Time Heals
Author: Arti Honrao
Genre: fiction
Format: hard copy
Number of pages: 144
Star: 3.8/5 (Self)
Published by: pothi.com
Review: This novel revolves
around the central character, Reva, lady from middle class who is in her early thirties,
is staying with her husband Siddharth and daughter Sia. A mysterious guy,
Daniel, in his late twenties shifts to the locality where Reva is staying. He
appears to observe Reva from his windows as her house is visible through his
window. He develops an unusual attraction to her and craves to meet her. Reva’s
discovery of infidelity of his husband demands to seek mental support and
Daniel shows up as a helping guy in the neighbourhood. The the rest of the
story describes how a married woman struggles between several thoughts and
selects that path which appears to her as the best thing to do. She comes out
of the abusive relationship and chooses love over compromise. She realizes a
supportive partner in Daniel and lives happily ever after with Sia as a family.
My Review: I participated in a contest; Lovingly Abusive conducted by Arti Honrao. I submitted two of my entries in it. You can read those entries here-Breaking free and Rain and tears . Unfortunately I couldn’t win the contest through voting yet I managed to receive consolation prize for the same. This book came to me as the prize of the contest. I felt very happy to receive that and immediately started reading it.
Personally I prefer
happy ending in a love story and this novel ends in a happy note. This novel is
written from a third person tone. It
would have been little bit more interesting had there been more dialogues
between Daniel and Reva as I was eagerly looking forward to their conversation.
It’s a novel describing a lot of critical circumstances at one plot. The
central character, Reva chooses the path which was unconventional yet the most right
thing to do. I was intrigued about the ending , so was curiously flipping over the pages. Several emotions have been very well depicted in different circumstances.
I enjoyed reading this book and that too something being delivered at my doorstep during this pandemic era to cheer me up as a consolation prize. I liked this experience.
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Swati Sarangi
24.08.2020
