“Kuku and the Crow”. Two people, best friends since they
were kids. One hyper-emotional, the other calm. Two friends who in one day lost
a lot when they had almost all.
Someone to Love by Ruchita Misra is a story about Atharv and
Koyal who have been friends since their childhood. Their bond runs so deep that
they can understand each other's unspoken words and Atharv always knows when
Koyal is in distress, even when time-zones separate them. Life takes a drastic
turn and they find themselves on different paths with so much hatred that they
can't seem to move beyond it. Was it just friendship between them or love? What
really happened that affected their perfect friendship? Does Koyal find someone
to love? All the answers unfold as the story progresses.
The individual struggles of both protagonists have been
painted well. Specially Koyal's plight and her struggles in life have been well
portrayed. The story starts with a new bride giving herself up in her marriage
and from there on her life becomes a continuous nightmare and she seems to have
resigned herself to it. In the first part, the story moves between Koyal’s
current nightmarish life and her childhood which was almost perfect with her
best friend Atharv in it. We are not told until the end as to what happened
that made Koyal so full of anger that she destroyed her life and a part of
Atharv.
The author has built a sweet story which is neither too
mushy nor too dark. It is easy to sympathise with them both but the characters
could have been given more depth. As a reader, sometimes you wish there was
something more, maybe some more feeling in the words and there are too many
philosophical lines which could have been done away with. A good enough book to
be read over a lazy weekend.
P.S. I received a copy from Writersmelon in exchange for an
honest and unbiased review.
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