Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Review: Stuck In The Moment by Shradha Nanchahil

A lot of love stories are being written nowadays. It's an all time favorite flavor for seasoned as well as upcoming writers. Some end on a happy note and some of them on a sad note. Author Shradha Nanchahil in her debut book " Stuck In The Moment" has tried her hand on penning down a love story. So is it different from the others? Let's find out. 

It is not always he left you or you left him, it's simply some times, destiny left us. There comes a time in relations that you just *don't* or *can't* be together. There may be family problems OR there can be future insecurities OR when you have had too much of each other OR fading trust OR even long distance troubles. The reasons of breaking apart are a lot more than one can imagine. Love is a wide term, where in you may still love the person but you just cannot opt for being together with them, for the betterments in future of lives the departure seems better. Those make as incompletely, complete love story. Where you are still in love but just not together. You have an assurity that the other person will listen to all that u say, you still know just a text and all would be back on track, you still know how late it gets in night your one call and they'll receive, you still know the restrictions would still be accepted, you still know how hard it gets they'll still care. But you know an extra point, that you still have lost all the rights over that person.
At this point it's better to back off for the happiness of the other and a complete belief that the love was so pure. Those all love you's were the most honest and from the bottom of the hearts. It's better to part with a feeling that no one could love you the way he did and vice versa than to face the destiny's call. The more you'll be together the more tough it will get to move on. Not that this reduces the moving on *pain* but it surely gives you courage to know you cared more for his happiness then your happiness in him. True love never dies. And its all fine to have a ending where its not happily ever after but happiest for whatever you shared together.


First look at the title and the cover and readers will instantly fell in love with with it. It's a beautiful title for a love story and a lovely cover image too. A couple as a cover image is apt for a love story. The blurb describes emotions when you are in love and if something goes wrong that moment too. The blurb could have been kept a bit more short and mentioned a line or two about the characters. 

The story revolves around Shivi & Paras and their love at first sight which transforms in to love and then with a promise of life time commitment to each other. But things don't go as planned and some old beliefs separate the two from each other and one incident which changes everybody's lives. It's about incessant love for each other, strong bond and commitment as someone dreams of when they arrive on earth. It's about pain and moments which haunt you for life when the person you love the most leaves you altogether. 

It's probably the shortest book present around. It has some beautiful poems in the start to compliment the love story describing each and every happy or sad moment aptly. The love story has some tense moments towards the end and the pain associated with it has been portrayed wonderfully well. 

The biggest drawback of the book is editing. The book has a lot of spelling mistakes and grammatical errors too. It becomes a sore for the eyes. The poems could have been easily spread out at various places in the book.The conversation could have been handled a lot better in the book. The story should have been more long as some more details could have helped it end much more beautifully. 

It's the shortest novella with some sparkling chemistry and beautiful poems to go along with it. It's not the best love story present around but it explores human emotions with a lot of conviction. 

RATINGS: 

3 OUT OF 5

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