Book Review: The woman who saw the future by Amit Sharma

Book: The woman who saw the future

Author: Amit Sharma

Genre: Fiction

Publisher: Readomania

Pages: 272

Blurb:

Sapna Vaid has lived with a unique power for a decade; a power that turned her from a timid, wide-eyed, college-going girl into the most influential and powerful Goddess on Earth. Sapna can see the future and saves thousands of people around the world every year through her record-breaking, popular show ‘Lucky People’. The show had given Sapna’s life a meaning and gives her the courage to sleep every night, where death and blood await her in her dreams. Even though the world is at her feet, the power costs Sapna her personal life. Broken relationships and separation from her son bring her unbearable pain. Her parents and the thousands of prayers that come her way every year are her only solace, her only reason to live. When a blinding hatred leads to a desperate act of revenge, a single misuse of her great power triggers a reversal of her fortunes. Sapna begins to lose her ability to see the future.

Review:

The woman who saw the future is full of high profile lifestyle, luxuries, over the top incidents and some very cruel and dark phases. It is a mixture of love, revenge, maliciousness, lust and hunger for power. This book takes you on a very different kind of journey something which can churn your brain and crush your heart.

Abundant characters rule the book, from major to minor, negative to weak, everything can be seen as the tale progresses. I loved Kabir, Om and Anupama. They were the best three for me in the whole book. Their point of view and presence made the mood of the story more powerful and sought after. I also liked Sapna but not loved her. I can’t digest too many changes in a person but here the changes were psychological and it made my whole idea of not liking a character based on its evolution change. I felt that Sapna’s part could have been elaborated a bit more to make readers understand the reality behind her doings. There people can go wary and misunderstand her.

From the minor characters I loved Angad. He was everything a side character needs to be. His presence was sharp, edgy and important.

Talking about the plot I think it was new and fresh but a bit naïve too. I have read author’s other book too (which I thoroughly enjoyed) that one had a magical aura around it but this one lacked finesse and bit of background setting in front of that book. Comparisons are not good but it came naturally. I also loved the narrative style. It gave the book a unique touch and it made the story more open and wise in its nature.

Now coming to the story, I think the story line and the execution was praiseworthy. It was the brilliance of author due to which such easy plot could get a nice shape. The story was very moderate in the starting and it was easy to sail through it. There were no complications for a very long time. I liked the middle portion of the book as the major changes were shown well and it made the tale crispy and kept me hooked. I adored the ending because it was much unexpected. It filled all the gaps which I felt the starting had created towards the greatness of the book.

I thoroughly enjoyed the showdown and how things were woven in an intricate pattern to reach the final outcome. I believe there was no need of the last few pages as it was clear what would have happened. It would have created more serene ending.

Summing up- The book was a great treat all in all. It was fast paced at some points and was extremely gripping. I can recommend it to all those who needs a story with suspense and mystery in it. It do have a fantasy element in it or you can say supernatural element in it. There are love stories as well so there is something for every kind of reader in it.

About the author:

Amit Sharma is an IT slave (read professional) since the last twelve years. He lives with his family in NCR but his work does take him to foreign lands. His wife was a teacher till she gave it up because of sheer exhaustion of answering questions of their four-year-old daughter all day. 

His first fiction book, False Ceilings, a family saga spanning one hundred and thirty years, was published by Lifi Publications in 2016. The book garnered many good reviews on Amazon and Goodreads and critical acclaim. Amit’s hobbies include reading, watching world cinema, travelling, digging into various cuisines, cooking, listening to music, painting, blogging, making his daughter laugh and helping his wife with her unnecessary and prolonged shopping.

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