Book Review
Dramatic Daydreams of
Miss Sodabottleopenerwala
by Tanvi Mayur Shah
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| Dramatic Daydreams of Miss Sodabottleopenerwala by Tanvi Mayur Shah |
Author: Tanvi Mayur Shah
ISBN: 978-9389147421
Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Humour
Length: 159 Pages
Publisher: Self Published (1 August 2019)
My Ratings: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
My Ratings: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
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About the author:
Tanvi Mayur Shah is a 23-year-old girl who is an Engineering
Graduate but her interests lie in storytelling, travelling and reading. Her
love for books isn't genre-specific even though she has a keen fondness for
reading detective stories. She wrote her first book- a teenage fiction- at age
15. Tanvi can be either found reading murder mysteries or watching chick flicks
when she isn't writing poetries or satire. She is an animal lover and a staunch
supporter of animal rights. A hopeless romantic at heart, Tanvi often likes to
see life as an idyllic fairytale.
REVIEW
Narration
Dramatic Daydreams of Miss Sodabottleopenerwala is the most inspiring & entertaining book with a whimsical sense of humour I’ve
ever read. The book is narrated in first-person point of view which helps
clearly understanding the protagonist Kira Sodabottleopenerwala. The writing style is
simply amazing, contemporary style, highly relatable and consistent throughout
the book, be it humour or emotion. Each chapter is followed by a quote, some humorous
phrases and some inspiring ones.
Theme
Dramatic Daydreams of Miss Sodabottleopenerwala has a lot in
store for a reader, especially who are writers and teenagers. Thanks to the
author Tanvi Mayur Shah, the story has many aspects, although the book being as short as this. There
is friendship, teen curiosity, the dearest of relationship we have with our
granny, authoring a book, social media and being genuine. And definitely more.
The story mostly revolves around these five characters: Kira
with her friends Shireen, Mishti, June and Nanu (Jannat Sodabottleopenerwala) the
grandma. Shireen, Mishti and June might have played the same role only, that of
a bestie but their characters are clearly differentiable with their behavior
and opinions. Whereas Nanu played a significant role as a lovely mentor, not
formal at all. While the other girls are doing something to make their summer
vacation count, Kira Sodabottleopenerwala decides to author a book. Kira is a
person who really thinks she’s not good at doing anything substantial. In the
process, she learns about the publishing industry and wishes for making it to
bestseller. Ultimately she wishes for glory, dramatic, yes. She got it all but
in an unexpected way.
Apart from that, with this creative piece of writing humour
poured in here and there very soberly and classically, like it was authentic
and relatable. The things we have done and funny ideas we have once thought of,
intentionally or otherwise also. I won’t give away much but one example is ‘Wrinkle
Khanna and Poha Ali Khan’.
"You don't need an idea. You just need some faith to begin working, some will to keep going and some enthusiasm to finish what you started."
My Views
First things first, Harry Potter and Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah
Chashmah references were there, now you can imagine how much relatable it can
get. I was totally into the book, full of ideas. It was motivating and
inspiring to such level that, the night I finished reading the book, I simply couldn’t
sleep and was literally thinking and planning my new day. Also, it gave an account
of basics of writing and publishing which is really helpful. At some
instances, the author Tanvi Mayur Shah talks about environment protection and hypocrisy.
The book is as entertaining as any comedy-drama. It conveys
a very important message that no matter how much hatred we humans contain but it
can never overpower the love and support. In the end, Kira achieves the sense of
decision making and we learn that being your genuine self to yourself and the world is the only way to go.
Happy Reading!
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