Whenever
you have read and liked the work of an author, you always tend to form
expectations from the next work that they write and that is exactly what
happened when I came across the second book of Rajeev Pundir. Having read and
liked his first book Even God Doesn’t Know, his second book titled “Song of a
flying sparrow” had a lot of expectations riding on its shoulders. I am glad to
say this that the cover of the book and the blurb of it, did not disappoint. As
far as if the book as a whole stood up to the expectations or not is concerned,
we will come to that later. But first, here is the blurb of the book for you.
According
to the blurb- Chiya is born and brought
up in a wealthy business-class family. When her mom Rini, a highly ambitious
woman, tries to fix her marriage with a millionaire divorcee, quite senior to
her in age, she refuses categorically. As a result an ugly argument ensues
between them. Chiya’s life turns upside down when Rini reveals an unpleasant
secret pertaining to her life during the heat of the conflict. Then she embarks
on a mission- The sole aim of her life. What was that secret and the mission
thereupon? To find, explore the novel “Song of a flying sparrow” – a tale of
emotions, love, betrayal, ambitions, greed, cynicism and twisted relations.
I
will start with what I felt about the cover of the book. The cover, for me,
compliments the title to the core and also to the story of the book. The first
attraction to the book happens because of the cover and that is a feat not all
cover designers can achieve. For me, the cover should speak volumes about the book
and that is what this cover does successfully. Now, coming to the characters.
The book, very much like his first book has very precise characters and it
seemed that the author knew exactly what the characters wanted to do and had to
do at what stage. The precision of the characters is what the plus point of the
book becomes.
But
this time somehow, the characters did not attract me like the other time. Even
though they were very precise, some characters had much potential which was not
explored while some characters were unnecessary additions. Some were added but
were not justified while the main characters could have done much well than
what they did. The story comes next. Well, to think of it, the story was a very
interesting tale. Though it seemed to be Chiya’s story, after a point of time,
I felt that the story is of her mother, Rini. A pleasurable read, story wise.
If
you speak of the ending then I would say that the ending was nice. Again, the
turns and twists along with the exploration of the relationships could have
been better. The narration was better in the first book of the author and has
somehow gone down this time. The story was the only flicker of hope and the
fact that the story, even after all this was not a boring one helped and will
keep on helping every reader to read the book. If maybe the style was a bit
altered and the characters a bit more explored, the book would’ve hit the mark.
Speaking
of the cons of the book, apart from the ones that I have already mentioned if
there was one thing that was constant stoppages throughout the book then it has
to be the spelling errors that the book had. The book is a smooth read
nonetheless and that is what makes me look forward to the next one from the
author. Apart from that, since this is the second book I am reading of the
author and I would like to read more, I hope that the author up’s his writing
style. For me, this book is 3.25 out of 5.
Thanks for this wonderful and well balanced review.
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