THIS LOVE THAT FEELS RIGHTS
Title: This Love That Feels Right
Author: Ravinder Singh
Publisher/ Imprint: Penguin India
Pages: 236
Genre/ Sub-Genre: Fiction/ Romance
Rating: 3.50 of 5.00
I am the huge fan of author Ravinder Singh. So, I was excited to read "This Love That Feels Right." His books are easy to read and generally get done in a single sitting. The story revolves around two young modern day women who takes up the courage to break free from the traditions and the societal norms to find their inner soul and love without boundaries.
Naina Singhania is married to Sidhharth Singhania- A husband who doesn't have time for his wife. She joins a gym. Thus begins her journey of self realization. In the gym, she meets Malvika and Aarav.Aarav is a trainer in the gym. As a time passes, three of them becomes good friends. Malvika, on one hand, Naina used to share everything with her and on the other hand, Aarav and Naina both fell in love with each other.
Naina finds Aarav caring and responsible. He used to care her in small matters. Most of the time, she used to compare Aarav with her husband; why Siddharth cannot be like Aarav and she used to tell this to Aarav. At the end of the story both confess that both are madly in love but will they be together? Will Naina tells her husband about her extra martial affair?
Author: Ravinder Singh
Publisher/ Imprint: Penguin India
Pages: 236
Genre/ Sub-Genre: Fiction/ Romance
Rating: 3.50 of 5.00
I am the huge fan of author Ravinder Singh. So, I was excited to read "This Love That Feels Right." His books are easy to read and generally get done in a single sitting. The story revolves around two young modern day women who takes up the courage to break free from the traditions and the societal norms to find their inner soul and love without boundaries.
Naina Singhania is married to Sidhharth Singhania- A husband who doesn't have time for his wife. She joins a gym. Thus begins her journey of self realization. In the gym, she meets Malvika and Aarav.Aarav is a trainer in the gym. As a time passes, three of them becomes good friends. Malvika, on one hand, Naina used to share everything with her and on the other hand, Aarav and Naina both fell in love with each other.
Naina finds Aarav caring and responsible. He used to care her in small matters. Most of the time, she used to compare Aarav with her husband; why Siddharth cannot be like Aarav and she used to tell this to Aarav. At the end of the story both confess that both are madly in love but will they be together? Will Naina tells her husband about her extra martial affair?
CONCLUSION
The characters of this book are layered and are constantly evolving. The protagonist, Naina, is a typical India housewife, young, restless and bored with a husband who is lusting and running after money. Naina has hit her mid-life crisis pretty soon, so devoid of the materialistic gains, she longed for true love. The projection of her conservative demeanour is done remarkably and many rich and young housewives will be able to relate to her character.
The author starts with a very strong prologue. It is an honest confession from Naina. This sets a very exciting tone for the novel ahead. And the initial few chapters live upto these expectations. It is a delight to read them. The forte of this book is that the characters are developed very strongly. The almost dormant characters of Naina’s mother-in-law and father-in-law and her own parents, also have a healthy part to play. All characters do their job well. Its very rare that a narrative that has strong characters doesn’t fare well. The unusual part of this novel is that I fell in love with a supporting character – Manvika Thakral. The free spirited, a bit controversial character that has been etched in the name of Manvika is a winner. Not everyone might agree with me, but then that is love. The thoughts that the author voices with her as the mouth piece are thought provoking. Not necessary that everyone will agree but it definitely starts churning different things in your head. The finale chapters and the epilogue just takes your heart away. Almost all questions, one has in their head are voiced by Naina and a very fresh approach has been given to it with this fire cracker named Manvika.
The characters of this book are layered and are constantly evolving. The protagonist, Naina, is a typical India housewife, young, restless and bored with a husband who is lusting and running after money. Naina has hit her mid-life crisis pretty soon, so devoid of the materialistic gains, she longed for true love. The projection of her conservative demeanour is done remarkably and many rich and young housewives will be able to relate to her character.
The author starts with a very strong prologue. It is an honest confession from Naina. This sets a very exciting tone for the novel ahead. And the initial few chapters live upto these expectations. It is a delight to read them. The forte of this book is that the characters are developed very strongly. The almost dormant characters of Naina’s mother-in-law and father-in-law and her own parents, also have a healthy part to play. All characters do their job well. Its very rare that a narrative that has strong characters doesn’t fare well. The unusual part of this novel is that I fell in love with a supporting character – Manvika Thakral. The free spirited, a bit controversial character that has been etched in the name of Manvika is a winner. Not everyone might agree with me, but then that is love. The thoughts that the author voices with her as the mouth piece are thought provoking. Not necessary that everyone will agree but it definitely starts churning different things in your head. The finale chapters and the epilogue just takes your heart away. Almost all questions, one has in their head are voiced by Naina and a very fresh approach has been given to it with this fire cracker named Manvika.
My only complaint with this one are the middle chapters. They lose the pace, and that is where the book misses that chance of being an excellent and recommended read. The author has done a commendable job in opting to write on such a topic but I wish he would have got a little bolder and would have given it a different climax.
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