Book- Knitted Tales: A collection of emotions
Author- Rubina Ramesh
Genre- Short stories
Publisher- Self Published under the banner of The Book Club
Blurb-
What forces an
innocent girl to become a sex symbol? Her desires? Or cruel fate?
Is a lifetime enough—for avenging a betrayal? How do you hide secrets that never stopped haunting you?
Is a lifetime enough—for avenging a betrayal? How do you hide secrets that never stopped haunting you?
Can vengeance and secrets of your past devastate
your present? How can long-buried crimes of yours suddenly raise their head?
Can sinning be saving?
Is your spouse your soulmate? What if they never
understood your feelings? Can you still live with them?
Lastly, does life give only two options? Live or
die? What if there is a third?
In her anthology, Knitted Tales: A collection of
emotions, Rubina Ramesh tries to find answers to these questions that are often
from the heart and yet make the mind ponder over the solution. Or is it the
other way round? Either way, Knitted Tales is a bouquet of emotions that is
bound to touch both your head and your heart.
Review-
A secret in their closet was a very intricate tale with
usual turns. I was ready to shriek out after I started reading the story. The
author has started on a great note, transferring her skills on the very first
page. The story was short, crisp, and precise but didn’t contain completely new
traits. It was just a change within the old package but the change was a
rejuvenating one. I liked the character of Anjali quite a lot because she was
really mysterious, dark and rigid, completely suiting the tale.
Betrayal was a really interesting story because of its
strange familiarity. Every nook and corner seemed visited yet there was an
aroma of freshness in it. I liked Sudesh’s character in the whole because he
made me really curious in the whole process.
Chiclets, the sweetest tale I read in this collection. I was
not certain what I was about to read in this. I was procrastinating. It so
happens when we read about such tales. Two girls, different backgrounds, stuck
in a situation. I so loved the whole incident and situation that took me to a
wonderful ride in order to get me through some wonderful lessons.
Forgive me, for I have sinned sent shivers down my spine. It
was a love story of a great repute. There was everything in the tale that I
longed to read in a love tale. There was no romance, still it was there, there
were no hidden aspects yet there was a lot that I explored. I was swaying after
reading this small tale of love.
Stories like Lolita are really hard to find these days. The
story was short of conversations but still it didn’t seem incomplete at all.
There was a strong emotional flow in the story and that is why the connection
formed between the reader and Lolita grows stronger word after word. The phases
of Lolita’s life were planned in such meticulous way that the whole tale got
uplifted.
No Regrets, a comical tale of Raima and Arvind. Well in all
senses it was a story that didn’t came
with fights, though it was the needed
thing, it didn’t came with heartbreaks though that was intended to come, but it
came with lessons, loose strands and a great plan.
SuvarnaRekha touches the actual rims of India in a very
subtle manner. What I really liked in the story is the fact that the story
didn’t reveal its true colors till the end. And the trend is followed in a lot
of stories which make them really interesting and involving.
The little godmother touches a very difficult and critical
subject, child psychology. When most of the people ignore the cries and
abnormal behavior of the children, the story teaches us what needs to be
actually done. A simple process, few smiles and a great tale added in the
collection.
The missing staircase is a reality check. But for most of
the people the time flies just like it happened with Christie. The author
managed to be really curt and show the real face to the people who have move
ahead in life, leaving even the pathway behind.
The other woman, a provoking satirical story, the author
follows the trend of revealing things at the end in a very crucial way. The
ending is really moving because in life both the sides are right sometimes and
the difficulty of choosing from both the right options becomes much more
difficult.
Daddy, hear me out and Cliff Notes are the ending stories of
the book. They have in them different kind of juices of fiction. On one hand
Daddy, hear me out is a very simple, quite heard tale and on the other hand
cliff notes is a mesmerizing narration of a mountain. I simply loved all the
images that were penned in the story.
Summing up- The collection was a superb amalgamation of
varied emotions, narrations and situations. I loved Cliff Notes, SuvarnaRekha,
No regrets, and forgive me for I have sinned. These stories were vivid, had
great hue and allowed my reading experience to be an enchanting and ecstatic
journey.
Eye-catchers-
- “If silence had a sound of its own, then there would be a cacophony of screams.”
About the author-
Rubina Ramesh is an avid reader, writer, blogger, book
reviewer and marketer. She is the founder of the book club, an online book publicity
group. Her first literary work was published in her school magazine. Living
with her DH and two human kinds and one doggie kid, Rubina has finally started
living the life she had always dreamed about- that of a writer. Her other
published works are featured in various anthologies.
Connect with the author-
- Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/RubinaRameshWrites
- Twitter- https://twitter.com/rubinaramesh199
- Website- www.rubinaramesh.com
- Email- rubinaramesh1973@gmail.com
Buy the book-
- Amazon link- https://www.amazon.in/Knitted-Tales-collection-Rubina-Ramesh-ebook/dp/B01M6UV0DK?ie=UTF8&keywords=knitted%20tales%20rubina%20ramesh&qid=1484059144&ref_=sr_1_1&sr=8-1
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