Publisher : Power Publication
Publication Date : 1st Jan 2018.
Book Length : 178
Review format : Paperback.
Purchase Link : Amazon
“I got the book as a part of the review program in Outset“
A very colorful and bright catchy cover that goes well with the title. The titular Hope and Sunshine has much more significance and meaning in the plot which is only revealed later in the course of narration and probably the best in the book.
Its a woman centric novel where the story revolves around Naina Grover, a highly successful marketing professional and an independent woman staying alone and working in kolkatta. Her Maasi and cousin arjun are her only guardians in kolkatta while her parents remain in delhi.
The book focusses mainly on relationships and family.
The author takes us through the life of Naina right from the time she sleeps, eats, gets up and goes to work…to the time she returns home, the many accolades or appreciation she gets in workplace, the way she’s pampered by her family who are super protective towards her and everything seems good except her relationship with Ved. They love each other but issues crops up now and then. This leads to confusion, hurt, mood swings. but along all this she develops a new friendship with Aditya her HR head and her cousin Arjun’s bestie. The three of them get so close that they hang out together almost every day. Naina’s past with her family is another issue that bothers her. The story at the end is the way her relationship shapes up be it her love life, work life or family life.
Quite a lot of things were relatable like…..
I loved the friendship quotient of Naina, Arjun and Aditya, their fun get together’s made me yearn for such friendship, the sibling fights of Naina and Arjun was cute and Arjun’s protectiveness towards his sister ….to name a few.
The Character Naina can make any girl envy for all the love she gets from her family. I loved the fact that despite being from a rich family she chooses to make her own career staying alone and away from her parents.
The only drawback i found was the prose and the overtly mention of kolkatta everywhere, i skimmed read those parts as it sort of disturbed the flow and overshadowed the plot. Though the book did unravel many new facts about the city of joy.
Naina and Ved’s relationship part went on and on, it was stretching a way bit more than i expected. I didn’t quite understand the chit stuff and the events that follows it.
Its a normal story dealing with issues in a girl’s life. The narration could have been better in the first half but there were few lines in the second half that was touching.
Overall the book did stir emotions in me at times and that’s what matters.
Seeing that its a work of a debut author is great.
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