Title : The Last Surge
Author: Pramit Sarkar
As the blurb of the book goes, “…the day we face each other, she will be sorry; sorry for rendering me emotionally impotent. And that will be my victory.” Their blazing courtship was nearing marriage, before fate played its vicious card. Rimi dumped Gabriel and married the choice of her family but Gabriel decided to remain single. Why did Rimi take such a drastic decision? How did Gabriel keep up his single hood? Did they meet again or did fate succeed in keeping them apart? How does Sneha fit into the picture? Crafted with the characteristic flavors of Bengal, THE LAST SURGE brings you the tale of an ace football player turned relationship counselor and what made this protagonist a great brother, a greater father and an even greater romantic.
Review: The entire cast in Kolkata gives the real touch of the place, protagonists, their actions along with the physical appearance of the book. The core element of the book is relationship, whether it to be a soul mate or family. The obvious happenings that you predict while reading the book, turns out to be unobvious and takes the story to an another track. One of the good things about the book is, good use of vocabulary by the author, chosen words proves apt for the situation, and on the other hand it would be a challenge for the novice reader to inculcate all the writing.
Although the numbers of characters in the book are more, it might create confusion in the mind of reader, keeping this in mind; author has provided the character sketch in the beginning of the story so as to make reading journey for the reader more comfortable. The storyline is mediocre in nature and the feelings injected in the story are appreciable. The concept of the story is good, and so is the plot which is good enough to hold reader’s attention.
The switching of events at some places could create confusion in reader’s mind, acting as a hindrance in the reading journey. The smoothness in switching of events readers expect from this book is somewhat missing, as at some places it become quite difficult to understand the situation as what actually is happening, which is to me a major hiccup in the book. Also, the same thing makes it difficult for the reader to connect to the story and relate with it. The only suggestion I would like to give to the author is to maintain a ‘pause-start’ relationship between the occurrences of events in a lucid manner, so that reader could feel comfortable while going through the story. Irrelevant content at some places also plays the role of breaker in the reading journey. A better implementation would give it a new life.
Rating: 3/5
Reviewer : Shweta Kesari