An honest and frank review on the,"SUGAR SPRING TALES"
"Sugar Spring Tales" is a 161 paged,book of a collection of love stories. It has a pleasant cover, with white flowers with a greenish tinge to it in a white background,with the letters written in brown colored italics...the cover is nice to see...but how is the book? I opened the book with much anticipation...the 1st page holds the "Dedication page" followed by the "Contents" which had a total of 7 chapters...
Autumn Leaves:
This story reminded me of the "Mills and Boon"...i don't mean the romance and all that but the love story.The way the Character,"Anna" battled with her feelings with her Dream Man,Kenny and how she finally ended up with her friend,Dam.The starting was quite vague but i found myself quite immersed on turning the next few pages......
A Little More Room:
This is a story of a Boss in a company,Bill who died a tragic death in his office and orphans his 6-year old daughter,Amelia.It also shows the relationship of the people who are workaholics and how their love-life can fall-apart and come crashing to the ground.This story was however very touching,and I found myself in tears in the end........
My Best Love Letter:
This can't be called a story but it contains a "Love Letter" written by a heart-broken soul.The starting was however kind of boring and complicated and I found myself just skipping the lines. The "Letter" was unlike the 1st part and contained the feelings and emotions of a man with a ripped heart.And I loved the ending of it,"I am going back to sleep and wouldn't really invite you to my dreams......" Pretty catchy,huh?!
PurpleHeart:
This story is about how a man gets married to another woman when still in love with his college-love,who abandoned him for the sake of her parents. It shows how a man can still have feelings for his "First Love" even though he's married and moved on.The story went on pretty well.However,I stopped when I came across the four-letter word,"F***" which was used quite casually inspite of how offensive it was.But hey! What the hell! and I read on.......
The Arrangement:
It shows the procedure of an "Arranged Marraige" and the life of a proper Indian Family. I liked the story but it got me thinking why the girl couldn't compromise and get married when she liked him!! I mean....What the hell! Get another job in a School....It's not the end of the world!! And thankfully, in the end,the girl considered what I was thinking and it ended with a happy ending.I also liked the way the boy is considerate and respects the girl's views.........
Train Tales:
The story is good and interesting....it reminded me of the train journeys and everything. However,I felt the ending was quite abrupt.I mean,I was just turning the next page to find out what happened next but instead I found the next chapter! I felt the ending could have been a bit different.Maybe a bit more about the Snake n the Smugglers which could have been posted on the News or something.Also the part where he drops his bag in the station and leaves it behind...I mean...Abandoning ur own luggage??!!!.......
Orange Shells:
The story was pretty good.It's about the re-union of a two lovers.I just felt that one part of it could have been a bit more descriptive.The part were the reason for the break-up was not mentioned.Other than this,I couldn't really find anything wrong with the story......& Yes! Moms can be very fussy! :)
Overall,the book was good and very enjoyable.I just felt some stories were kind of unfinished and incomplete like parts of it were missing and bitten off with abrupt endings.
Anyway's a BIG thumbs-up and kudos to the Author,Mrs Sandhya Renu for writing this wonderful book!! Am so proud and happy for you for taking an effort to write a book! Honestly,hats off to U!! Looking forward to see more of your works akka!
CHEERS!!! :)
Autumn Leaves:
This story reminded me of the "Mills and Boon"...i don't mean the romance and all that but the love story.The way the Character,"Anna" battled with her feelings with her Dream Man,Kenny and how she finally ended up with her friend,Dam.The starting was quite vague but i found myself quite immersed on turning the next few pages......
A Little More Room:
This is a story of a Boss in a company,Bill who died a tragic death in his office and orphans his 6-year old daughter,Amelia.It also shows the relationship of the people who are workaholics and how their love-life can fall-apart and come crashing to the ground.This story was however very touching,and I found myself in tears in the end........
My Best Love Letter:
This can't be called a story but it contains a "Love Letter" written by a heart-broken soul.The starting was however kind of boring and complicated and I found myself just skipping the lines. The "Letter" was unlike the 1st part and contained the feelings and emotions of a man with a ripped heart.And I loved the ending of it,"I am going back to sleep and wouldn't really invite you to my dreams......" Pretty catchy,huh?!
PurpleHeart:
This story is about how a man gets married to another woman when still in love with his college-love,who abandoned him for the sake of her parents. It shows how a man can still have feelings for his "First Love" even though he's married and moved on.The story went on pretty well.However,I stopped when I came across the four-letter word,"F***" which was used quite casually inspite of how offensive it was.But hey! What the hell! and I read on.......
The Arrangement:
It shows the procedure of an "Arranged Marraige" and the life of a proper Indian Family. I liked the story but it got me thinking why the girl couldn't compromise and get married when she liked him!! I mean....What the hell! Get another job in a School....It's not the end of the world!! And thankfully, in the end,the girl considered what I was thinking and it ended with a happy ending.I also liked the way the boy is considerate and respects the girl's views.........
Train Tales:
The story is good and interesting....it reminded me of the train journeys and everything. However,I felt the ending was quite abrupt.I mean,I was just turning the next page to find out what happened next but instead I found the next chapter! I felt the ending could have been a bit different.Maybe a bit more about the Snake n the Smugglers which could have been posted on the News or something.Also the part where he drops his bag in the station and leaves it behind...I mean...Abandoning ur own luggage??!!!.......
Orange Shells:
The story was pretty good.It's about the re-union of a two lovers.I just felt that one part of it could have been a bit more descriptive.The part were the reason for the break-up was not mentioned.Other than this,I couldn't really find anything wrong with the story......& Yes! Moms can be very fussy! :)
Overall,the book was good and very enjoyable.I just felt some stories were kind of unfinished and incomplete like parts of it were missing and bitten off with abrupt endings.
Anyway's a BIG thumbs-up and kudos to the Author,Mrs Sandhya Renu for writing this wonderful book!! Am so proud and happy for you for taking an effort to write a book! Honestly,hats off to U!! Looking forward to see more of your works akka!
CHEERS!!! :)
I have one word for this review: Awesome. Couldn't have put it better myself! And now that I think about it, I would have done a worse job ;)
ReplyDeleteBeautifully written sis! Mabrook :D
Achu, Thanks for the gracious review, sweety !!! :) I'm happy it's pretty honest ! :)
ReplyDeleteI was quite in frowns to see the comparison to MnB though. I hate them quite dramatically and have stayed away all my life. But it excites me to learn that the book got you involved. Now, on to the next ! :D