Book Review : Good Intentions By Kasim Ali - Not just Love Story Book

Actions can lead to changes in life, and the intentions of a person can make him/her place never thought of. Intentions of a person are showcased through words and actions, let us see if the Good Intentions got on the right track.

Book Title & Book Cover: 

Good Intentions by Kasim Ali's book cover grabs attention instantly as the book title is written in bright colors. The caricature of the lead characters of the story finds its place on the cover.

Midnight's Star : Friends to Lovers Book by Shilpa Suraj

Love has no boundaries and it crosses every hurdle. 

This stands true in the book titled ‘Midnight’s Stars’ by Shilpa Suraj in the Blogchatter book review program, where we write an honest book review in exchange for the book.

Book Cover & Title:

The book cover has a dashing man with shades with a slight frown. So we come to know though he is rich there is some problem in his life. When readers read the blurb they get more connected with the cover as the leading man of the book ‘Dev Arya’ is posted on the cover and he is visually impaired. The title does justice to the storyline.

It must've been Love by Mayura Amarkant: Love story in poems

Books can give you the required solace you are looking for and if it is a poetry book then the words resonate with you for much longer. Today we have a poetry book titled ‘It must've been Love’ by Mayura Amarkant that has resonated with us effectively.

Book Title & Book Cover

The book cover has a heart with a bandage that showcases that poems have the emotion of loneliness, separation, and longing that fits the subtitle very well. And the book title makes the reader intrigued as it is a sentence that is reassuring to self and questions at the larger perspective.

Book with narration twist:

The book is one of its kind where the love story moves forward with a series of beautiful and heart-warming poetry combined with prose in each section. Love envelopes myriad emotions at various statures of life and the author has woven emotions in the form of free verse poetry.

Book Review : When She Smiled

The book “When She smiled “ is the debut novel written by Ritoban Chakrabarti, is  a story of a teenager boy who finds his destiny hidden behind a ‘Smile’. The front cover of the book is well designed and attractive which tempts the reader to start off.

 

Book : When She Smiled

Plot:

The story is set up in the backdrop of mesmerizing Shivalik  ranges in  Shimla which is well known for its picturesque beauty. The story revolves around a fifteen year old boy,Mrityunjoy Roy ,who returns from the Sainik school to join his previous DAV school  and was delighted to meet his buddies after a long gap. He is a boy who likes to participate in almost all kinds of competition, has the passion of doing something different and is a day dreamer.

Here, he meets a girl ,Akansha who is the most beautiful girl in the school and is captivated by her smile and gorgeous eyes. Slowly the teen love takes a leap when she joins Roy’s tuition classes. They used to walk kilometers together to spend time with each other enjoying the beauty of Shimla. He always thinks of impressing her and drawing her focus on him. Her one smile would give him all the answers to his questions. The sweet innocent love story just takes lead mingled with myriad of emotions.

The other characters in the story are introduced very well. Roy’s parents were very particular about studies and disliked any kind of the extra-curricular activities .They fought on petty issues which annoyed Mrityunjoy a lot. But the pillar support was his elder brother and sister who were his role models and guided him in all walks of life.

Then suddenly a very sad incident just changes his way to approach life and he decides to move on .A smile that once made him crazy now lighted his path to success.

Likes:

• The descriptions about the scenic beauty of Shivalik, in and around Shimla are very refreshing.
• The poetry which Mrityunjoy writes on the request of his girlfriend, Akansha is the real strength of the book.
• The story is able to decipher a very good message for our youth ,that one should move on in life if things fall apart rather than wasting  time repenting, thus making the situations worse.
• The student life is portrayed beautifully .The competitions and the school fare just took me back to my goody school days.

Dislike: 

• The book just doesn’t keep the readers engrossed. There are dialogues that seemed repetitive. 
• I was not able to connect the speaker of the dialogues at times it was confusing as to who is speaking. 
• The ending was quite hasty and could have been more interesting and also came across few grammatical mistakes. 
• Few portions were explained in detail but as we reach towards the end the things are rushed and hence were unsuccessful to strike the right cord.

Final word:

The book is written in first person and is narrated by Roy. The language used is simple and easy to grasp.

The author seems to be a nature lover and portrayed the perfect picture of the exquisiteness of Shimla through his writing. This book could be a good pick to revive the memories of the teenager life and could be a one-time read sipping coffee in leisure time.

Book Details:

Name: When she Smiled

Author: Ritoban Chakrabarti

Genre: Romantic Fiction

Publisher: Notion press

ISBN: 978-93-84878-25-2

Pages: 217

Price:  Rs 215

My Rating: 3/5

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@ Meenal