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Why Not Me?: A feeling of Millions
A hopeless romantic, Anubhav had been looking for the love of his life. When Zoya accepted his online friend request, he felt an instant connection. Soon, he was falling deeply in love with her.
For four years, first as friend and then as boyfriend, Anubhav waited for the day that Zoya would fall for him too. It never came. He had fallen in love with a person who had never really cared about him. He thought that if Zoya ever left him, he would be devastated. Turns out, it was the best gift ever.
In Why Not Me? A Feeling of Millions, Anubhav looks back on his roller-coaster ride of being crazy in love to heartbroken, expressing in words what countless others have felt. His message? A broken heart can make you a stronger person.
Already a national bestseller, Why Not Me? is a story of learning to love yourself again.
For four years, first as friend and then as boyfriend, Anubhav waited for the day that Zoya would fall for him too. It never came. He had fallen in love with a person who had never really cared about him. He thought that if Zoya ever left him, he would be devastated. Turns out, it was the best gift ever.
In Why Not Me? A Feeling of Millions, Anubhav looks back on his roller-coaster ride of being crazy in love to heartbroken, expressing in words what countless others have felt. His message? A broken heart can make you a stronger person.
Already a national bestseller, Why Not Me? is a story of learning to love yourself again.
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Published July 7, 2020
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Summary
If you or any of your friends or relatives ever had a relationship with a toxic person, there is a high probability that this book might help you. This book is based on the real-life story of the author Anubhav Agrawal. It tells us all the tribulations he had to endure to survive a toxic relationship. It is considered extremely difficult for an empath (like the author) to keep body and soul together after a toxic relationship. To write a memoir based on it necessitates a sheer amount of audacity.
Three things you can learn from this book
1) Why are some individuals more prone to fall into a toxic relationship?
There are different types of abusive relationships. They are the abusive relationships of parents to their children, children to their parents, husband to his wife and vice versa, boyfriend to a girlfriend, and vice versa. The most difficult kind of abusive relationship is the one by parents towards children. It is extremely onerous for children who haven't attained the maturity to deal with such parents.
I am ventilating only the toxic relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend here as this book is dealing with such a similar theme. The empaths are the people who are more prone to fall into the whims of a toxic partner. The high level of compassion that the empaths possess will attract predators like the people with narcissistic personality disorder and histrionic personality disorder into their life. In this book, the author has never said that his lover had any personality problems. He just described his experience in the best way possible and left the rest for the readers to interpret as all the characters in this book are real people. Some lessons he learned from his life section mentioned in the last part of this book is good, but it is not enough for this book's scope. So I will utilize the reviewer's prerogative to discuss a little more about toxic relationships here, which should have been (at least partially) there in this book.
How can you find out whether your relationship is toxic?
There is a high probability that you are in a toxic relationship if at least a few of the things mentioned below are present in your relationship.
-1) Mirroring and making you feel special.
- 2) Monitoring and stalking- They will use every method to monitor you(like your social media accounts and your interests and study you perfectly from a safe distance to form tactics to mirror you. In extreme cases, it can go to a state called trance for the victim, where they will have to hyperfocus on the toxic person and will be psychologically defenseless).
-3) Intensity (abuser wants you and your family to approve and love the abuser in an obsessive way).
-4) Grandiosity.
-5) Manipulative and controlling nature (they control your social media, finances, and your attitude towards your friends and relatives).
-6) Stare- Intense stare without blinking and emotion.
-7) Scapegoating- Direct projection of toxic person's insecurities over the victim.
-8) Clandestine abuse- in the form of advice and solutions in the disguise of a sincere attempt to help.
-9) Isolation - Limiting your time with your friends to make you more dependent on them.
-10) Diminishing and dismissing your ideas and opinions with eye-roll and scoffs.
-11) Triangulation - Pitting the victim against others without the victim being fully aware of what is taking place (like divide and conquer).
-13) Amplification, The toxic person will shout out your failure and whisper your successes (The abuser always wants the limelight).
-14) Emotional blackmail.
-15) Rationalization- Justifies and makes excuses for their behavior.
-16) Crazy making- they will say or do something and later denies ever doing or saying to make you doubt your sanity.
-17) Anger outbursts and temper tantrums - hot and cold games by flattering you at one time and being aggressive the other time.
-18) Name-calling and criticism.
-19) Splitting- All or nothing thinking.
-20) Guilt trip- Toxic person tells the victim that he/she does not care enough and is too selfish to keep the victim submissive and self-doubting.
-21) Blanket statements and generalizations (abuser saying you are too sensitive when you bring to their notice of an unacceptable behavior).
-22) Nitpicking- They will always try to find the negatives in you even when you are successful.
-23) Infantilize- They will call you immature and that you have no knowledge about life.
-24) Imposing inappropriate restrictions - To make sure you won't succeed.
-25) Pathological lying.
-26) Vilifying the victim if they stand up or defends themselves.
-27) Double-blind- Always will tell that our choice was the wrong one if we select from two options and the other one was better.
-28) Negative reinforcement- They will give positive attention on a random basis to keep the victim emotionally unstable.
-29) Positive reinforcement - They will give us a gift or favor only for getting our attention for their benefit, and they can get favor in return.
-30) Gaslighting (making the partner question their sanity).
-31) Lack of empathy for the partner's feelings.
-32) Brainwashing.
-33) Objectifying- Toxic people use the victim as a tool for their purposes. (sexually, financially, or any other means).
-34) Word salad (or shizophasia - Is seen in mental disorders and also toxic relationships)- arguing for the sake of arguing, which pushes you into submission, exonerating them from accountability.
-35) Projection (blame-shifting)- Toxic person will actually lie but will say that their innocent partner is the one who is lying.
-36) Destructive conditioning- Toxic people should always be the center of attention, and they will do anything to prevent you from achieving your big dreams so that the toxic people can still feel superior.
-37) Threats- physical and mental.
-38) Gangstalking- like online mobbing to make the victim quiet using a group of people.
-39) Hypocrisy.
-40) Minimization- They will say that their behavior is not as harmful as the others claiming by comparing them with others.
-41) Displacement- Displacement of anger by slamming the door, throwing something, or using a weapon in extreme cases.
-42) Infidelity- Toxic people are generally polygamous.
-43) Boundary testing - To see which all things they can get away with.
-44) Silent treatment- Punishing you for small things by ignoring and then demanding you an apology.
-45) Precautionary defense - someone initially saying to you that they are empaths or nice guys or girls and you should trust them.
-46) Blaming partners for their outbursts.
-47) Setting up to fail - They will destabilize the victim and make sure that they won't succeed.
-48) Hurt and rescue - They will hurt you or create a situation, and then they will give the solution. (creating a problem for others and solving it to "rescue" you).
-49) Sabotage -Making you miss your sleep and miss many important events in life.
-50) Jealousy towards you for you talking to friends of the opposite sex.
-51) Baiting partner to disturbing arguments and insinuating comments and then feigning innocence.
-52) Love bombing and devaluation (devaluing their ex-partners who threatened their superiority and putting you on the pedestal).
-53) Smear campaigns- If you don't play according to the toxic people's will, they will make you appear as a toxic person in front of others by gossiping and various other tactics.
-54) Hoovering- They will suck you back into the relationship after a long period of silent treatment to hurt you more.
-55) Emotional poking with outrageous jokes - verbal abuse in the disguise of cool jokes. If you react, they will say you are overreacting and sensitive and emotionally unstable.
-56) Sarcasm and laughing at you - People laughing with you will always be fun, but laughing at you by the toxic person will be one of the most traumatic experiences in a person's life.
-57) Extreme ego, which will push you to hypervigilance.
-58) Shaming- Never open up your weakness to toxic people. They will use it as a weapon to shame you into making you feel unworthy.
-59) Victim card- To gain sympathy for gaining something (more prevalent after the advent of social media).
We can see some of the above tactics used by the author's lover in their relationship in this book.
2) Converting the setbacks from the breakup into something productive
There are two ways to accept a setback in our life.
A) First is to go into a denial mode and never accept what actually happened.
B)The second one is to go into acceptance mode. There are two ways in which we can accept it.
- First way is to accept it and lament over it infinitely to get our life into self-destruction mode by succumbing to addictions and sorrow.
The second method of acceptance is the best way to tackle the situation: accepting the position and initially taking a couple of weeks to heal ourselves then convert all the pain into something productive, which might help many people. Anubhav Agrawal, the author, comes in this latter category. He is the founder of the online poetry community called Iwritewhatyoufeel, which has more than three million followers on social media. He also wrote this excellent book from his experiences, which inevitably became a best seller.
3) Three biggest mistakes a person can make (based on the author, Anubhav’s experience) in a toxic relationship
The three major mistakes committed by the author in his love life are
1) Getting destroyed by the abuser's silent treatment.
2) Easily fell into the trap of the abusers hoovering after the silent treatment.
3) Tried to get closure from a toxic person in the relationship. (which won't happen in 99.99% cases)
Despite having so many red flags, the author could not identify that he was in a toxic relationship and fell into the traps of the abuser's tactics until the final part of this book. It is a problem that the majority of people will face in a toxic relationship. The abuser's mirroring will cause them to think that they had found their true love and soulmate.
My favourite three lines from this book
Rating
4/5 I think that the author should have at least done a little bit of retrospective evaluation of the type of abuse he faced and should have properly discussed what actually happened in the disguise of a romantic relationship in the last part of this book. All his evaluation of his extremely complicated relationship was described in one single page, which is not adequate. I can't fully blame him, though, as there is a limit to which we can criticize a living person (his abuser). All the endeavors undertaken by the author after finishing this book are also praiseworthy. This is a must-read book if you are planning to be in a relationship in the future, if you are in a relationship right now, if you are having any trouble in your relationship or if you are a break-up survivor.
If you or any of your friends or relatives ever had a relationship with a toxic person, there is a high probability that this book might help you. This book is based on the real-life story of the author Anubhav Agrawal. It tells us all the tribulations he had to endure to survive a toxic relationship. It is considered extremely difficult for an empath (like the author) to keep body and soul together after a toxic relationship. To write a memoir based on it necessitates a sheer amount of audacity.
"So many people stay in relationships with partners who insult and disrespect them and take them for granted every single day. They end up losing their self-respect and their ability to love and be loved."
Three things you can learn from this book
1) Why are some individuals more prone to fall into a toxic relationship?
There are different types of abusive relationships. They are the abusive relationships of parents to their children, children to their parents, husband to his wife and vice versa, boyfriend to a girlfriend, and vice versa. The most difficult kind of abusive relationship is the one by parents towards children. It is extremely onerous for children who haven't attained the maturity to deal with such parents.
I am ventilating only the toxic relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend here as this book is dealing with such a similar theme. The empaths are the people who are more prone to fall into the whims of a toxic partner. The high level of compassion that the empaths possess will attract predators like the people with narcissistic personality disorder and histrionic personality disorder into their life. In this book, the author has never said that his lover had any personality problems. He just described his experience in the best way possible and left the rest for the readers to interpret as all the characters in this book are real people. Some lessons he learned from his life section mentioned in the last part of this book is good, but it is not enough for this book's scope. So I will utilize the reviewer's prerogative to discuss a little more about toxic relationships here, which should have been (at least partially) there in this book.
How can you find out whether your relationship is toxic?
There is a high probability that you are in a toxic relationship if at least a few of the things mentioned below are present in your relationship.
-1) Mirroring and making you feel special.
- 2) Monitoring and stalking- They will use every method to monitor you(like your social media accounts and your interests and study you perfectly from a safe distance to form tactics to mirror you. In extreme cases, it can go to a state called trance for the victim, where they will have to hyperfocus on the toxic person and will be psychologically defenseless).
-3) Intensity (abuser wants you and your family to approve and love the abuser in an obsessive way).
-4) Grandiosity.
-5) Manipulative and controlling nature (they control your social media, finances, and your attitude towards your friends and relatives).
-6) Stare- Intense stare without blinking and emotion.
-7) Scapegoating- Direct projection of toxic person's insecurities over the victim.
-8) Clandestine abuse- in the form of advice and solutions in the disguise of a sincere attempt to help.
-9) Isolation - Limiting your time with your friends to make you more dependent on them.
-10) Diminishing and dismissing your ideas and opinions with eye-roll and scoffs.
-11) Triangulation - Pitting the victim against others without the victim being fully aware of what is taking place (like divide and conquer).
-13) Amplification, The toxic person will shout out your failure and whisper your successes (The abuser always wants the limelight).
-14) Emotional blackmail.
-15) Rationalization- Justifies and makes excuses for their behavior.
-16) Crazy making- they will say or do something and later denies ever doing or saying to make you doubt your sanity.
-17) Anger outbursts and temper tantrums - hot and cold games by flattering you at one time and being aggressive the other time.
-18) Name-calling and criticism.
-19) Splitting- All or nothing thinking.
-20) Guilt trip- Toxic person tells the victim that he/she does not care enough and is too selfish to keep the victim submissive and self-doubting.
-21) Blanket statements and generalizations (abuser saying you are too sensitive when you bring to their notice of an unacceptable behavior).
-22) Nitpicking- They will always try to find the negatives in you even when you are successful.
-23) Infantilize- They will call you immature and that you have no knowledge about life.
-24) Imposing inappropriate restrictions - To make sure you won't succeed.
-25) Pathological lying.
-26) Vilifying the victim if they stand up or defends themselves.
-27) Double-blind- Always will tell that our choice was the wrong one if we select from two options and the other one was better.
-28) Negative reinforcement- They will give positive attention on a random basis to keep the victim emotionally unstable.
-29) Positive reinforcement - They will give us a gift or favor only for getting our attention for their benefit, and they can get favor in return.
-30) Gaslighting (making the partner question their sanity).
-31) Lack of empathy for the partner's feelings.
-32) Brainwashing.
-33) Objectifying- Toxic people use the victim as a tool for their purposes. (sexually, financially, or any other means).
-34) Word salad (or shizophasia - Is seen in mental disorders and also toxic relationships)- arguing for the sake of arguing, which pushes you into submission, exonerating them from accountability.
-35) Projection (blame-shifting)- Toxic person will actually lie but will say that their innocent partner is the one who is lying.
-36) Destructive conditioning- Toxic people should always be the center of attention, and they will do anything to prevent you from achieving your big dreams so that the toxic people can still feel superior.
-37) Threats- physical and mental.
-38) Gangstalking- like online mobbing to make the victim quiet using a group of people.
-39) Hypocrisy.
-40) Minimization- They will say that their behavior is not as harmful as the others claiming by comparing them with others.
-41) Displacement- Displacement of anger by slamming the door, throwing something, or using a weapon in extreme cases.
-42) Infidelity- Toxic people are generally polygamous.
-43) Boundary testing - To see which all things they can get away with.
-44) Silent treatment- Punishing you for small things by ignoring and then demanding you an apology.
-45) Precautionary defense - someone initially saying to you that they are empaths or nice guys or girls and you should trust them.
-46) Blaming partners for their outbursts.
-47) Setting up to fail - They will destabilize the victim and make sure that they won't succeed.
-48) Hurt and rescue - They will hurt you or create a situation, and then they will give the solution. (creating a problem for others and solving it to "rescue" you).
-49) Sabotage -Making you miss your sleep and miss many important events in life.
-50) Jealousy towards you for you talking to friends of the opposite sex.
-51) Baiting partner to disturbing arguments and insinuating comments and then feigning innocence.
-52) Love bombing and devaluation (devaluing their ex-partners who threatened their superiority and putting you on the pedestal).
-53) Smear campaigns- If you don't play according to the toxic people's will, they will make you appear as a toxic person in front of others by gossiping and various other tactics.
-54) Hoovering- They will suck you back into the relationship after a long period of silent treatment to hurt you more.
-55) Emotional poking with outrageous jokes - verbal abuse in the disguise of cool jokes. If you react, they will say you are overreacting and sensitive and emotionally unstable.
-56) Sarcasm and laughing at you - People laughing with you will always be fun, but laughing at you by the toxic person will be one of the most traumatic experiences in a person's life.
-57) Extreme ego, which will push you to hypervigilance.
-58) Shaming- Never open up your weakness to toxic people. They will use it as a weapon to shame you into making you feel unworthy.
-59) Victim card- To gain sympathy for gaining something (more prevalent after the advent of social media).
We can see some of the above tactics used by the author's lover in their relationship in this book.
2) Converting the setbacks from the breakup into something productive
There are two ways to accept a setback in our life.
A) First is to go into a denial mode and never accept what actually happened.
B)The second one is to go into acceptance mode. There are two ways in which we can accept it.
- First way is to accept it and lament over it infinitely to get our life into self-destruction mode by succumbing to addictions and sorrow.
The second method of acceptance is the best way to tackle the situation: accepting the position and initially taking a couple of weeks to heal ourselves then convert all the pain into something productive, which might help many people. Anubhav Agrawal, the author, comes in this latter category. He is the founder of the online poetry community called Iwritewhatyoufeel, which has more than three million followers on social media. He also wrote this excellent book from his experiences, which inevitably became a best seller.
3) Three biggest mistakes a person can make (based on the author, Anubhav’s experience) in a toxic relationship
The three major mistakes committed by the author in his love life are
1) Getting destroyed by the abuser's silent treatment.
2) Easily fell into the trap of the abusers hoovering after the silent treatment.
3) Tried to get closure from a toxic person in the relationship. (which won't happen in 99.99% cases)
Despite having so many red flags, the author could not identify that he was in a toxic relationship and fell into the traps of the abuser's tactics until the final part of this book. It is a problem that the majority of people will face in a toxic relationship. The abuser's mirroring will cause them to think that they had found their true love and soulmate.
My favourite three lines from this book
“For relationships to work you need to adjust. Adjust to the situations that would be created, adjust to the behavior of the person. But these adjustments are supposed to be from both sides, not just one. If it is just from one side, it becomes a burden; The relationship becomes a burden."
"If you succeed in cheating someone, don't think that the person is a fool, realize that the person trusted you much more than you deserved."
“When you give your love to someone in abundance, it loses value for them.”
Rating
4/5 I think that the author should have at least done a little bit of retrospective evaluation of the type of abuse he faced and should have properly discussed what actually happened in the disguise of a romantic relationship in the last part of this book. All his evaluation of his extremely complicated relationship was described in one single page, which is not adequate. I can't fully blame him, though, as there is a limit to which we can criticize a living person (his abuser). All the endeavors undertaken by the author after finishing this book are also praiseworthy. This is a must-read book if you are planning to be in a relationship in the future, if you are in a relationship right now, if you are having any trouble in your relationship or if you are a break-up survivor.
August 2, 2020
Too slow and predictive
Ok..first of all the book is quite relatable which is one of the most given review for the book. Everyone goes throw a heartbreakwhich is almost the same . This one was a long distance one.
Second of all,reading book in Hinglish was abig turn off for me.took a lot of time to read . I thought it wouldn't make a difference in my reading speed, but it did !
Third of all, there is nothing interesting in the story which keeps holds you to the book. I mostly forwarded the last pagea which did not make any difference.
Book is Good if you are a beginner. But if not, thne there are 1000 other live stories you could read.
Ok..first of all the book is quite relatable which is one of the most given review for the book. Everyone goes throw a heartbreakwhich is almost the same . This one was a long distance one.
Second of all,reading book in Hinglish was abig turn off for me.took a lot of time to read . I thought it wouldn't make a difference in my reading speed, but it did !
Third of all, there is nothing interesting in the story which keeps holds you to the book. I mostly forwarded the last pagea which did not make any difference.
Book is Good if you are a beginner. But if not, thne there are 1000 other live stories you could read.
March 4, 2025
Mummy ne bola tha kuch accha bolne ko nhi ho toh mat bolo.
One star for moving on.
One star for moving on.
June 20, 2024
Bahut pyaari book hai :) bcz maine hinglish me padhi esiliye usi me review de rahi ! Okay dono k perspective se dekho i thought relationship me bhi thodi space honi chahiye chahe aap kitna bhi pyaar karo , utna space nahi Mila toh relationship toxic lagne lagti. haan me manti joya ne galat Kiya aur anubhav ne bhi sahi Kiya but at the end jo bhi hua bohot accha hua.
Okay aajkal bahut long distance long distance chalta
Pata toh hota nahi ki ye work karega bhi ya nhi
Aur ladke apne pyaar ke liye kitna wait kar skte aur kya kuch nahi kar sakte ye is kitaab me bataya gaya hua hai
Ok story batati
Ek ladka jiska naam anubhav tha bachpan se hi boy's school me rehne ke karan ladkiyo se baat nahi kar pata tha toh usne aisehi ek din Facebook profile banai aur aankhein band karke aise hi randomly request bhejne lga
Aur us time uske 10th board's najdik aa rahe the
Kuch dino baad wo dekhta hai ek ladki uski frnd request accept karti hai aur uska naam joya tha toh yahise ye kahani shuru hoti
( Well ye real story hai ♥️✨)
Okay aajkal bahut long distance long distance chalta
Pata toh hota nahi ki ye work karega bhi ya nhi
Aur ladke apne pyaar ke liye kitna wait kar skte aur kya kuch nahi kar sakte ye is kitaab me bataya gaya hua hai
Ok story batati
Ek ladka jiska naam anubhav tha bachpan se hi boy's school me rehne ke karan ladkiyo se baat nahi kar pata tha toh usne aisehi ek din Facebook profile banai aur aankhein band karke aise hi randomly request bhejne lga
Aur us time uske 10th board's najdik aa rahe the
Kuch dino baad wo dekhta hai ek ladki uski frnd request accept karti hai aur uska naam joya tha toh yahise ye kahani shuru hoti
( Well ye real story hai ♥️✨)
August 19, 2021
Genre: Non-Fiction
Rating: 4🌟🌟🌟🌟
My Thoughts
I usually do not read books from indian authors because of the Writing style. But the style of this book was perfect.
This is the 2nd Non-Fiction book i am reading and it is totally worth it.
The narration is impeccable, no amount of disrespect, slang has been used in this book.
I follow the author and listen to his reels, posts, igtv's, but obviously a book gives you a deeper insight.
No where in the book did The author demonise the particular woman, and thats what made me like this book and relate to it.
I wish the book gave a bit more insight on toxic relationships.
The book is open to various intepretations.
People with can't-get-over
syndrome should read this. Because if the author can get over than so can you💕
Rating: 4🌟🌟🌟🌟
Kabhi kabhi beintehaan mohabbat bhi,
Thodi reh jaati hai...
My Thoughts
I usually do not read books from indian authors because of the Writing style. But the style of this book was perfect.
This is the 2nd Non-Fiction book i am reading and it is totally worth it.
The narration is impeccable, no amount of disrespect, slang has been used in this book.
I follow the author and listen to his reels, posts, igtv's, but obviously a book gives you a deeper insight.
No where in the book did The author demonise the particular woman, and thats what made me like this book and relate to it.
I wish the book gave a bit more insight on toxic relationships.
The book is open to various intepretations.
People with can't-get-over
syndrome should read this. Because if the author can get over than so can you💕
February 24, 2022
A typical Indian love story though it's real good for people who are new to relationship stuff because it teaches you a lot of stuff in that are (the emotional stuff not the one you thinking ehe) and yea I love how the author wanted to share their story to the world and set it as a learning lesson not only for him but for all of us too.
July 13, 2020
The most amazing and relatable book ive ever read its like reading my own story. Thank you soo much for this book. It helped me to grow. It helped me to get a mew and positive perspective in life. This is such motivational and inspiring book. It takes you on a roller coaster rode i just loved it and would recommend this to everyone to read and feel it. You will feel as this book is written just for you. It is what you feel. Anubhav agrawal you have done a great job. Keep writing more books im waiting. And okease see you do write what others feel.
Recommended to all age groups and everyone who loves to read and even if you dont if you read it once youll start loving reading. Tha k you soo much for this book.
Recommended to all age groups and everyone who loves to read and even if you dont if you read it once youll start loving reading. Tha k you soo much for this book.
December 10, 2024
One of the book's strengths lies in its honest exploration of love’s darker and more painful side. Anubhav's struggle to move on from his past and lingering questions about relationships are relatable for readers who have faced similar emotional turmoil. The author captures the inner conflicts of being stuck in a cycle of hope, despair, and fleeting optimism with sincerity. However, this promising premise is overshadowed by several shortcomings.
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September 4, 2020
I have read the book 'Why not me?' in this week. It was theek thaak book in my opinion. Although, Some moments are exaggerated and somewhere I felt like it's just creating a melodrama. But still if I look it as a teenager, such things happens in teenage. You love someone blindly and beyond the limits. You give your tremendous amount of love and time to someone who doesn't even care or deserve and at the end you get hurt. Everything was appropriate but the thing I didn't like was, why the female character has to be 'tu sabse haseen, tu sabse juda', kisi sadharan ldki se pyaar kyu nahi ho skta pehli njr me ya throughout the time😵. Well, besides there were many grammatical errors and typos in the book. Overall, as I said it's a theek thaak book.
December 31, 2020
Book name- Why Not Me? A Feelings Of Millions
Author- Anubhav Agrawal
'Give time the time to heal you.'
The book is a love story of the Author and her crush; I would say named 'Zoya.' They came into a relationship, but that relationship was always one-sided. At first, I thought it would be a Hindu boy-Muslim girl love story, and they may get separated by this only. There is still more than that in every story. What more is feeling for the person, affection, love.
Author- Anubhav Agrawal
'Give time the time to heal you.'
The book is a love story of the Author and her crush; I would say named 'Zoya.' They came into a relationship, but that relationship was always one-sided. At first, I thought it would be a Hindu boy-Muslim girl love story, and they may get separated by this only. There is still more than that in every story. What more is feeling for the person, affection, love.
August 23, 2020
Okish, You can skip it you are not missing out on anything.
February 3, 2021
Kabhi kabhi beintehaan mohabbat bhi, thodi reh jaati h……
Being a hopeless romantic isn’t easy you know coz we prefer to follow our heart more than our mind and then end up getting hurt. We get hurt coz our heart doesn’t know that we might not end up getting the same amount of love, care and attention that we give to others. Sometimes we even try to adjust according to the person we love too but adjustments happen from both sides, when they happen from only one side the relationship starts to feel a burden.
Not all love stories are successful, sometime we end up giving people so much love and care that we forget that we need it too. Stop giving so much to people who don’t know your value coz when you love someone beyond what they deserve they end up taking you for granted. When people get things easily they end up taking them for granted. A mistake that we end up doing always is keeping others above ourselves in our priority list and losing our self-respect. If I don’t love myself and keep myself as a priority, why would someone else want to love me.
WHY NOT ME? by Anubhav Agrawal is actually a feeling of millions. It takes you through journey of its own, where you might even find yourself in different parts of the story- loving someone more than they deserve, keeping friendships aside for the sake of your new relationship, ignoring everything for love, sacrificing self-respect, trusting and loving someone blindly etc.
The authors poetry handle “Iwritewhatyoufeel” is so apt as he really writes what we feel. When I started reading the book I knew I would be living some parts of my life again through the story as I could relate with Anubhav (the protagonist). The old Anubhav is old me, old me is old Anubhav don’t be like that. I felt so many emotions in this book that it’s hard for me to put them into words. I recommend everyone to read this one. I can bet you’ll see yourself in the book through the author’s words.
Some of my favorite lines from the book:
Some people will always have a place in your heart. And you always end up paying a very heavy price for keeping people in your heart.
We get so lost in our love life that we forget to maintain the friendships that have been here with us for years. We forget how valuable our friends are to us; we stop giving them time and expect that they will understand all this.
Everyone wants love, but you should give it to a person who will care about your love and will appreciate your efforts to be with that person. Overdoing things will result in losing your self-respect and your love.
If you succeed in cheating someone, don’t think that the person is a fool, realize that the person trusted you much more than you deserved.
Never lose your self-respect for the sake of someone, ever, in your life. Don’t beg for their love, respect or time, ever.
You can never forget someone, but after a while it stops creating an impact on your heart and mind.
Being a hopeless romantic isn’t easy you know coz we prefer to follow our heart more than our mind and then end up getting hurt. We get hurt coz our heart doesn’t know that we might not end up getting the same amount of love, care and attention that we give to others. Sometimes we even try to adjust according to the person we love too but adjustments happen from both sides, when they happen from only one side the relationship starts to feel a burden.
Not all love stories are successful, sometime we end up giving people so much love and care that we forget that we need it too. Stop giving so much to people who don’t know your value coz when you love someone beyond what they deserve they end up taking you for granted. When people get things easily they end up taking them for granted. A mistake that we end up doing always is keeping others above ourselves in our priority list and losing our self-respect. If I don’t love myself and keep myself as a priority, why would someone else want to love me.
WHY NOT ME? by Anubhav Agrawal is actually a feeling of millions. It takes you through journey of its own, where you might even find yourself in different parts of the story- loving someone more than they deserve, keeping friendships aside for the sake of your new relationship, ignoring everything for love, sacrificing self-respect, trusting and loving someone blindly etc.
The authors poetry handle “Iwritewhatyoufeel” is so apt as he really writes what we feel. When I started reading the book I knew I would be living some parts of my life again through the story as I could relate with Anubhav (the protagonist). The old Anubhav is old me, old me is old Anubhav don’t be like that. I felt so many emotions in this book that it’s hard for me to put them into words. I recommend everyone to read this one. I can bet you’ll see yourself in the book through the author’s words.
Some of my favorite lines from the book:
Some people will always have a place in your heart. And you always end up paying a very heavy price for keeping people in your heart.
We get so lost in our love life that we forget to maintain the friendships that have been here with us for years. We forget how valuable our friends are to us; we stop giving them time and expect that they will understand all this.
Everyone wants love, but you should give it to a person who will care about your love and will appreciate your efforts to be with that person. Overdoing things will result in losing your self-respect and your love.
If you succeed in cheating someone, don’t think that the person is a fool, realize that the person trusted you much more than you deserved.
Never lose your self-respect for the sake of someone, ever, in your life. Don’t beg for their love, respect or time, ever.
You can never forget someone, but after a while it stops creating an impact on your heart and mind.
April 13, 2021
I can understand why this book is supposed to be "A Feeling of Millions". In the time of online dating, it is very easy to fall in love with someone without even meeting them. Anubhav's story follows a similar plot, and he falls in love with Zoya.
According to the author, it's his real-life story. So, I am at no place to be the love guru and tell what should or should not have happened throughout the story.
But putting myself in the place of a reader and reviewer, the following is my opinion about the book.
Anubhav is a lonely guy, desperate to find love. When Zoya accepts his friend request, it is like finding treasure for him. They start chatting. While Zoya has made it clear since the beginning that she is not interested in a relationship, Anubhav is a hopeless romantic. He keeps pushing her to trust him and love him back. After some time, when she does confess her interest in Anubhav, she still appears to be distant and unemotional.
Anubhav's character is like any other teenager, who thinks of life as a bed of roses. They think that other person loves them as much as they do and puts as much effort as they do. But that's not true and they must put in front their self-respect before anything else.
The writing style is easy to understand, but I felt it lacked emotional depth. The fear, the desperation, of losing one's love is not visible even though that's what the author has tried to present to the readers.
There or not many moments of sidelining from this story; there is no focus on career, friends, or family. There is no character development throughout the story. The story is cliché and predictable. I was able to read it in around 3 hours.
The blurb states, "He thought that if Zoya ever left him, he would be devastated. Turns out, it was the best gift ever." However, in the book, we never reach that point. The "moved on" stage is there, but the "moving on" stage is not there. It feels like the purpose of the book was not met.
The book is able to resonate with millions of people, but HOW are they supposed to "move on" or "prioritise their self-respect". In the end, the author provides tips to the young ones, whatever he has learned from this experience and many others. But doesn't everyone know it? Isn't the major concern about HOW to implement it?
I would recommend it to you if you are looking for a light read or if you think you might be in a relationship that is not worth your efforts. If you are looking for someone to give words to your situation, this is your book.
According to the author, it's his real-life story. So, I am at no place to be the love guru and tell what should or should not have happened throughout the story.
But putting myself in the place of a reader and reviewer, the following is my opinion about the book.
Anubhav is a lonely guy, desperate to find love. When Zoya accepts his friend request, it is like finding treasure for him. They start chatting. While Zoya has made it clear since the beginning that she is not interested in a relationship, Anubhav is a hopeless romantic. He keeps pushing her to trust him and love him back. After some time, when she does confess her interest in Anubhav, she still appears to be distant and unemotional.
Anubhav's character is like any other teenager, who thinks of life as a bed of roses. They think that other person loves them as much as they do and puts as much effort as they do. But that's not true and they must put in front their self-respect before anything else.
The writing style is easy to understand, but I felt it lacked emotional depth. The fear, the desperation, of losing one's love is not visible even though that's what the author has tried to present to the readers.
There or not many moments of sidelining from this story; there is no focus on career, friends, or family. There is no character development throughout the story. The story is cliché and predictable. I was able to read it in around 3 hours.
The blurb states, "He thought that if Zoya ever left him, he would be devastated. Turns out, it was the best gift ever." However, in the book, we never reach that point. The "moved on" stage is there, but the "moving on" stage is not there. It feels like the purpose of the book was not met.
The book is able to resonate with millions of people, but HOW are they supposed to "move on" or "prioritise their self-respect". In the end, the author provides tips to the young ones, whatever he has learned from this experience and many others. But doesn't everyone know it? Isn't the major concern about HOW to implement it?
I would recommend it to you if you are looking for a light read or if you think you might be in a relationship that is not worth your efforts. If you are looking for someone to give words to your situation, this is your book.
August 11, 2020
5 stars are also less for this book. This book stole my heart!
Book: Why Not Me? (Hinglish Version)
Author : Anubhav Aggarwal
This is the most beautiful story I have ever read. I was so lost in the story that I completed it in just a single sitting in few hours. I read the hinglish version of this book. This book is also available in English version as well. The book comprises of 37 chapters and each chapter is just amazing.
The story is about a boy, Anubhav who is from Rampur,Uttar Pradesh. His journey is beautifully shown . Starting from the school, where he met friends and how he started using facebook and met a girl named Zoya Khan. He fell in love with Zoya and proposed her. But she was not ready for all of this because of her past. Luckily, after 3years his love for Zoya wins and they both came in relationship. Because of their colleges situated in different cities, they both have to be in long distance relationship.
Will their long distance relationship last or will they be together forever? This book nicely presents the bond between friends , importance of family members and also what are the struggle a couple has to face while being in long distance relationship. All the incidents mentioned in the book were so relatable and emotional . The feeling and emotions shown in the book are so real and pure that will surely take your heart away.
I really loved the ending part of the book which tells so many inspiring things. If someone wants to move on from their past, this is the perfect book to read. Few line which i loved the most are - 'Har insaan jo aata hai, ya toh theher jata hai, nahi toh kuch na kuch sikha ke jaata hai. Kisi ke liye dil mein koi hatred mat le kar aao. Jo jaisa karega, wo waisa bharega, bas apne karm achhe karo, baaki bhagwaan sab dekh raha hai. ' , ' Insaano mein apni khushiya mat dhundo. Kuch pata nahi, logo ki niyat kab badal jaye, kab unke samne kaunsi majburi aa jaye aur unke raste juda ho jayein.' And many more. All those words were so damn true. I am already in love with Anubhav's voice and words and while reading I could actually feel that he is telling me the story. Totally in love with this book and recommend it all to read it!!
Book: Why Not Me? (Hinglish Version)
Author : Anubhav Aggarwal
This is the most beautiful story I have ever read. I was so lost in the story that I completed it in just a single sitting in few hours. I read the hinglish version of this book. This book is also available in English version as well. The book comprises of 37 chapters and each chapter is just amazing.
The story is about a boy, Anubhav who is from Rampur,Uttar Pradesh. His journey is beautifully shown . Starting from the school, where he met friends and how he started using facebook and met a girl named Zoya Khan. He fell in love with Zoya and proposed her. But she was not ready for all of this because of her past. Luckily, after 3years his love for Zoya wins and they both came in relationship. Because of their colleges situated in different cities, they both have to be in long distance relationship.
Will their long distance relationship last or will they be together forever? This book nicely presents the bond between friends , importance of family members and also what are the struggle a couple has to face while being in long distance relationship. All the incidents mentioned in the book were so relatable and emotional . The feeling and emotions shown in the book are so real and pure that will surely take your heart away.
I really loved the ending part of the book which tells so many inspiring things. If someone wants to move on from their past, this is the perfect book to read. Few line which i loved the most are - 'Har insaan jo aata hai, ya toh theher jata hai, nahi toh kuch na kuch sikha ke jaata hai. Kisi ke liye dil mein koi hatred mat le kar aao. Jo jaisa karega, wo waisa bharega, bas apne karm achhe karo, baaki bhagwaan sab dekh raha hai. ' , ' Insaano mein apni khushiya mat dhundo. Kuch pata nahi, logo ki niyat kab badal jaye, kab unke samne kaunsi majburi aa jaye aur unke raste juda ho jayein.' And many more. All those words were so damn true. I am already in love with Anubhav's voice and words and while reading I could actually feel that he is telling me the story. Totally in love with this book and recommend it all to read it!!
January 8, 2021
Why Not Me by Anubhav Agarwal, is a bestseller already, in his 200 pages dissertation on love, I found the following quote is very beautifying: “I should understand the value of distance and how it doesn’t make things deteriorate but strengthens them.” He shares why people take love for granted instead fixing the idea of need-for-love is particularly to be reciprocated with kindness and OPEN eyes.
This story is about Anubhav & Zoya, who got acquainted through online and what started as a friendship has slowly evolved into love. Read to know how their relationship moves further, and towards what. Come to the storyline, to readers delight, you will see through the seasons of love, and how Anubhav’s one side love turns into something special. Also, this makes us comprehend why it is necessary to have the perseverance with a tad self-respect for oneself which is the most modest form of love, is essential at the end of this read.
This sublime and elegant read highlights the toxic side of love, a tricky job to do (if another person goes unacknowledged the other person's emotions) - For it has the potential to turn the whole story into something bad while doing so. But the author reaches into a conclusion of - how the tenderness & empathetic fellow feeling are underrated in the present world, ultimately. Initially, this book has given me the plot-driven vibes, and later, it picks up with the character-building. That offers you to see the love as purely based on unconditional commitment towards a person, and not run behind the world for the speed it revolves.
When you read a book, you should not feel like reading what it has written in the synopsis. But, to me, it was hard to look beyond the same, as I felt it was quite draggy at times. The author's writing style balanced that while you wander through the phrases delving into its depth. The flow of pace will eventually encapsulate you with the emotions of Anubhav that he has for Zoya and convince you that it is okay to hope for the love that does not expect anything in return.
February 5, 2021
Have you ever been in a toxic relationship, this book might help you.
This is the real-life story of the author, Anubhav Agarwal. It starts from the school where he introduces his friends and finds social media, his new addiction. He starts a new Facebook account where he finds Zoya khan and falls in love with her. After 3 years of persuasion, she finally accepts his love.
Zoya Khan leaves the city for college, as both of them are in different cities, they have to be in a long-distance relationship.
Will their long-distance relationship survive?
I really loved the ending part where he speaks about the lessons he learned from his mistakes.
This book gives us some insights into toxic relationships, red flags, and the breakup phase which will be helpful for people who are experiencing it now and people who haven’t been in such kind of relationship to be aware.
This book also speaks about the breakup and how the author tries to overcome it.
It takes some time to heal, just accept it and then convert it into something beneficial. The author is the living example. Now, he is the founder of the online poetry community called Iwritewhatyoufeel, which has more than three million followers on social media. He also wrote this excellent book from his experiences, which inevitably became a best seller.
It creates some melodrama, but the story is about teenage love (have some craziness)
Some parts were dragging but we can't change anything that has happened in his life.
The Fringe benefit of this book is friendship and family dynamics. As Anthony Brandt quotes,
“Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.”
When I completed this book I had the blues.
This is the real-life story of the author, Anubhav Agarwal. It starts from the school where he introduces his friends and finds social media, his new addiction. He starts a new Facebook account where he finds Zoya khan and falls in love with her. After 3 years of persuasion, she finally accepts his love.
Zoya Khan leaves the city for college, as both of them are in different cities, they have to be in a long-distance relationship.
Will their long-distance relationship survive?
I really loved the ending part where he speaks about the lessons he learned from his mistakes.
This book gives us some insights into toxic relationships, red flags, and the breakup phase which will be helpful for people who are experiencing it now and people who haven’t been in such kind of relationship to be aware.
This book also speaks about the breakup and how the author tries to overcome it.
It takes some time to heal, just accept it and then convert it into something beneficial. The author is the living example. Now, he is the founder of the online poetry community called Iwritewhatyoufeel, which has more than three million followers on social media. He also wrote this excellent book from his experiences, which inevitably became a best seller.
It creates some melodrama, but the story is about teenage love (have some craziness)
Some parts were dragging but we can't change anything that has happened in his life.
The Fringe benefit of this book is friendship and family dynamics. As Anthony Brandt quotes,
“Other things may change us, but we start and end with the family.”
When I completed this book I had the blues.
October 5, 2021
"𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒖𝒍 𝒊𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒔𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔."
📙𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸: Why not me? A Feeling of Millions
𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿: Anubhav Agarwal
𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲: English
𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿: Harpercollins India
𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻: 5 February 2021
𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟/4.8 stars
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲."
The Novel is based on the true story of the author. The author was doing good in his studies until he got to know about Orkut (Orkut was a social networking service owned and operated by Google in its later years. ) and started using it. He made his account and one day luckily he got his friend request accepted by a girl Zoya Khan. They started chatting. The chatting becomes never-ending between them and he started developing feelings for the girl. One day Zoya's mother got to know about it and told her not to talk to him again. They suffered separation for 2 years and then what happens is Shocking!
The story is a roller roster of heavy feelings. One thing I should mention is that it is an emotional novel. Many chapters will leave you shocked! And will make you re-think. The Novel is relatable to anyone of us dealing with the ups and downs of life. We are afraid of losing someone, and this feeling makes us a little insecure.
💫𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘀, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁. 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝘁, 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.
📙𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸: Why not me? A Feeling of Millions
𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿: Anubhav Agarwal
𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲: English
𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿: Harpercollins India
𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻: 5 February 2021
𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟/4.8 stars
"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲."
The Novel is based on the true story of the author. The author was doing good in his studies until he got to know about Orkut (Orkut was a social networking service owned and operated by Google in its later years. ) and started using it. He made his account and one day luckily he got his friend request accepted by a girl Zoya Khan. They started chatting. The chatting becomes never-ending between them and he started developing feelings for the girl. One day Zoya's mother got to know about it and told her not to talk to him again. They suffered separation for 2 years and then what happens is Shocking!
The story is a roller roster of heavy feelings. One thing I should mention is that it is an emotional novel. Many chapters will leave you shocked! And will make you re-think. The Novel is relatable to anyone of us dealing with the ups and downs of life. We are afraid of losing someone, and this feeling makes us a little insecure.
💫𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝘂𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲. 𝗜𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗮 𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘀, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝘁. 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻’𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝘁, 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.
August 18, 2022
Coming from the Orkut era, I knew how the love story between Anubhav and Zoya would turn out. Indeed this story is a feeling of those million broken hearts, some of which may be your friends too.
The story begins with Anubhav getting introduced to the world of Orkut and Facebook. Like all other boys from the boys' school, he did try his luck to make new friends online. He stumbled upon Zoya's profile and sent her a friend request on Facebook.
After a long impatient wait, Zoya accepted Anubhav's friend request, and a few weeks later, they began chatting with each other regularly. Anubhav was interested in Zoya and tried to pursue her, but Zoya wasn't ready to get into a relationship because of her past and career goals.
Do Zoya and Anubhav get into a relationship? to know what happened to their story, you got to read the book.
On a personal note: I have been through this era of making friends online and dating a complete stranger, and this story belongs to many people I know. Being a mature person at the moment, I couldn't help but notice how toxic relationships can be; I saw sooooooo many red flags that I wouldn't have seen back then. These toxic relationship traits and red flags were considered 'normal' back then. Let us see how many of you find the red flags in this story.
The story begins with Anubhav getting introduced to the world of Orkut and Facebook. Like all other boys from the boys' school, he did try his luck to make new friends online. He stumbled upon Zoya's profile and sent her a friend request on Facebook.
After a long impatient wait, Zoya accepted Anubhav's friend request, and a few weeks later, they began chatting with each other regularly. Anubhav was interested in Zoya and tried to pursue her, but Zoya wasn't ready to get into a relationship because of her past and career goals.
Do Zoya and Anubhav get into a relationship? to know what happened to their story, you got to read the book.
On a personal note: I have been through this era of making friends online and dating a complete stranger, and this story belongs to many people I know. Being a mature person at the moment, I couldn't help but notice how toxic relationships can be; I saw sooooooo many red flags that I wouldn't have seen back then. These toxic relationship traits and red flags were considered 'normal' back then. Let us see how many of you find the red flags in this story.
June 26, 2023
𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 (𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺) 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧. 𝘈𝘯𝘶𝘣𝘩𝘢𝘷 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘡𝘰𝘺𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘚𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘯𝘶𝘣𝘩𝘢𝘷 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘡𝘰𝘺𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘣𝘩𝘢𝘷. 𝘏𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘥𝘰 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘏𝘦 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘣𝘩𝘢𝘷 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘍𝘦𝘸 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘻𝘰𝘺𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘶𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴, 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘶𝘱𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦-𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱. 𝘚𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘱, 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳.
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬.
𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 *𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦*. 𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦.....💔
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘪 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘮 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬.
𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 *𝘚𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦*. 𝘐 𝘨𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦.....💔
April 21, 2022
Its a downhearted romantic story of Anubhav who had been looking for the love of his life. One day he saw Zoya profile online , he felt an instant connection. He sent friend request to her and she accpeted it . Soon, he was falling deeply in love with her.
In Four years he has been a friend and then as boyfriend, Anubhav waited for the day that Zoya would fall for him too. . He had fallen for someone who had never really cared about him. He thought that he would be shattered if zoya left him but it emerges that it was the boon for him .
In Why Not Me Anubhav want to convet that A broken heart can make you a stronger person you just have to see into it as it helps you in learning to love yourself again.
I really loved the ending part where he speaks about the lessons he learned from his mistakes.
This book gives us some insights into toxic relationships, red flags, and the breakup phase which will be helpful for people who are experiencing it now and people who haven’t been in such kind of relationship to be aware
Although It creates some drama in the story , but as it about teenage love so dippiness is required ryt.
Some parts were felt like dragging but this is what it is as it has happened in his life
In Four years he has been a friend and then as boyfriend, Anubhav waited for the day that Zoya would fall for him too. . He had fallen for someone who had never really cared about him. He thought that he would be shattered if zoya left him but it emerges that it was the boon for him .
In Why Not Me Anubhav want to convet that A broken heart can make you a stronger person you just have to see into it as it helps you in learning to love yourself again.
I really loved the ending part where he speaks about the lessons he learned from his mistakes.
This book gives us some insights into toxic relationships, red flags, and the breakup phase which will be helpful for people who are experiencing it now and people who haven’t been in such kind of relationship to be aware
Although It creates some drama in the story , but as it about teenage love so dippiness is required ryt.
Some parts were felt like dragging but this is what it is as it has happened in his life
January 18, 2021
So, Why not Me by Anubhav Agarwal is a romantic novel with heartbreaks not just once but twice. As the author said that this book is based on his life story, so he narrates his teenage and the first love of his life. A girl, Zoya Khan enters his life from nowhere and ends up smashing his heart into million pieces but not once, TWICE! Anubhav gave his best, treated her the best way possible but somewhere she didn't care about him or his feelings since the very day they talked.
I won't say this book is a five star read for me because honestly I was expecting much more than what I read. But anyways, it was a simple and fast read. The author tried to put forward a few life lessons from his very own life and I really appreciate his approach. The writing style was pretty impressive and I liked how simple yet effective the narration was. But I felt that at certain instances the readers needed a bit more details and a few segments turned out to be a bit cliché. But maybe that's because romance is not my cup of genre. But overall it was a good read for me and I'm looking forward to more books by the author in a different genre.
I won't say this book is a five star read for me because honestly I was expecting much more than what I read. But anyways, it was a simple and fast read. The author tried to put forward a few life lessons from his very own life and I really appreciate his approach. The writing style was pretty impressive and I liked how simple yet effective the narration was. But I felt that at certain instances the readers needed a bit more details and a few segments turned out to be a bit cliché. But maybe that's because romance is not my cup of genre. But overall it was a good read for me and I'm looking forward to more books by the author in a different genre.
November 23, 2022
There‘s no better feeling than knowing you‘re a part of someone‘s heart. It‘s a feeling of warmth and happiness, knowing that you mean something special to someone else. When you‘re a part of someone‘s heart, you‘re a part of their life in a very special way. You‘re the one they turn to when they‘re happy, sad, angry, or just need someone to talk to. You‘re someone they can rely on, and that‘s a very special thing.
So, Anubhav Agarwal’s “Why not Me” is a romantic novel about a broken-hearted guy… not once, but twice! The book is founded on the real life history of the author. A girl named Zoya Khan enters her life and ends up breaking her heart into a million pieces… not just one time, but twice! Anubhav did everything possible to make her happy, but she was not concerned about him or his feelings.
The book was simple and fast to read, and the author tried to put forward a few life lessons from his own life. The writing style was pretty impressive, but the book was not as good as the reader was expecting.
For a comprehensive review of this book, click here.
So, Anubhav Agarwal’s “Why not Me” is a romantic novel about a broken-hearted guy… not once, but twice! The book is founded on the real life history of the author. A girl named Zoya Khan enters her life and ends up breaking her heart into a million pieces… not just one time, but twice! Anubhav did everything possible to make her happy, but she was not concerned about him or his feelings.
The book was simple and fast to read, and the author tried to put forward a few life lessons from his own life. The writing style was pretty impressive, but the book was not as good as the reader was expecting.
For a comprehensive review of this book, click here.
March 22, 2025
Why Not Me? by Anubhav Agarwal is a book that, in my opinion, should never have been written. If written, it deserved to be thrown into the garbage by the author himself.
Most people, at some point in their lives, think about writing a book — not necessarily to publish it, but just to get their thoughts down. Yet, they don’t, either because they’re unsure what to write about or because they lack the skills, dedication, or confidence. After reading this, I feel that hesitation is sometimes a blessing.
Now, why do I hate this book? And why did I finish it despite hating it so much? Well, the latter is simple: I could see the ending coming a mile away. It plays out like every other "simp guy" story in India — something I’ve seen happen to friends of mine. What kept me going was sheer disbelief at how badly it was written, yet somehow it ended up with the "bestseller" tag.
This book feels less like a story and more like an author's personal obsession spilled onto paper. It reads like something that should have been scribbled down to get emotions out and then burned in a cleansing ritual.
Most people, at some point in their lives, think about writing a book — not necessarily to publish it, but just to get their thoughts down. Yet, they don’t, either because they’re unsure what to write about or because they lack the skills, dedication, or confidence. After reading this, I feel that hesitation is sometimes a blessing.
Now, why do I hate this book? And why did I finish it despite hating it so much? Well, the latter is simple: I could see the ending coming a mile away. It plays out like every other "simp guy" story in India — something I’ve seen happen to friends of mine. What kept me going was sheer disbelief at how badly it was written, yet somehow it ended up with the "bestseller" tag.
This book feels less like a story and more like an author's personal obsession spilled onto paper. It reads like something that should have been scribbled down to get emotions out and then burned in a cleansing ritual.
December 24, 2020
This is a real-life heartbreak story of the author who in his teenage s fell for a girl named Zoya whom he met online on Facebook.
Something hit his heart for Zoya and he developed intense emotions for her though he had never caught a glimpse of her or heard her voice even once. He felt a connection but on the opposite, Zoya was without any sentiments towards him in the onset since she already had a hurting romance before.
Life goes on and Anubhav tries all he can to get her love. Finally, Zoya admits her likeness for him. They move into a relationship where Anubhav's only focus is Zoya but things in life never transpire the way you think they should.
Pick up the book to know what does Anubhav goes through in the end!
For me, the story was very cliché but since it was the author's real-life story it had sentiments identical to what everyone suffers when they go through pain of separation.
Someone who is a newcomer in reading books and wishes to read some relationship novels by an Indian author can pick this up as the language is very easy.
Something hit his heart for Zoya and he developed intense emotions for her though he had never caught a glimpse of her or heard her voice even once. He felt a connection but on the opposite, Zoya was without any sentiments towards him in the onset since she already had a hurting romance before.
Life goes on and Anubhav tries all he can to get her love. Finally, Zoya admits her likeness for him. They move into a relationship where Anubhav's only focus is Zoya but things in life never transpire the way you think they should.
Pick up the book to know what does Anubhav goes through in the end!
For me, the story was very cliché but since it was the author's real-life story it had sentiments identical to what everyone suffers when they go through pain of separation.
Someone who is a newcomer in reading books and wishes to read some relationship novels by an Indian author can pick this up as the language is very easy.
October 6, 2021
To start with, I am so disappointed with the editing of this book, lots of spelling mistakes and a few sentences didn't make sense at all. E.g., "My friend to stop bothering them sells now," or "I hardened my exterior so that no one would know the soft interior of my heart." What does this even mean? It seems like either the editor did a shabby job or there was no editor assigned to this book.
Secondly, this book has nothing new offer. It is quite relatable as every person at least once in their whole life goes through heartbreak but we have seen and heard this same story so many times. Basically, this book can be a two-liner - Met online, young love bloomed, then parted due to long-distance as managing a long-distance relationship is not everyone's cup of tea. It needs maturity to understand the space.
It felt toxic at times and no one would want to stay in such a relationship.
For the poor editing and dull storyline, would not recommend it to anyone, not even a beginner.
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Secondly, this book has nothing new offer. It is quite relatable as every person at least once in their whole life goes through heartbreak but we have seen and heard this same story so many times. Basically, this book can be a two-liner - Met online, young love bloomed, then parted due to long-distance as managing a long-distance relationship is not everyone's cup of tea. It needs maturity to understand the space.
It felt toxic at times and no one would want to stay in such a relationship.
For the poor editing and dull storyline, would not recommend it to anyone, not even a beginner.
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February 24, 2023
So, Why not Me is a romantic novel with heartbreaks not just once but twice. It takes you through journey of its own, where you might even find yourself in different parts of the story- loving someone more than they deserve, keeping friendships aside for the sake of your new relationship, ignoring everything for love, sacrificing self-respect, trusting and loving someone blindly etc.
It was a simple and fast read. The author tried to put forward a few life lessons from his very own life and I really appreciate his approach. The writing style was pretty impressive and I liked how simple yet effective the narration was. My favorite lines from the books:
❣Don't look for happiness in other people. You never know when they will change, and when the situation will change in such a manner that they have to leave. Be your own happiness.
❣Every person that enters, stays or leave your life, teaches you a lesson. Do not keep any hatred in your heart. It's your heart, fill it with love and not hate.
It was a simple and fast read. The author tried to put forward a few life lessons from his very own life and I really appreciate his approach. The writing style was pretty impressive and I liked how simple yet effective the narration was. My favorite lines from the books:
❣Don't look for happiness in other people. You never know when they will change, and when the situation will change in such a manner that they have to leave. Be your own happiness.
❣Every person that enters, stays or leave your life, teaches you a lesson. Do not keep any hatred in your heart. It's your heart, fill it with love and not hate.
January 9, 2021
"Why not me" is based on a true story and the interesting fact is that it's the life experience of the author. The author has portrayed a part of his life journey when he was crazily in love with a girl named Zoya and how he was left heartbroken when she left him.
This book is not just a love story, but it's a message or a guide to millions of people out there who have faced such a heartbreaking situation in their lives. I truly appreciate the author's effort of developing such a good book with an intention of providing some powerful messages and thoughts which can be a motivation to such people.
The author has made this story more interesting by including his memories about his family, friends, school life and college life. Some portions seemed a little bit cliche to me. The writing was really simple and lucid. The book was indeed a light read and therefore I was able to finish this book in one sitting. Overall it was a good read.
This book is not just a love story, but it's a message or a guide to millions of people out there who have faced such a heartbreaking situation in their lives. I truly appreciate the author's effort of developing such a good book with an intention of providing some powerful messages and thoughts which can be a motivation to such people.
The author has made this story more interesting by including his memories about his family, friends, school life and college life. Some portions seemed a little bit cliche to me. The writing was really simple and lucid. The book was indeed a light read and therefore I was able to finish this book in one sitting. Overall it was a good read.
December 5, 2021
Its a decent story but horribly written book.
I had started the book with high hopes, given its popularity. But what I found was paragraph after paragraph of emotionless writing which was difficult to relate to. I am not in the same age group that this book targets but have been through that phase nevertheless.
The feelings when you love someone are so vivid that every sense, every emotion can be given a space of its own. But the book fails to do justice to them. All I read is broken heart, shattered pieces, crying, laughing, and oddly placed relationship advices throught the text.
And at many places the plot has been adjusted to suit the story. For example, towards the end, after saying so much to Anubhav and breaking up with her, she unblocks him when her birthday is arriving. That just doesn't sound right.
Maybe a more younger population will be able to relate to it better. But again there have been love stories that suite all genres.
I had started the book with high hopes, given its popularity. But what I found was paragraph after paragraph of emotionless writing which was difficult to relate to. I am not in the same age group that this book targets but have been through that phase nevertheless.
The feelings when you love someone are so vivid that every sense, every emotion can be given a space of its own. But the book fails to do justice to them. All I read is broken heart, shattered pieces, crying, laughing, and oddly placed relationship advices throught the text.
And at many places the plot has been adjusted to suit the story. For example, towards the end, after saying so much to Anubhav and breaking up with her, she unblocks him when her birthday is arriving. That just doesn't sound right.
Maybe a more younger population will be able to relate to it better. But again there have been love stories that suite all genres.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 19, 2025
Why Not Me? is one of those books that feels like a warm hug on a heavy day. Written in Anubhav Agrawal’s signature raw and honest style, this book dives deep into heartbreak, healing, self-love, and the complicated emotions we all go through but rarely speak about.
As a reader, I felt seen in so many of the lines—whether it was about unreciprocated love, waiting for closure, or trying to rebuild yourself after someone walks away. The mix of short poems, letters, and thoughts makes it super easy to read, yet it hits you hard in the feels.
This isn’t just a book you read—it’s one you feel. If you’ve ever asked yourself “Why not me?” in love, life, or relationships, this book will make you realize you’re not alone. And more importantly, it reminds you that healing is messy but beautiful.
Highly recommend reading it with a quiet heart and an open mind—you might just find a piece of yourself in its pages.
As a reader, I felt seen in so many of the lines—whether it was about unreciprocated love, waiting for closure, or trying to rebuild yourself after someone walks away. The mix of short poems, letters, and thoughts makes it super easy to read, yet it hits you hard in the feels.
This isn’t just a book you read—it’s one you feel. If you’ve ever asked yourself “Why not me?” in love, life, or relationships, this book will make you realize you’re not alone. And more importantly, it reminds you that healing is messy but beautiful.
Highly recommend reading it with a quiet heart and an open mind—you might just find a piece of yourself in its pages.
December 11, 2020
"Give time the time to heal you."⠀
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Based on a true story - the author's story - this book has won many hearts! ⠀
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Anubhav met Zoya on Facebook. And he fell in love with her. It might sound weird - falling for someone without even meeting them, but we've all been there! Anubhav waited for Zoya to fall for him. He was patient and so in love. For four years, first as a friend and then as a boyfriend, he was there for her. But a happily ever after is not how this story ends. ⠀
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The characters were real, the story penned down in beautifully. There was nothing remarkable or 'mind blowing' about the story line and I guess that is what makes this so relatable. Each one of us have Anubhavs and Zoyas hidden within and we've been there, felt that. This book will unlock a box of memories you never realised you had. ⠀
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While it resonates with millions of us, this book is not our everyday tragedy. It ends on a positive note, imparting hope and lessons and paving a way forward. The book ends with a list of realizations and learnings that might cut short years of difficulty for a fresh broken heart. ⠀
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Pain can only be eased by time, but this book is a tool that'll help catalyse the process. This book is proof you're not alone. ⠀
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Based on a true story - the author's story - this book has won many hearts! ⠀
⠀
Anubhav met Zoya on Facebook. And he fell in love with her. It might sound weird - falling for someone without even meeting them, but we've all been there! Anubhav waited for Zoya to fall for him. He was patient and so in love. For four years, first as a friend and then as a boyfriend, he was there for her. But a happily ever after is not how this story ends. ⠀
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The characters were real, the story penned down in beautifully. There was nothing remarkable or 'mind blowing' about the story line and I guess that is what makes this so relatable. Each one of us have Anubhavs and Zoyas hidden within and we've been there, felt that. This book will unlock a box of memories you never realised you had. ⠀
⠀
While it resonates with millions of us, this book is not our everyday tragedy. It ends on a positive note, imparting hope and lessons and paving a way forward. The book ends with a list of realizations and learnings that might cut short years of difficulty for a fresh broken heart. ⠀
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Pain can only be eased by time, but this book is a tool that'll help catalyse the process. This book is proof you're not alone. ⠀
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