’t follow the female lead with
any appreciative eyes. She came and passed in my happy zone like a small beam
of light, leaving very minor impact or to be precise negligible impact.
The supporting characters were so shallow, I felt I am reading just one
name throughout the book. There was no newness anywhere in terms of a support crew.
If I talk about the plot then I would say it was simple, to
the point and soft. It lacked a little edginess and crispness but sometimes you
need a break from intricate tales and enjoy a book like this with a very plain approach, just to inhale the old freshness which is sometimes lost in the midst of new patterns
and varied aspects.
Being from a small town myself I could understand a lot of
things much better than they were even expressed. I could understand the
conservatism, the hidden love blooming and a never ending need to be at peace
in between the running chaos. It was a good brush up.
Coming to the story, I felt the phases of Nish’s life were
fine, there was nothing extra-ordinary in it. There was no juice in his life because
as I said earlier it was very natural. It happens to every next door kid you
encounter these days, a never ending struggle to join the biggest run.
I felt the story could have been a little more informative
and better, there were problems in the execution of the story because there
were a lot of missing links. The story jumped from here and there but there was
a missing essence which could have brought up with a little more time and
thinking. There were no background images, no atmosphere, it was just a story
and that didn’t allow the book to become a proper comforting tale which you can remember for decades.
Summing up- The book was a good real life picture of today’s
race in which kids participate out of peer pressure or family pressure and sometimes due to their own want too. The tale was simple and quick but wasn’t quirky and edgy. It
had some flaws, like extremely quick wrap ups of situations which didn’t allow
me to indulge in the bigger picture. The
book was good but certainly could have been much better.
About the author:
An IT-guy living in Bangalore, Manish Kumar has been working
with IBM for the past five years. Keen about writing true stories inspired from
one’s own life, he always aspired to write about his observations on nature and
its creations. He likes travelling to natural destinations and is fond of
riding bikes. This is his first published book.
Buy the book:
No comments:
Post a Comment