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Monday, 12 June 2017
Rafflesia by Gautam
Published
Year- 2017
Publication- Leadstart
Publications
Genre- Fiction
Pages- 396
Format- Paperback/Kindle
Synopsis
"Rafflesia: The Banished Princess"
The curtains draw up. Lights are dimmed. The musical is about to begin. As the beautiful princess descends on stage, the mythical creatures from her kingdom come alive. Flickers of brilliant colours
blaze across as mesmerizing music pulsates from one corner of the theatre to the other. A fairy tale is about to unfold…
As young children, we often come across things that stay in our hearts forever. For Appu, it is a fairy tale about a beautiful princess. He lives with her in a world filled with the magical creatures from her kingdom until the real world beckons. A reluctant Appu steps into it as a striking young man and struggles to find his place.
What follows is an evocative tale of love and loss, friendship and betrayal, as the story travels through the snow-peaked mountains of Arunachal to the golden deserts of Jaisalmer, the tulip gardens of
Holland to the lush greens of Kerala. Does Appu find what he had set out for? The answer lies in Rafflesia — The Banished Princess because in her story, lay his!"
My Review
We all read books and there are characters which we fall
for, what will happen if you realize that your love has no ending but you can’t
get off that fictional character and due to which you messes your life. Rafflesia
is a story of one such tale where Apu falls for Rafflesia(fictional character)
and remain baffled in his life, that’s what blurb says but I didn’t find such
connection anywhere in the book.
As a debutant author, Gautam has really impressed me with
his writing style. One will not able to put down the book because the way he
narrates whereas lack of plot building will sadden the readers.
Plot moves between past and present where author narrated
early life of Apu and his current life where he was still same. There were many
characters in the book but it won’t create trouble in distinguishing. Another
character I enjoyed reading was Rahul, Apu’s childhood friend. Rahul who
belonged to an affluent family has everything but sooner life played his
cards, he was abandon by upheavals of
life and searched for solance in Apu.
Book title and cover could have justified if author could
have worked with the central theme of the book but I still like the cover,
beautiful and elegant. Blurb astray too but author writing style will sooth
readers.
Overall i would recommend book to those who wants to try on
a story of a real life character falling for a fictional. Book could be a light
Sunday brunch.
I would rate 3/5 stars to Rafflesia and would be looking
forward to read more work in future.
The book is provided by Arudha Club in exchange of genuine review.
Reviewed by Aditi Srivastava
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