“Everything’s Gonna Be Alright” is the debut book of Dhruv Anand. Firstly, I want to thank the author for selecting me to review his book and for providing me a review copy.
The title itself contains pretty much positive vibes and it is apt for the content of the story.
The language of the book is very lucid. The narration of the story is quite simple I’d say. Because the story has a plain and simple flow maintained almost till the end. Though the plot is good as per the journey, but it could’ve been crafted in a better way I would say.
The theme of the book is love, friendship, motivation and positive vision towards life.
The characters are portrayed and justified well by the author. Keeping aside the two main characters (Akhil Anand & Vrishika), I’d like to mention 3 other names here who has played equally important role in this book to keep the flow of the story intact. They are- Rahul Singh (Akhil’s roommate), Krishnaparth Nagpal aka ‘Nagpal’ (Akhil’s batchmate), Akira (Akhil’s very genuine friend in college).
The story begins- Akhil had dreams since his childhood to become a chef in future. He wanted to study Hotel Management to pursue his dreams. But his father wanted him to do something ‘fruitful’ in his life thus he can join his (father’s) factory and look after the same in future. Akhil did sacrifice his dreams to follow his father’s will and eventually landed himself in a complete different stream than his interest, which is ‘Mechanical Engineering’. After completing diploma and joining college for degree, everything was going on through almost plain track in his college life and study. Then he crossed his paths with Vrishika. After some primary interactions he started to feel for her and eventually both of them headed to their journey of love. Akhil did face some ups and down, and turns in his relationship, and regarding other issues in college with his friends also. But somehow he managed. But there comes a point when something tragic happened to his personal life and that affected his inner soul deeply. What was the incident? What happened with Akhil and his career and dreams after that? Will he be able to manage all the things till the last? What will happen to his relation with Vrishika in future? Is everything gonna be alright? Well, it’s the rest of the story which you’ve to explore by yourself.
Author has successfully depicted the real friendship between Akhil & Akira, the support of Rahul and Nagpal at stages when they needed to. The love of Akhil and Vrishika touched my heart at the very end. Author has painted the emotions perfectly with no exaggeration to be found. The mental struggle of Akhil, his father’s vision associated with Akhil’s dreams, his love and sacrifice, the love of parents, the support of friends and the motivation towards life, everything is shown here. This book teaches us that no matter if things are going wrong now a little, with strong determination, positive mind, and faith, one can achieve his goal and dreams surely sooner or later (though it may cost a really big ‘price’ sometimes). The end has taught me something really necessary lesson in my life. Waiting for the next part to be released soon. Thanks to the author and all the best for his future works.