Book: A Journey to Remember
Author:
Swarupa Chavan
Publisher:
Cyberwit.net
ISBN: 9788182534117
Cover page: Rupali Shirke
Blurb:
A phone
call from Reva summoning her for her help makes Ananya drop everything and rush
to her aid. Ananya embarks on a journey of startling discovery, to Oakwood in
Shimla where Reva resides.Her core beliefs and philosophies are challenged when
she meets Kunal who is a matrimonial alliance for Reva invited at Oakwood by
the General - Revas father. Kunal has agreed to visit Oakwood only due to
family pressures and does not have any inclination to get married in the near
future. Ananya is unable to fathom the attraction she feels for Kunal and is
scared of the outcome. Things get complicated as Ananyas attempt to bring Reva
and Nikhil together results in misunderstandings between Kunal. They turn
dangerous when Sam the Chauffer- cum-Cook at Oakwood tries to sabotage their
innocent plan out of his sincere loyalty towards the General. Ananya is faced
with a grave question leaving her to wonder what her journey to Shimla would
lead to.
The review:
Swarupa
Chavan’s ‘A Journey to Remember’ talks about a journey which happens to change
the life of two protagonists. Ananya believes love to be a hypothetical and
highly overrated phenomenon. Kunal is a happy-go-lucky philander who has never taken
any relationship seriously in his life. These parallel minded are destined to
meet up in a journey which changes their life once forever.
Reva,
Ananya’s best cum childhood friend, lands up in trouble when her parents decides
to fix her marriage with Kunal. Reva’s father, a retired General from Army is
here shown as a strict father who seems to control his fellow people with his
spell. Knowing her father well, Reva is unable to confess the love with Nikhil
to him. Therefore she ends up in seeking Ananya’s help which makes Ananya to
take a journey to Shimla.
Kunal, being
a rich kid has no idea of getting married so soon but his parents again give
him no choice and ends up in meeting his father’s friend’s daughter Reva. His
journey to Shimla in his bike makes him get nostalgic about the times with his
friends. It is then he meets Ananya who is helpless with her flat tyred car on the
way to Shimla. The very first sight of her makes him feel magical and she takes
a part of place in his head. Though he extends his help to her, she refuses
only to regret it soon.
Later when
Ananya comes to know that Kunal is the guy who happens to be the suitor for
Reva, tries to seek his help to break the marriage. By seeing Ananya at Reva’s
premises, Kunal mistakes her for Reva and taking this as an advantage Ananya
tries to move the cards well. Pretending herself as Reva, Ananya plans to meet
Kunal to make a bad impression on him to the General. Sam who seems to be the
right hand for the General smells something fishy and becomes the spy to
identify it. Soon Ananya tells Kunal about her real identity and they fall in
love. The four of them sketches a plan to help Nikhil score a good name in the
General’s mind to accept Reva’s love for Nikhil. The climax saw some twist and
made the read interesting.
The
narration was good and the usage of simple language adds plus to the book. I
think the total of 177 pages is a good number for this story. To say about the
drawbacks, I would first mention about the price. 300 bucks for 177 pages? No
ways! Next the cover page which seems not very attractive and looks quite
dull.
To sum up
my review, I would say that Ms. Swarupa Chavan has made a good effort to write
this book in a neat and simple way. Reading it was like watching a movie where
you can guess what comes next. But a book turns up to be an interesting read
only when it gives you no idea of what the further pages is going to bring. I
would give an average of 3 for 5 for this book. All the Best Ms. Swarupa
Chavan.
About the
Author:
Swarupa
Chavan was born in Mumbai- India, where she currently works as a DGM. Apart
from writing she enjoys travelling and exploring new places. She can be
contacted at swarupa.mynovel@gmail.com
Happy Reading :-)
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