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Did You Ever Love Me?
You left ghazals in my bones.
I bartered my heart for them.
I bartered my heart for them.
132 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 26, 2026
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August 18, 2026
Most of the poem got me of this book… mostly this one —
“When they tell you things should stay in the family, what they mean is:
We'll keep hurting you but don't worry,
we will also bandage your scars.
Promise us,
you'll never take the bandage off your lips,
or the world will know we're not the ones healing you,
we're the ones causing the pain”
“When they tell you things should stay in the family, what they mean is:
We'll keep hurting you but don't worry,
we will also bandage your scars.
Promise us,
you'll never take the bandage off your lips,
or the world will know we're not the ones healing you,
we're the ones causing the pain”
July 31, 2026
This book is a collection of poetry and proses that is very emotional. The book is very deeply relatable, very soul stirring, it is for people who love very deeply and have very strong feelings!
It is a reflection of what we experience and our emotions when the one we love treats us with zero care or concern. This book is for those whose hearts were broken by someone they never thought could hurt them. There are pages with lines that will bring tears to your eyes!
It is simple and arresting language that is personal and reflective of grief and attachment. it is a validating and lightening of the heavy heart. Everything about this book is remarkable, right from the cover to the title. The cover is interesting and engaging, and the title is perfect for the content that follows. Together they create the mood of what's inside and it makes it even more memorable. I highly recommend this poetry book to every poetry lovers!
It is a reflection of what we experience and our emotions when the one we love treats us with zero care or concern. This book is for those whose hearts were broken by someone they never thought could hurt them. There are pages with lines that will bring tears to your eyes!
It is simple and arresting language that is personal and reflective of grief and attachment. it is a validating and lightening of the heavy heart. Everything about this book is remarkable, right from the cover to the title. The cover is interesting and engaging, and the title is perfect for the content that follows. Together they create the mood of what's inside and it makes it even more memorable. I highly recommend this poetry book to every poetry lovers!
September 1, 2026
Will read again
September 18, 2026
Did You Ever Love Me? by Rithvik Singh is an emotional collection for anyone who has ever struggled to understand what remained after a relationship ended. Through simple poems and reflections, the book explores love, longing, memories, self-doubt, heartbreak and the slow process of choosing yourself again. What makes it connect is that it does not focus only on the big moments of a relationship. It pays attention to the small things that stay behind - an old conversation, a familiar song, an unanswered question, or a memory that suddenly returns when you least expect it.
The Questions We Never Ask Out Loud
• The title itself captures the uncertainty that often follows heartbreak: Did they ever love me the way I loved them?
• It explores the need for closure when the other person may never provide it.
• The writing understands that sometimes the hardest part is not losing someone, but questioning what the relationship meant.
The Art of Missing Someone
• One of the most relatable ideas is that missing someone does not always mean wanting them back.
• Sometimes we miss their presence, our routines, or simply the version of ourselves we were with them.
• The book gives these ordinary but complicated emotions a voice.
When Memories Become a Habit
• A song, an old message, a place or a familiar moment can bring someone back into your thoughts.
• These small emotional triggers make the poems feel personal and easy to connect with.
Healing Is Not Linear
• The book does not treat moving on as something that happens overnight.
• It recognises that healing can involve progress, setbacks, memories and moments of clarity.
What I enjoyed most about the book is how easily it turns complicated emotions into simple words. It feels less like a book telling you how to heal and more like a quiet companion that understands why healing can take time. For readers who feel deeply, overthink old conversations, hold on to memories, or are learning to choose themselves again, this is a comforting and relatable read.
The Questions We Never Ask Out Loud
• The title itself captures the uncertainty that often follows heartbreak: Did they ever love me the way I loved them?
• It explores the need for closure when the other person may never provide it.
• The writing understands that sometimes the hardest part is not losing someone, but questioning what the relationship meant.
The Art of Missing Someone
• One of the most relatable ideas is that missing someone does not always mean wanting them back.
• Sometimes we miss their presence, our routines, or simply the version of ourselves we were with them.
• The book gives these ordinary but complicated emotions a voice.
When Memories Become a Habit
• A song, an old message, a place or a familiar moment can bring someone back into your thoughts.
• These small emotional triggers make the poems feel personal and easy to connect with.
Healing Is Not Linear
• The book does not treat moving on as something that happens overnight.
• It recognises that healing can involve progress, setbacks, memories and moments of clarity.
What I enjoyed most about the book is how easily it turns complicated emotions into simple words. It feels less like a book telling you how to heal and more like a quiet companion that understands why healing can take time. For readers who feel deeply, overthink old conversations, hold on to memories, or are learning to choose themselves again, this is a comforting and relatable read.
August 27, 2026
Okay, you know that feeling when you think you are completely over someone and then one random sentence in a book ruins your evening?
Yep.
That is the emotional neighbourhood in which Rithvik Singh's Did You Ever Love Me? lives.
This is a contemporary poetry collection about love, longing, heartbreak, memory, letting go and learning to stop measuring your worth through another person's ability to love you properly. It is written for people who feel things deeply, which sounds like a very broad audience until you start reading and realise Singh is speaking particularly to those people who overthink conversations, remember tiny details and somehow manage to care about people who probably did not deserve quite that much emotional investment.
The book's strength is its accessibility. You do not need to be a serious poetry nerd to understand what Singh is doing. The poems are conversational, direct and emotionally easy to enter. If poetry usually makes you think, “Wait, am I supposed to understand this?”, you are unlikely to have that problem here.
The collection also has some lovely imagery. One of my favourite lines is:
“You left ghazals in my bones.
I bartered my heart for them.”
And then there is this:
“I never understood home as anything but a metaphor for longing.”
The collection starts by asking whether somebody loved you, but gradually becomes more interested in what happens when you stop allowing another person's love, or lack of it, to determine your sense of self.
Some of the emotional language is familiar, particularly if you already read a lot of contemporary poetry about relationships, healing and self-worth. There are moments when you can see the emotional conclusion arriving before the poem gets there. I sometimes wished Singh had trusted his imagery more and explained less.
It is accessible because it is direct. It can occasionally feel predictable for exactly the same reason. It has a very Rupi Kaur imprint on it. Like you are reading one of her books.
Still, I think there is something valuable about a poetry book that understands why people pick up poetry in the first place. Sometimes you do not want a literary puzzle. You want words for something you have been carrying around in your head for months.
If you are new to poetry, this is a place to start. If you already love contemporary relationship poetry, you will probably find plenty to underline.
For me, the book feels heartfelt. It did not make me think that every poem was perfect. It did make me think about how easily we confuse being loved with being understood, and how difficult it can be to stop looking for home in another person.
Read the full review at my blog
I would recommend it if your heart is having one of those weeks.
Yep.
That is the emotional neighbourhood in which Rithvik Singh's Did You Ever Love Me? lives.
This is a contemporary poetry collection about love, longing, heartbreak, memory, letting go and learning to stop measuring your worth through another person's ability to love you properly. It is written for people who feel things deeply, which sounds like a very broad audience until you start reading and realise Singh is speaking particularly to those people who overthink conversations, remember tiny details and somehow manage to care about people who probably did not deserve quite that much emotional investment.
The book's strength is its accessibility. You do not need to be a serious poetry nerd to understand what Singh is doing. The poems are conversational, direct and emotionally easy to enter. If poetry usually makes you think, “Wait, am I supposed to understand this?”, you are unlikely to have that problem here.
The collection also has some lovely imagery. One of my favourite lines is:
“You left ghazals in my bones.
I bartered my heart for them.”
And then there is this:
“I never understood home as anything but a metaphor for longing.”
The collection starts by asking whether somebody loved you, but gradually becomes more interested in what happens when you stop allowing another person's love, or lack of it, to determine your sense of self.
Some of the emotional language is familiar, particularly if you already read a lot of contemporary poetry about relationships, healing and self-worth. There are moments when you can see the emotional conclusion arriving before the poem gets there. I sometimes wished Singh had trusted his imagery more and explained less.
It is accessible because it is direct. It can occasionally feel predictable for exactly the same reason. It has a very Rupi Kaur imprint on it. Like you are reading one of her books.
Still, I think there is something valuable about a poetry book that understands why people pick up poetry in the first place. Sometimes you do not want a literary puzzle. You want words for something you have been carrying around in your head for months.
If you are new to poetry, this is a place to start. If you already love contemporary relationship poetry, you will probably find plenty to underline.
For me, the book feels heartfelt. It did not make me think that every poem was perfect. It did make me think about how easily we confuse being loved with being understood, and how difficult it can be to stop looking for home in another person.
Read the full review at my blog
I would recommend it if your heart is having one of those weeks.
August 4, 2026
It never feels normal to digest the fact that I am holding the exact book that my mind needs in order to survive a particular situation. I have proof now that the Universe is talking with me, through the words of others.
It's pouring outside today, on the first day of Savann. So weird, how the weather outside reflects our moods inside. I enjoyed this rain after a long long while.
I don't have the words to review or express my thoughts about the works of Rithvik Singh. His words feel like the poetry that makes up my DNA. It feels good to see that there's someone real existing in this world who thinks and feels with the same intensity and sincerity as I do (or maybe not fully, because no two humans are fully same) - that too with full honesty and happiness, without feeling like an alien like I do. (Yes, I have been called an "alien" multiple times in my life by near and far ones) But reading his words made me feel hope after a long long long time that maybe aliens like me do exist, whose words, intent and actions match the tenor of their hearts and souls.
If you are an emotional person who wears their hearts on their sleeves proudly or someone who loved the wrong person deeply and are unable to let them go, leading you to the realisation that you have major self abandonment issues and fundamentally values others' lives more over your own, because you had completely forgotten that YOUR days are numbered too like THEM, or someone who has done all the shadow work and has now come to the same uncomfortable conclusion - that it's time to choose yourself over that toxic attachment, who would NEVER choose you, no matter what other self harming decisions or choices you took and killed yourself literally - because, let's face it, they simply didn't LOVE you, the way you LOVE, boundlessly and sincerely - yes, if that someone is YOU, read these poetry books. You'll cry, you'll smile, you'll be forced to face uncomfortable facts, but at the final page, you'll definitely return to yourself, I promise.
Loved loved loved your words, poet . I am happy to live in a world with people like you.
It's pouring outside today, on the first day of Savann. So weird, how the weather outside reflects our moods inside. I enjoyed this rain after a long long while.
I don't have the words to review or express my thoughts about the works of Rithvik Singh. His words feel like the poetry that makes up my DNA. It feels good to see that there's someone real existing in this world who thinks and feels with the same intensity and sincerity as I do (or maybe not fully, because no two humans are fully same) - that too with full honesty and happiness, without feeling like an alien like I do. (Yes, I have been called an "alien" multiple times in my life by near and far ones) But reading his words made me feel hope after a long long long time that maybe aliens like me do exist, whose words, intent and actions match the tenor of their hearts and souls.
If you are an emotional person who wears their hearts on their sleeves proudly or someone who loved the wrong person deeply and are unable to let them go, leading you to the realisation that you have major self abandonment issues and fundamentally values others' lives more over your own, because you had completely forgotten that YOUR days are numbered too like THEM, or someone who has done all the shadow work and has now come to the same uncomfortable conclusion - that it's time to choose yourself over that toxic attachment, who would NEVER choose you, no matter what other self harming decisions or choices you took and killed yourself literally - because, let's face it, they simply didn't LOVE you, the way you LOVE, boundlessly and sincerely - yes, if that someone is YOU, read these poetry books. You'll cry, you'll smile, you'll be forced to face uncomfortable facts, but at the final page, you'll definitely return to yourself, I promise.
Loved loved loved your words, poet . I am happy to live in a world with people like you.
August 29, 2026
Books stay with us long after we have finished reading them. They leave behind too many thoughts, too many feelings, and sometimes emotions that we cannot quite put into words. Did You Ever Love Me? by Rithvik Singh is one such book.
Rithvik Singh, with his words, works his magic yet again. This beautifully woven collection makes you confront emotions that you may have been avoiding and feelings you may have been trying to leave behind. Did You Ever Love Me? is a collection of poems and prose that goes beyond unreciprocated love. It explores love, heartbreak, longing, self-love, self-worth, letting go, grief, family, the relationship between a mother and child, and the idea of home. What I particularly liked is that the book doesn’t restrict love to romantic relationships. It looks at the many ways we love, lose, remember and hold on to people, and how those experiences shape us.
At its heart, this is also a book about choosing yourself. It is about understanding that someone else’s inability to love you, understand you or respect your feelings does not determine your worth. There is a quiet journey towards healing running through these pages, one that asks you to let go of what hurts and find your way back to yourself. And perhaps that is why the idea of home feels so significant throughout the collection. Home isn’t always a place; sometimes it is a person, a memory, a relationship, or even the feeling of finally being at peace with yourself. The book beautifully captures that longing for belonging and the things we continue to carry even after people are no longer a part of our lives.
Read the full review on the website.
https://vidhyathakkar.com/book-review...
September 11, 2026
“The flower seller outside the temple
is an atheist who takes out
the first desi gulab
every morning and tucks it
into his wife's hair.
They smile at each other
and I feel closer to God.”
— Rithvik Singh, Did You Ever Love Me?
Did You Ever Love Me? by Rithvik Singh doesn't have a blurb but comes with an instruction manual. A manual that inspires ourselves and others to love a little harder and from the deepest reserves of the heart.
”What can shelter memories better than conversations?”
The recurring theme underlying the pieces is longing. Longing to be understood. Longing to be with someone beloved. The emotional core is raw, but the language is ornate. The verses stirred something deep within me. Many moments made me pause and just let the feelings course through my veins. He retains some Hindi words lending the poems an authenticity rooted in Indian culture. The writing isn't layered, but it heavily relies on vivid descriptions and illustrations to communicate feelings with immediacy.
The feministic side portrayed by Singh settles within you causing discomfort. Discomfort of the truth. Discomfort of the painful reality she lives in. The Ghajara, the Gungroo, the Anarkali dress are powerful symbolisms. The emotion of love is far from its traditional meaning, but it's something that sits quietly between two hearts that have stopped loving.
”She refuses to
live a life she hates
to make anyone love her.”
Poignant, heartfelt and sincere, Did you Ever Love Me? by Rithvik Singh is for the kindred spirits, broken hearts and yearning for a home that doesn't even exist.
“I wish I could tell her,
Someone's breaking in the house.
There's a heart that's always locked.
You could never, never hurt anyone.”
is an atheist who takes out
the first desi gulab
every morning and tucks it
into his wife's hair.
They smile at each other
and I feel closer to God.”
— Rithvik Singh, Did You Ever Love Me?
Did You Ever Love Me? by Rithvik Singh doesn't have a blurb but comes with an instruction manual. A manual that inspires ourselves and others to love a little harder and from the deepest reserves of the heart.
”What can shelter memories better than conversations?”
The recurring theme underlying the pieces is longing. Longing to be understood. Longing to be with someone beloved. The emotional core is raw, but the language is ornate. The verses stirred something deep within me. Many moments made me pause and just let the feelings course through my veins. He retains some Hindi words lending the poems an authenticity rooted in Indian culture. The writing isn't layered, but it heavily relies on vivid descriptions and illustrations to communicate feelings with immediacy.
The feministic side portrayed by Singh settles within you causing discomfort. Discomfort of the truth. Discomfort of the painful reality she lives in. The Ghajara, the Gungroo, the Anarkali dress are powerful symbolisms. The emotion of love is far from its traditional meaning, but it's something that sits quietly between two hearts that have stopped loving.
”She refuses to
live a life she hates
to make anyone love her.”
Poignant, heartfelt and sincere, Did you Ever Love Me? by Rithvik Singh is for the kindred spirits, broken hearts and yearning for a home that doesn't even exist.
“I wish I could tell her,
Someone's breaking in the house.
There's a heart that's always locked.
You could never, never hurt anyone.”
August 5, 2026
I went into “Did You Ever Love Me?” expecting a story, but it turned out to be a collection of reflections, emotions, and short pieces rather than a continuous narrative. It took me a while to adjust my expectations, and I think knowing that beforehand would have made the reading experience smoother.
Rithvik Singh’s writing is gentle and easy to read, and there are a handful of beautiful lines that stay with you. Some chapters genuinely made me pause and reflect, especially those about self-worth, heartbreak, and healing. However, not every piece had the same impact. A few felt repetitive, and after a while, the emotions began to blend together instead of building into something deeper.
I also found myself wanting stronger connections between the stories or a clearer sense of progression. While I understand that the book is meant to be a collection of independent pieces, I personally missed having a central narrative to hold everything together.
Overall, this is a comforting read for anyone who enjoys introspective writing and relatable thoughts about love and loss. It just wasn’t as memorable or emotionally powerful for me as I had hoped.
Worth reading for the quotes and reflections, but it didn’t fully resonate with me.
Rithvik Singh’s writing is gentle and easy to read, and there are a handful of beautiful lines that stay with you. Some chapters genuinely made me pause and reflect, especially those about self-worth, heartbreak, and healing. However, not every piece had the same impact. A few felt repetitive, and after a while, the emotions began to blend together instead of building into something deeper.
I also found myself wanting stronger connections between the stories or a clearer sense of progression. While I understand that the book is meant to be a collection of independent pieces, I personally missed having a central narrative to hold everything together.
Overall, this is a comforting read for anyone who enjoys introspective writing and relatable thoughts about love and loss. It just wasn’t as memorable or emotionally powerful for me as I had hoped.
Worth reading for the quotes and reflections, but it didn’t fully resonate with me.
August 31, 2026
Some books tell a story. This one feels like a conversation with the parts of you that are still searching for answers.
Did You Ever Love Me? isn't just about heartbreak, it's about the questions we ask ourselves after someone leaves. The title itself carries the weight of every unanswered goodbye.
Rithvik Singh has a way of putting complicated emotions into simple words. His writing is gentle, raw, and easy to connect with. Some pages feel like they were written for the version of you that stayed a little too long, loved a little too deeply, or blamed yourself for someone else's inability to stay.
While a few pieces felt familiar and repetitive, many lines made me pause, reflect, and underline them. This isn't a book you rush through; it's one you return to whenever your heart needs a little understanding.
Did You Ever Love Me? isn't just about heartbreak, it's about the questions we ask ourselves after someone leaves. The title itself carries the weight of every unanswered goodbye.
Rithvik Singh has a way of putting complicated emotions into simple words. His writing is gentle, raw, and easy to connect with. Some pages feel like they were written for the version of you that stayed a little too long, loved a little too deeply, or blamed yourself for someone else's inability to stay.
While a few pieces felt familiar and repetitive, many lines made me pause, reflect, and underline them. This isn't a book you rush through; it's one you return to whenever your heart needs a little understanding.
August 1, 2026
Good book, actually maybe it's not my type.
So many small quotes about unspoken love and pain—I experienced that too, but it doesn't feel like anything to me. For me, I feel like if my ex still sends snaps, then I can send each quote for her to make her remember that I am still searching for that special feeling, but as something to read, I don't like this.
Yeah, this is a small one; it doesn't need a day to finish but I read it slowly and take time to blend in it, but still, I don't feel anything like the hype or anything, but the words are good.
So many small quotes about unspoken love and pain—I experienced that too, but it doesn't feel like anything to me. For me, I feel like if my ex still sends snaps, then I can send each quote for her to make her remember that I am still searching for that special feeling, but as something to read, I don't like this.
Yeah, this is a small one; it doesn't need a day to finish but I read it slowly and take time to blend in it, but still, I don't feel anything like the hype or anything, but the words are good.
August 21, 2026
I read this at a time when I could really relate to it, and honestly it felt like someone was taking all the feelings I couldn’t put into words and writing them down for me.
I think that’s also why I am not sure how much I would have connected with this book if I had read it at a different point in my life. It’s a short book in a poem format, a very easy read.
I would say it’s a good read for anyone who wants to explore love, heartbreak and moving on.
It’s a 3.5/5 for me!
I think that’s also why I am not sure how much I would have connected with this book if I had read it at a different point in my life. It’s a short book in a poem format, a very easy read.
I would say it’s a good read for anyone who wants to explore love, heartbreak and moving on.
It’s a 3.5/5 for me!
September 1, 2026
It was my first book and I had no idea what to expect. It left me feeling broken and healed at the same time.
It's a collection of poetry and prose on love, longing, betrayal and there's so much more than just that and I was so emotionally invested in reading the pieces as they touched my heart and made me so emotional.
In the beginning, I wasn't connecting much with his writing but gradually, I began to connect and now I am looking forward to reading his other books as well.
If you love to read about self-love, healing, betrayal, womanhood then this will hit you harder.
It's a collection of poetry and prose on love, longing, betrayal and there's so much more than just that and I was so emotionally invested in reading the pieces as they touched my heart and made me so emotional.
In the beginning, I wasn't connecting much with his writing but gradually, I began to connect and now I am looking forward to reading his other books as well.
If you love to read about self-love, healing, betrayal, womanhood then this will hit you harder.
August 12, 2026
If you like poem then you will love this book. Some paragraphs will make you pause. Rithvik Singh’s words always feels like your own. But if you don’t like poem maybe this book will make you a little less comfortable.
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July 19, 2026Good boo I want to read it
August 2, 2026
totally worth my time,
Minimalist and concised
Love the poetries and the meaningful take away points.
Absolute fun, 🍀
Minimalist and concised
Love the poetries and the meaningful take away points.
Absolute fun, 🍀
August 5, 2026
Not every book is meant for every reader. This one wasn’t my cup of tea, but I can still appreciate the writing and the effort behind it. It just didn’t match my reading preferences.
August 16, 2026
Best one so far
September 2, 2026
All the poems were sad. Maybe angry on parents or on the ones who left the protagonist. I wanted some motivational poems. So haven’t felt more relatable to the ones. Some were so good.
September 12, 2026
A beautifully written story that stayed with me even after I finished reading it. Definitely a book I would recommend to readers who enjoy emotional and meaningful fiction 📚🍁❤️
September 13, 2026
It felt like a much needed hug ♥️
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September 21, 20263.5 starts
September 26, 2026
3.5 Stars!!!
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