The debut book of Novoneel Chakraborty. Period. Trust me; I couldn’t come up with a better
starting line for the review. You know what reading the debut of a magician
feels like, especially when you have read all the other ones except this? It’s
like opening a treasure and having a peep into it to see how was it all like.
You get to see the rawness of the writing, the innocence of it. The beauty of
it and the satisfaction of it. I always believe that even though the subsequent
or follow up books of an author show the progress of him, the debut one shows
what the author is actually like. And I was numb after reading A thing beyond
forever...
According to the blurb- What
happens when life plays a trick on two innocent lovers? What happens when your
first love much against all possibilities comes back to you in the most bizarre
and astounding manifestation ever? Dr. Radhika Sharma, for the world outside,
is an aberrant and arrogant feminist. But inside, she resides in a far-away
world like a vulnerable first sketch of an artist. One might an innocuous
enquiry by a nine-year-old patient coaxes her to one’s personal diary. And, as
she reads on, a bygone era comes to the forefront taking her through a
cavalcade of exclusive events that life, love and friendship offer at the noon
of adolescence. By the time she finishes reading the diary, it’s already
morning. And by night time she finds herself face to face with a question that
defies logical explanation. Is falling in love a random act or a planned
coincidence? Is attraction the missing link between souls? Will the light of
true love outshine the dark shadow of destiny? Even when Radhika gets the
copasetic answers there are still two more chapters to go...
Tell me honestly, what are your first reactions after
reading the blurb? I know! You are taking it to be a normal story. A love
story. But what if I tell you the story is much more than what meets the eye? I
would like to quote the tagline of the novel here “The reward for every true
love is not love...” and rightfully said so. I’ll start with the cover of the
book. The cover, thoughtfully done, matching the book to the T. It gives a
wonderful description of what we are going to encounter in the book but what I
felt was the book wouldn’t catch much attention if kept along with a few more
books of the same genre at a bookstore if a non-reader visits because the other
books would be more attention seeking.
Now, coming to the characters! Radhika... Oh wait! Dr. Radhika
is the very first character you would encounter in the book and I fell an
instant liking towards her. Whatever she does, however she does, everything was
written in such a wonderful way that sitting to describe it would be
impossible. Next, Raen. The male protagonist of the book. It seems that the
author has given all that he has to the character and it couldn’t have been
better. And finally the most important character of the book, Raen’s diary.
Well, it is for the first time that I am in love with a non-living thing inside
a fictional book. Do I even make sense? That is how the diary of Raen affected
me. Savera, Deepali and all the friends of Raen were beautifully etched.
The feelings, the simplicity, the love, it is so beautiful
that all you can do is fall in love with it. And fall in love so hard that the
climax will tear you into pieces. Am I exaggerating? No! Am I giving spoilers? Hell
no! Read the book to find out. That is all I can say. The book answers a very
important part of life- “A thing beyond forever...” The wonderful flow of the
story made me wanna re-read the book again and again. Especially the thought of
the story. The lump in the throat moments left me with a lot of mixed feelings
at the end. As a debut book, this was one of THE BEST I read.
For the cons of the book, apart from a few grammatical
errors and apart from the fact that the cover could’ve been a bit better there
is nothing that I can call a con of the book. For me, this book is by far the
best Novoneel Chakraborty book I have read and keeping in mind that it is the
debut book of the author I am looking forward to all the other books that are
yet to come from him. This book is 4.75 out of 5 for me.
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