Shadow of Life

  It is a Covid lockdown story which revolves around a father-son duo. The book depicts several stages of their relationship, from their initial lack of communication to their eventual warming up to each other. It is a simple story that touches my heart and gives me mixed emotions of happiness and grief. We all had such moments during lockdown where we found our lost love towards our family and loved ones. For some, it has been a nightmare. Yet, for some, it represented a glimmer of optimism that transformed their life. This story gives confidence that everything is attainable with equal efforts from all sides. Here, the father unveils a few secrets about his life that he has not shared with anybody, not even his wife. And this secret reconciles the bond between them. Sometimes, someone who fears judgement holds so much inside that they worsen the situation. When expressing their fears is all they need to do to release themselves. It is a lovely book that encourages you to be more ...

This book is about two teenage girls, Serena and Poppy, who are interconnected with each other by a person who acts as their lover but is a paedophile. It was a little tricky to read this book at first because of the graphic narrative of things, but I think it is necessary to understand the gravity of the situation. When things are not good, what one believes to be true love might turn into a nightmare. But what do young children understand about how the world functions and the types of people they will encounter as they get older? The story starts with the current life of both Serena and Poppy. One is living a regular life, and one is in prison. Nobody knows what actually happened, but overnight they became the culprit rather than victims. As the story progresses, they talk about these incidents interchangeably with their present life, which gives you a glimpse of what happened to them. When one is in love while the other person is using that love to feed their carnivorous impulses,...