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The Script
Rudra Shekhar, a management consultant is at emotional crossroads with his life oscillating between an extremely demanding professional life, long-distance relationship with school time girlfriend, Lasya, and a dream to write a book depicting Mahabharat from the lens of its most destiny deprived character, Karn. His obscene obsession with Karn's life was a subtle reflection of his failures in life in early teens that converted him from a dreamy-eyed boy into a God-abhorring teenager. As he starts penning down the chapters of his book unfolding the events of Mahabharat from Karn's perspective, his life begins to take dangerous turns. Rudra is perplexed, disturbed, and shattered.
Was he scripting his destiny? Was his obsession with Karn and his abhorrence of God responsible for the events happening in his life? He stumbles upon some chanced yet interesting rendezvous with people on his quest to seek his answers on life, death, reincarnation, and self-discovery.
Was he scripting his destiny? Was his obsession with Karn and his abhorrence of God responsible for the events happening in his life? He stumbles upon some chanced yet interesting rendezvous with people on his quest to seek his answers on life, death, reincarnation, and self-discovery.
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December 18, 2020
This is a normal romance novel where the central protagonist, Rudra is on a tangled brim of life where he worked as a management consultant which is quite tiresome for him as it's highly demanding instead of demonstrably desirable. Things seemed to be going fine in his favour until his long-term long-distance relationship with his school-time girlfriend, Lasya was in shackles as it wasn't working out well.
He aspires to be a writer while at the same time he shares a keen interest in the Hindu mythology, especially the character sketch of Suryaputra Angraj Karn, from the great legendary epic Mahabharata. He believes he's just like Karna from Mahabharata. Hence, the book has been portrayed realistically & potentially in such a way that we find a stark similarity between the two of them connecting the two over many instances. This is the only thing which made me pick up this book as I'm a huge fan of Kuntiputra Karna. Otherwise, I wouldn't have bothered at all. Nonetheless, I expected a bit too much from this book.
The book portrays the life of a writer. Things seemed good upto a moment in the novel where it felt interesting. However, it started to fail drastically midway. The transition of transcript between timelines was amyss as it came out to be a turnoff when we traverse between one lifetime to another or from one scenary to another. Thus making the overall sense of storytelling monotonous, unpleasant & tiresome.
Writing style is okay. Narration is okay. Language is simple. It lacks the effervescence & the impact which may leave readers wanting for more. Though the author tried to touch upon many topics at the same level of threshold, he failed to accomplish this feat. The execution of things could've been better considering the level of extrapolation involved. Nevertheless, a dissapointing read!
He aspires to be a writer while at the same time he shares a keen interest in the Hindu mythology, especially the character sketch of Suryaputra Angraj Karn, from the great legendary epic Mahabharata. He believes he's just like Karna from Mahabharata. Hence, the book has been portrayed realistically & potentially in such a way that we find a stark similarity between the two of them connecting the two over many instances. This is the only thing which made me pick up this book as I'm a huge fan of Kuntiputra Karna. Otherwise, I wouldn't have bothered at all. Nonetheless, I expected a bit too much from this book.
The book portrays the life of a writer. Things seemed good upto a moment in the novel where it felt interesting. However, it started to fail drastically midway. The transition of transcript between timelines was amyss as it came out to be a turnoff when we traverse between one lifetime to another or from one scenary to another. Thus making the overall sense of storytelling monotonous, unpleasant & tiresome.
Writing style is okay. Narration is okay. Language is simple. It lacks the effervescence & the impact which may leave readers wanting for more. Though the author tried to touch upon many topics at the same level of threshold, he failed to accomplish this feat. The execution of things could've been better considering the level of extrapolation involved. Nevertheless, a dissapointing read!
September 17, 2020
Sparkling brilliance!
If you are into reading books by contemporary Indian authors, you must pick up this book.
https://www.amazon.in/Script-Aashutos...
The honesty which emanates from each page of this book is so refreshing. The protagonist, the guy next door from the middle class, is a dreamer and believer. However, his life derails from the track of pure dreams due to a series of incidences. He finds his way back through his faith and the people he meets in life. The book is a refreshing and realistic take on life as an amalgamation of good and bad times. We are not defined by the times but how we sail through both. Rudra is no hero but a brutal honest witness of his own life, subconsciously weaving his failure through pessimism in his thought process. It is a take on how he survives the dismay and changes his thoughts for his good.
If you are into reading books by contemporary Indian authors, you must pick up this book.
https://www.amazon.in/Script-Aashutos...
The honesty which emanates from each page of this book is so refreshing. The protagonist, the guy next door from the middle class, is a dreamer and believer. However, his life derails from the track of pure dreams due to a series of incidences. He finds his way back through his faith and the people he meets in life. The book is a refreshing and realistic take on life as an amalgamation of good and bad times. We are not defined by the times but how we sail through both. Rudra is no hero but a brutal honest witness of his own life, subconsciously weaving his failure through pessimism in his thought process. It is a take on how he survives the dismay and changes his thoughts for his good.
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