Review: The Jasmine Bloom
The Jasmine Bloom by Rajat Narula
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
The Jasmine Bloom by Rajat Narula is an fictional story of Sameer and his result of mistakes. Cover is the first impression of mine towards novel it's wonderful, name doesn't reveal anything but appropriate when you understand story well. While reading blurb I had different perspective but story is different from it and unique in own ways.
The story is of something you hear in air all around, Sameer having extra martial affair with one of his colleague. But narration is different as it given new dimension to story. Novel proves the point by selecting wrong choices of our own can indirectly affect your surroundings too.
A good control over words and lucid language gives good read. But editing is needed to avoid few grammatical mistakes which Author have none to do with it. A decent debut for author. Characterization is another good remark as it not lack any where.
Overall, The Jasmine Bloom is well written novel and a nice venture to see a story from another angle.
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My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Blurb-
Sameer Chadha is in a mid-life crisis – unhappy with everything
around him, even his name. His corporate career is languishing and he
is increasingly alienated from his family. His wife Kavita, a part-time
poet and a full-time mother, lives more in the past than the present.
When their lives collide with that of Ritu, a younger woman coping
with an abusive husband and an autistic son, a chain of events gets
triggered that puts all their lives into a tailspin.
The Jasmine Bloom is a story of love, lust, ruin and resurrection. It
is a commentary on the fragility of modern family life; of terrible
secrets and shocking choices. However, at its core, it is the tale of a
man learning to be happy in the here and now.
around him, even his name. His corporate career is languishing and he
is increasingly alienated from his family. His wife Kavita, a part-time
poet and a full-time mother, lives more in the past than the present.
When their lives collide with that of Ritu, a younger woman coping
with an abusive husband and an autistic son, a chain of events gets
triggered that puts all their lives into a tailspin.
The Jasmine Bloom is a story of love, lust, ruin and resurrection. It
is a commentary on the fragility of modern family life; of terrible
secrets and shocking choices. However, at its core, it is the tale of a
man learning to be happy in the here and now.
My views -
The story is of something you hear in air all around, Sameer having extra martial affair with one of his colleague. But narration is different as it given new dimension to story. Novel proves the point by selecting wrong choices of our own can indirectly affect your surroundings too.
A good control over words and lucid language gives good read. But editing is needed to avoid few grammatical mistakes which Author have none to do with it. A decent debut for author. Characterization is another good remark as it not lack any where.
Overall, The Jasmine Bloom is well written novel and a nice venture to see a story from another angle.
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