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Friday 22 June 2018
Lovestruck by Prasupta Roy
Published Year- 2018
Published by- Half Baked Beans
Publishing
Pages- 130
Genre- Romance/Fiction
Format- Paperback/Kindle
Synopsis
Kaatyaani works as an English teacher in a school. She enjoys her job as she finds it both challenging and rewarding. She dreams of excelling in this field and getting some recognition in her life. But, life takes a different turn when she marries Hemant. She now has only one wish-to become a mother. For, she thinks a baby will fill the void in her life. But fate has different plans! Amidst the turmoil when life seems meaninglessshe meets Siddharth, a tall and handsome man in his mid-thirties. In him, she finds her ideal man, her soul mate. They come closer, fall in love and wish to spend life with each other. But Kaatyaani won’t leave Hemant. For, she thinks he will be shattered if she forsakes him. Fate plays a game again when Hemant gets transferred to Bangalore. Her heart craves for Siddharth while her mind demands fidelity. In this tussle, between her heart and mind who will win-the heart or the mind?
My Review
Lovestruck by
Praupta Roy is a complicated affair between arranged marriage and their complexities
which leads to spilt of couples. In the story we follow Kaatyaani who is
married to Hemant, the couple has lives a happy life but sooner their happiness
was short lived and to find her solace she befriended Siddharth(online friend).
After
finishing the book, I concluded two things, one that book has reflected some
relevant facts whereas I felt that book was highly fictitious.
Let’s behind
with cons, book begins with the arranged married couple who once had a gala
life but soon the craving of being parent starts pulling them off their marriage.
Kaatyaani the protagonist is kind of married woman which we happen to see
around, she scarified her dreams to make things better in their marriage. In
our society we still have in-laws and husbands who still didn’t want their
daughter-in-law/wife to move out of the home and continue her job; same was the
case of Kaatyaani. Women not only scarified her dreams but gradually they give
up their interests and liking because their beloved husband doesn’t approve of
them. Exactly, was the case with Kaatyaanai. Whenever a couple is not able to
have a baby, a woman is always questioned even if she is physically and mentally
fit to conceive. The same happened with Kaatyaani. These were the portions
which I could relate because we happen to see around.
But sooner
the book proceeds, the plot line throws me question “Does polygamy is legal in
India?”, this went off for me. Moving ahead, Kaatyaani finally find peace in a
virtual friend but then they got separate and met just like in movies. That’s
something which never happen in real life.
Narration
could have been fast paced but then the poor editing of the poor hindered the
part of smooth reading. The book doesn’t match with the storyline which is yet
another drawback. And I again want to
request HBB to increase the font size, it really pained to read small texts and
it sometimes makes the book monotonous.
Overall, the plot was good and I would recommend you to read it. At
last, I would rate 3/5 star. Really wish to see more books by the author in
stores and personally on female centric.
Reviewed by
Aditi Srivastava
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