Title : Breaking Up The Shackles
Author : Gunjesh Bond
As the blurb of the book goes: Four friends are on a night out to celebrate the arrival of a brand new car that one of them gets as a gift from his father. In the midnight they stop their car near the only roadside smoke shop on the entire highway. Two of them get off to buy some wine and weed. They return to find one of their friends lying unconscious in a pool of blood. The fourth one is missing from the car.
Where did he miraculously vanish just within ten minutes in the darkness of the city’s outskirts? Did he hit his friend and run away or was there something else other than these boys and the shopkeeper?
Review:
‘Caste indifference posing as a hindrance in a relationship’, is what the theme of this book which I didn’t get to know until I finish it up. Cover, title, blurb all pushes this book in the mysterious catalogue but the content inside the book tells a different story.
As it seems to be mysterious novel in the beginning, full of hidden secrets and mysteries,but it loses that impact when the narration drifts from its direction. Author has tried to keep the narration in a precise manner, but due to lack of focus on the main plot and some filler, the story loses its charm in the way. There are some conversations which can be avoided and instead of that some interesting events could be included so to catch reader’s attention.
Characters are kept to limited number and it is way easy to comprehend what all is going and to top it author has used very simple writing fashion to let his words reach to many readers, even easy for a novice. But, articulation lacks the maturity and smoothness required to float along with the story. Episodes are too common in nature and can be easy visualized. To some extent I could relate to the story but at places I felt disconnected due to the way it has been presented.
Story-line demands more drama and fun, reader thirsts for some interesting events to unfold. As the title looks so promising, readers’ expectations grow naturally and expect a lot more from this book. I think re-working would do great-great to this book.
All in all, a light read and I wish good luck to the author for his next ventures.
Rating : 2.5/5
Reviewer : Shweta Kesari