Rafflesia Reviewed by Aditi Srivastava

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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.

Story starts curiosity of children going back to home but the tower on the way always catches their attention. Apu who is the protagonist is totally different from what we read in other books. Apu was shy, socially backward and introvert. He didn’t have anything to flaunt excepts his simplicity and a humble heart. Apu who belongs to poor family has always seen and learned to accept his faith. Later in his childhood he gets accustomed with book which became price possession for him- Rafflesia.

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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