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Introduction
Author Name: Savi Sharma
Genre: Fiction
Language: English
Savi Sharma is, without a doubt, the most popular writer in India right now. I have heard about her debut book ‘Everyone has a Story’ for a while (it is all over the place on social media), but when I checked out Goodreads—the most genuine book review site—some months ago, the unflattering reviews that I read caught me in a web of reluctance.
The story is also built up quite well, especially the parts dedicated to Shaurya, his girlfriend, and Miraya. Using Miraya’s notebook as a narrative tool is also a well-played card. By doing that, the author could directly tell Miraya’s emotions instead of having to show them if she was given another POV, thus saving a lot of words.
Author Name: Savi Sharma
Genre: Fiction
Language: English
Savi Sharma is, without a doubt, the most popular writer in India right now. I have heard about her debut book ‘Everyone has a Story’ for a while (it is all over the place on social media), but when I checked out Goodreads—the most genuine book review site—some months ago, the unflattering reviews that I read caught me in a web of reluctance.
And I have not had a great experience reading bestselling Indian commercial books in the past, so I kept myself from trying her first book out. However, recently, I saw that her second book had come out. A few days back, I thought of checking out the reviews of this book. I could not find even a single negative review. I was feeling bored that day, so somehow, I decided to give it a go.
About the Author:
On a mission to inspire millions of people through her writings, Savi Sharma
Bagrecha left her CA studies to become a writer. She is the author of four best-selling novels namely Everyone Has a Story – 1, its sequel Everyone Has a Story –2, This Is Not Your Story, and Stories We Never Tell. With combined sales of over 7lakh copies, she is currently India’s highest-selling female author.
Inspired from real-life experiences, her books revolve around the themes of dreams, hope, courage, friendship, love, and the Universe, to fill young readers with positivity and happiness.
She is also a motivational speaker and has delivered inspiring talks on different topics at the IIMs, IITs, popular literature festivals, and other esteemed organizations. Married to Ashish Bagrecha, another best-selling author, she currently resides in surat. Savi dreams of a world full of kindness, compassion, empathy, and love.
On a mission to inspire millions of people through her writings, Savi Sharma
Bagrecha left her CA studies to become a writer. She is the author of four best-selling novels namely Everyone Has a Story – 1, its sequel Everyone Has a Story –2, This Is Not Your Story, and Stories We Never Tell. With combined sales of over 7lakh copies, she is currently India’s highest-selling female author.
Inspired from real-life experiences, her books revolve around the themes of dreams, hope, courage, friendship, love, and the Universe, to fill young readers with positivity and happiness.
She is also a motivational speaker and has delivered inspiring talks on different topics at the IIMs, IITs, popular literature festivals, and other esteemed organizations. Married to Ashish Bagrecha, another best-selling author, she currently resides in surat. Savi dreams of a world full of kindness, compassion, empathy, and love.
About the Book
The story begins with Shaurya unable to break himself from the chains of his hesitation and flee to Mumbai to achieve his dreams. The other characters are also introduced well. But the one thing that pushed me down a ledge of astonishment was her language.
The story begins with Shaurya unable to break himself from the chains of his hesitation and flee to Mumbai to achieve his dreams. The other characters are also introduced well. But the one thing that pushed me down a ledge of astonishment was her language.
As my eyes swept through each beautifully constructed sentence, the wall of my presumption broke brick by brick, and in no time, a flower of admiration sprung up from the ashes. Poetic sentences are littered throughout the narrative. I was amazed. I have read almost all popular commercial Indian authors, and apart from Preeti Shenoy to an extent, no one has even come close to achieving this level.
I read only literary fiction nowadays, and throughout the book, I never got the impression that I was not reading another literary fiction novel. The language is so good. The metaphors are brilliant and quite original, and the way she plays with words is magical.
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The story is also built up quite well, especially the parts dedicated to Shaurya, his girlfriend, and Miraya. Using Miraya’s notebook as a narrative tool is also a well-played card. By doing that, the author could directly tell Miraya’s emotions instead of having to show them if she was given another POV, thus saving a lot of words.
However, the character of Anubhav isn’t given enough justice. Even when the tragic incident happens in his life, I could feel no emotion as neither I knew the character properly nor was his relationship with his parents lent the detailing it should have.
Even after the disaster, almost no memories are shown; why he couldn’t resist alcohol, smoking, nothing is shown, just told in a few sentences. It is difficult to feel sorry for the character. I feel that about 50 pages should have been added to flesh out the character a bit more.
I liked the fact that no expletives have been used throughout the book. Hinglish and Shayaris (found in many other Indian commercial fiction books) have also been thankfully avoided. Sex is conspicuous by its absence, thus making this read safe even for early teenagers. However, one thing I didn’t like was that some of the dialogues were too preachy and artificial.
I liked the fact that no expletives have been used throughout the book. Hinglish and Shayaris (found in many other Indian commercial fiction books) have also been thankfully avoided. Sex is conspicuous by its absence, thus making this read safe even for early teenagers. However, one thing I didn’t like was that some of the dialogues were too preachy and artificial.
And Anubhav’s dialogues directed at his girlfriend towards the end of the book were just too cheesy. And the particular phrase ‘I will write my story again’ was overused. Generally, people don’t talk like that. However, apart from these minor issues, the book is good.
The only reason why it couldn’t become memorable for me was that it never made me cry. I could feel for the characters throughout; the emotions were portrayed skillfully, but I just couldn’t find those heartbreaking moments that tear your heart apart.
The ending was predictable and a bit too sweet, everything falling into place. I know it’s an ideal culmination to an inspirational novel, but it still felt too good to be true. The intimate portion was again a bit unrealistic, especially considering that it takes place at a busy Indian railway station.
The ending was predictable and a bit too sweet, everything falling into place. I know it’s an ideal culmination to an inspirational novel, but it still felt too good to be true. The intimate portion was again a bit unrealistic, especially considering that it takes place at a busy Indian railway station.
My Review
The plot of the book is very finely designed and you won’t find any section boring or less interesting. The story is written well and you will love it for sure.
I hope this Book Review has been helpful. I shall be sharing more. Hence, stay tuned!
Until then, Happy Reading
My rating for this book is 3/5
The plot of the book is very finely designed and you won’t find any section boring or less interesting. The story is written well and you will love it for sure.
I hope this Book Review has been helpful. I shall be sharing more. Hence, stay tuned!
Until then, Happy Reading
My rating for this book is 3/5
You can easily get this book from Amazon: This Is Not Your Story
Written By – Prachi Mann
Written By – Prachi Mann
Edited By - Anamika Malik
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