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Saturday, April 27, 2019

Book Review: Together Forever To Never by Satish Goyal | Dhiraj Sindhi

Book Review

Together Forever To Never

by

Satish Goyal


Book Review: Together Forever To Never by Satish Goyal | Dhiraj Sindhi
Together Forever To Never by Satish Goyal


Author: Satish Goyal

ISBN: 978-9387131040

Genre: Romance

Length: 196 pages

Publisher: PaperTowns Publishers in association with ZIKR (15th December 2018)

My Ratings: 🌟🌟🌟

Order your copy right now: https://amzn.to/2XN6F2R

About the author:


Satish Goyal is a finance professional and works at a US multinational company. Since his days at the university, he had dreamed of writing on subjects close to his heart but had put those dreams on hold to focus on his family and career. He finally plucked up the courage to put pen to paper with his first novel ‘Together Forever To Never’.


Book Review: Together Forever To Never by Satish Goyal | Dhiraj Sindhi
Satish Goyal

Satish believes that success cannot be measured in terms of wealth or titles. The true measure of success is happiness that one is able to achieve in life.

Follow him on Instagram: @authorsatishgoyal
Twitter Handle@SatishGoyal

REVIEW

Narration

Together Forever To Never is a story of love, loss and everything in between. The story is narrated in a third-person point of view focusing on the main character Samar. The book is divided in six sections. Author has added beautiful poetry at a few instances which are the best parts of the book I found. The writing style is very simple, hence really easy read.

Time Period and Location

The book sets in 2015 and the following years. The story starts with the flashback of Samar who has lost his love forever. Most of the book revolves around two cities Gurgaon and Jaipur. Samar lives in Gurgaon and Sariyanka, whom he believes as his other half, lives in Jaipur. Through their professional connection, they come to know each other and share their feelings. Samar frequently travels to US, also Paris plays a tiny part in the story.

Theme

Together Forever To Never is a romance-themed book. The book depicts a ten-year-old pure relationship. When Samar is left alone, he finds love again. Author described that how Samar falls in love again and the highs and lows of this relationship. From little sensual details to the everyday communication between Samar and Sariyanka is described as the process of falling in love deeper. Author has written this book for a very meaningful insight on the meaning of success.

Plot and My Views

Talking about the plot, I think sharing anything about the plot would be a spoiler, but here we go. As I mentioned before, the story starts with the flashback of ten-year relationship of Samar and Monali. After those ten years, everything falls apart and Samar is left alone with his son, Aman. After recovering from the depression, he meets Sariyanka. They get along very easily and fall in love. Then the story unfolds with ups and downs in their relationship. Samar finds that there is something amiss and Sariyanka complains that Samar always doubts on her. This lead to the climax of the story where the very message of the whole story is hidden.

The first section of book is the best part according to me. It is as fast paced as it is beautiful. The poetry is amazing and something I would remember till a long time. Also, I share the same birthdate as Aman. Cheers! Author has elaborated five principles of human spirituality which he learned during recovery from his loss of love and for fighting against depression, which is worth reading.

Moving to the other sections, second part is a turning point when Samar finds love again and other three sections describe how they met, how they fell for each other and how they made promises. And the problems they face for being with each other.

The bad part of the book: The narration is focused on Samar and author narrates the sentimental states of his life, although it doesn’t feel complete. Why? Because, when Samar loses his love, Aman also lost his mother. Father-Son are left alone, although author has completely evaded most important part of Samar’s life – Aman, as any other characters in the book. The story gets boring and slow in fourth section, not that it was unnecessary but story didn’t hold its uniqueness that it could have held if only there was more to the story other than just a relation between just two characters. No depth to any other characters. (Also, I think author has something for all the dates he mentioned in the book.)

Despite all this, the last two sections of the book gives the real account of the emotions, relationship, love and deceit. Shows the reality of right-now situations of any other love story developing on the earth. That some of us are ready to love selflessly and some are always looking for better, adding to that, some uses the other for getting a rise in career.

Satish believes that success cannot be measured in terms of wealth or titles. The true measure of success is happiness that one is able to achieve in life.

Satish Goyal has successfully depicted what he believes and the glass full of emotions for the unrequited love Samar experienced. Sometimes, it is best to move on because once broken glass cannot be repaired to its original form same as trust. These days loyalty and selflessness is tough to find in a relationship where the individuals are looking forward to their own benefits which become analogy to an individual working in an organization only for his/her own benefits.

I would recommend this to youth and the teenagers who are looking for love story. Sometimes it is better to move on and understand that it happens exactly the way it must and will end when it had to and the way it should.

All in all, it was a light, quick read having something to tell you and I got to learn a few things from this book.


Happy reading!

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Sunday, April 14, 2019

Book Review: Bestseller by Ahmed Faiyaz | Dhiraj Sindhi

Book Review

Bestseller

by

Ahmed Faiyaz


Book Review: Bestseller by Ahmed Faiyaz | Dhiraj Sindhi
Bestseller by Ahmed Faiyaz


Author: Ahmed Faiyaz

ISBN: 978-9353332648

Genre: Contemporary-Comedy Fiction

Length: 190 Pages

Publisher: Rupa Publications India (3rd November 2018)

My Ratings: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Order your copy right now: https://amzn.to/2v4psKN

About the author:


Ahmed Faiyaz grew up in Bangalore and now lives in Dubai.

He’s a strategist by profession, with a number of years in management consulting behind him. He’s a book and film addict, and a passionate writer. His first book, Love, Life & All That Jazz…, published in April 2010, remains a popular bestseller across major cities. His stories are also featured in the National Bestseller, Urban Shots.

Book Review: Bestseller by Ahmed Faiyaz | Dhiraj Sindhi
Ahmed Faiyaz



Grey Oak has recently released Another Chance, his second full-length novel, and is slated to release Down the Road, an anthology of 30 short stories he has co-edited, in April 2011. He is a founding member of Grey Oak Publishers and Grey Oak Foundation.

Follow him on Instagram: @ahmedfaiyazofficial
Check out his website: http://www.ahmedfaiyaz.in/
Twitter Handle: @ahmedfaiyaz


REVIEW

Summary

Bestseller is the story of Akshay Mathur, an editor who is in India for a year to help shore up the value of an Indian publisher, Kalim. Akshay is told to do so by his friend when he loses his editorial job in UK. The book is written in first person narrative and is narrated by the protagonist Akshay. Writing style is painless and straight forward. The book is divided into chapters, which are the important days of Akshay’s one year stay in India. Not to forget, it is a brilliant work portraying the current scenario of Indian publishing industry in a very fun way.

Time Period and Location

Bestseller is a contemporary book set in Mumbai, commercial capital of India. Kalim’s office is the place where most events happen in the book. This publishing house in the book represents behind the scenes of publishing world for India. As the location is Mumbai, Bollywood closes in very swiftly and gets inseparable from this particular publisher. As soon as that happens, the story revolves around media, page3 culture and controversies.

Theme

Bestseller is a Contemporary-Comedy Fiction work which follows Akshay Mathur through his journey in Kalim, where he meets a bunch of other characters (mostly insane writers). A lot of characters. Author’s writing style itself made it so funny. After almost every dialogue, there are thoughts of protagonist which are so witty and full of sarcasm. That serves you with live commentator who makes hilarious come-backs now and then. Note to yourself while reading this book that it is a comedy and try not to connect it with any real incidents and celebrities. There are few pages dedicated to politics also. The book is full with strategies for business of books and dealing with rivals. As with any other contemporary books, there is office romance but we will discuss more about that later.

Plot and My Views

Bestseller is the ever fast pacing book I’ve read in 2019. Let me introduce some of the characters. Zorah is a daughter of Akshay’s former boss. Zorah joins the Kalim publishing team and guess what happens? No spoilers! The plot is all about publishing five bestsellers within the year while Akshay is at Kalim, if he fails to do so, then they will have to wrap Kalim forever. For doing that Akshay meets very diverse and miscellaneous writers. Roshan Khan, a narcissistic Bollywood actor who wants to reinforce his career. Sudhir, an unprofessional IT geek. Anya Malik, a writer returning back to publishing world after two years. Tarun, an inappropriate boss. And a politician, a college student, a pair of non-fiction writers, a children’s writer, a reviewer and a lot many characters. All have the same purpose of being a #1 bestseller, but this only leads to the fun only. Isn’t it great? Roshan and Sudhir are funniest of them. Their style of approaching their editor and making things worst. Each chapter is packed with comedy sequences. The protagonist unnecessarily falls into the pothole named page3 for which he didn’t ask for and I couldn’t help laughing at that. Good or bad, the books get published, some leading to trouble and failure too, but Akshay is smart enough to get over these reckless writers.

This short book carries a lot with it, reality and truth about the publishing business, all types of writers and so much more. And it all Ahmed Faiyaz covered in just one-ninety pages. That'swhy I would still give it a 5 stars rating. If there is anything negative I would like to point, that is lack of description. It is good that there is no unnecessary description and is written to the point, but when it needed, like for portraying love and romance, the author missed it. Also, there is no depth to the characters, except being funny. Not all though.

Except for that one thing, I loved it. When some serious moments close in, the author gives a reason to laugh out loud. I literally squawked and screamed and laughed at such moments. Characters themselves are funny. I read this book in two sittings and wow, it is really a very fast paced, so it becomes a very light read. Ahmed Faiyaz has done a really great job.

Coming to the conclusion, if you relate to books and publishing in any way, then you have to read this. It provides you insights and reality check of the publishing world, where every writer is thriving to be on a bestseller list. With a touch of humor. Even if you are looking for a light read for your journey or want to read a comedy then here you go. I loved it really and it is filled with so much knowledge too. Thanks to Ahmed Faiyaz for writing such funny characters, Sudhir and Roshan.


Happy laughing!

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Monday, April 8, 2019

Book Review: What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera | Dhiraj Sindhi

Book Review

What If It's Us

by

Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera


Book Review: What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera | Dhiraj Sindhi


Author: Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera

ISBN: 978-1471176395

Genre: YA Romantic Comedy

Length: 448 Pages

Publisher: HarperTeen (October 9, 2018) (For India: Simon & Schuster)

My Rating: ðŸŒŸðŸŒŸðŸŒŸðŸŒŸðŸŒŸ

Order your copy right now: What If It's Us (Amazon Link)

About the authors:

Becky Albertalli is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of William C. Morris Award winner and National Book Award longlist title Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (now a major motion picture, Love, Simon); the acclaimed The Upside of Unrequited. Becky lives with her family in Atlanta.





Adam Silvera is the groundbreaking New York Times-bestselling author of They Both Die at the End, More Happy Than Not, and History Is All You Left Me. Born and raised in the Bronx, Adam spent a large portion of his teen years reading Harry Potter and writing fan fiction. Growing up, he also set a goal for himself: By the time he turned twenty-five, he would be a published author. Adam is as tall as ever and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Follow them on Instagram: @beckyalbertalli @adamsilvera
Check out their website: Beckyhttps://beckyalbertalli.com/ & Adamhttp://www.adamsilvera.com/
Twitter Handles: @beckyalbertalli @AdamSilvera

REVIEW

What If It’s Us is the story of two teenagers who meet in New York. The story is narrated in two POVs of these two main characters, Arthur and Ben. Arthur’s chapters are narrated by Becky Albertalli and Ben’s chapters are narrated by Adam Silvera.

Arthur is only in New York for summer while Ben lives in New York. The story sets in the summer of 2018 at NYC. They both first meet at the post office. Arthur believes that the universe can deliver a show-stopping romance when you least expect it. Ben thinks if the universe had his back then he wouldn’t be on his way to post office carrying a break-up box. The location of the novel has its very good impact on the story, simply by the magic of New York City. The subway, the Central Park, the mall, the New York streets, buildings and apartments. And yes not to forget, the post office.

What If It’s Us is Young and Adult Romantic-Comedy Fiction. Being little specific, theme is Gay Romance (LGBT Romance). There are all sorts of details that refer to the struggles of gay teenagers these days. How difficult it is to find the one. Starting a relationship and maintaining it through ups and downs. The pressure of making their first-date perfect because there’s nothing like second-first-date. Well, it gets serious in the novel. There is a lot to laugh about in this book like on each page you would find a dialogue, a scene that is so realistically funny. So, it becomes a very light read. Also, the writing style of both the authors is so amazing, matching with the modern lifestyle of teenagers and youngsters. This book includes all references like FaceTime, Lyft, Instagram, Craigslist, and et cetera.

Talking about the plot, What If It’s Us follows two main characters as previously mentioned, Arthur and Ben. Arthur’s home is in Georgia and is only in New York for summer and Ben is New Yorker. They accidentally meet at post-office and also get separated just in time. Since, both the characters have strong feelings about each other, the universe has got plans for them. Arthur has two best friends in Georgia, Jessie and Ethan, to whom he just came out. Ben has just broke-up with Hudson, now his ex-boyfriend. Dylan is Ben’s best friend, who just broke-up with Harriet, who completes their four-friends circle. Arthur is an intern at his Mom’s office and Ben is in summer school and he doesn’t like this at all. Arthur and Ben surely meet again, they are obsessed with their do-overs. Everything else would seem like a spoiler but they actually become boyfriends. And there also comes a time when they feel other person in the relationship is not trying hard enough to be in the relationship. It’s funny and at the same time it’s heart-breaking.

Apart from this all, Harry Potter references are something to mention. Also, the book is filled with references to Broadway Plays/Musicals, Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Dear Evan Hansen by Benj Pasek and Steven Levenson.

What if life really isn’t like a Broadway play?
But what if it is?
What if it's us?

What I loved about this book? I loved almost everything in the book. It kept me awake at nights to read that another chapter. The characters are outstanding, leaves that exceptional impression with you for ever. The descriptions and writing style is as commendable as their previous works. I loved it absolutely. The plot, scenes, do-overs, friends, not to forget their families are cute AF. And colleagues too. Epilogue is a bit unexpected but then I realized, it is more realistic than anything else. The most important thing authors have talked about is, HOMOPHOBIA. Because let’s face it, why not?


Concluding with a bottom line─ It made me happy. It felt joyful whenever I picked it up. Becky and Adam, I love you so very much.

Highly Recommended!

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