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Tuesday, 28 April 2015
Date Published: 10 August, 2014
Publisher: Bluejay Books Pvt. Ltd.
Pages: 200
Source: Review copy provided by Purba Chakraborty
Format: Paperback
Goodreads Synopsis
She is a successful author, a loving wife and
the world's best mom. Her doctor husband dotes on her, her teenage daughter
idolizes her and her readers yearn for her writing. Shouldn't all that respect
and love make her happy? Yet, she is devoid of inner peace. In the wee hours of
the night, her slumber is disturbed by horrifying nightmares. All her harmony
is abducted and lost amidst the bunch of hidden letters kept in her cupboard.
Those letters were written long back by her cousin, presently a patient at by long-time end malignant
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My Review
“Men are governed by lines of intellect – Women: by curves of
emotion.”
~James Joyce
I was minding my own business, looking for my
next read on Goodreads, when I found out about Purba Chakraborty’s book, ‘The
Hidden Letters’. I was looking for a book on strong woman characters and a
great story on women’s emotions. The Hidden Letters fit my both criteria. The
title and the blurb of the book was undoubtedly the most intriguing one I have
ever read! The cover of this wonderful book was just perfect! I just couldn’t
help but contact Purba and ask for a review copy of her book. Purba
The story of the book is probably the most
unique and simple one I have ever read. The story of how a woman has to play
various roles – a mother, a wife, a partner, a professional writer – was beautifully
captured by Purba. Her story has shed light on different shades of a women and
how women cruses through all of them. Her story is about an inspiring woman who
is a successful writer, a good wife and a best mother. But the best mother and
best wife isn’t perfect. She has taken a few decisions in the past, which she
knows if revealed, will destroy her family. The revelation of these decisions
will probably lead to loosing the respect of her daughter and love of her
husband. Purba not only deals with the decisions her protagonist takes but also
explains beautifully the reason behind them. Purba captures the different
shades of women just so perfectly!
One must admit that the lead character of Anaya
is strong and powerful one. But, Anaya is not only as strong as a mountain but
also as gentle and loving as a river. Purba has done a great job shedding light
on different shades of women, in this case Ananya. The character of Anaya is my
personal favorite!
The language of the novel is impressive but at
the same I must mention here that lack of spaces between words, usage of wrong
words in few places turned me off. I felt a little more comfortable in latter
half of the book than first part of the book. As an aspiring author, and
considering Purba’s second novel, she has done a great job. Her flow of
sentences in second part of the book was so smooth that I just couldn’t put the
book down! This book is definitely a page turner!
One of the most interesting feature of this
book was the titles of all chapters somehow gave me a hint of what is about to
happen. This could have gone two ways – acted as a spoiler or a slight hint. I
must admit that in my case, I felt that few titles of the chapters were spoilers
and few acted as slight hints of what was about to come. But, I must also
mention here that in no way the story was predictable. The story has few twists
and turns and unpredictable ones considering we always expect good things to
happen.
I also noticed that the length of all the
chapters was almost similar and this trend was seen throughout the book. I
reason why I could finish the book in just one sitting was probably the flow of
the language and the universality of length of the chapters.
Anaya is a successful author, a loving wife and
the world's best mother. But why is that she is devoid of a peaceful sleep at
night? Why would a perfect mother fear losing respect and love of her family?
What is the reason behind her horrifying nightmares? What wrongs she has done
in the past which haunts her present?
Read ‘The Hidden Letters’ by Purba Chakraborty to
find out…
I rate this wonderful book a 3 out of 5 for an
excellent story and insights into a woman’s heart. I recommend this book to
every man and woman to truly understand what it means to be a woman with many
shades. This book is definitely an insightful one for everyone to view women in a completely different light. A must read!
Huge thanks to Purba Chakraborty for the review
copy! I really appreciate that.
~RP
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Thank you so much Rishikesh for the detailed review :)
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