Panorama : Book Review

Panorama

By Shilpi Chaklanobis

Publisher- Notion Press

Fiction

ISBN- 978-9352069668

Blurb:

A turbulent relationship between a mother and a daughter takes a sudden turn when the daughter stumbles across past that she knew.

The golden period of a professor’s life is tainted by questions about his purpose until one night gives him all the answers he needs.

Desperate times test us all but when hunger drives a girl to do the unthinkable, her life changes forever.

Woven around the lives of the people around us- the shy girl on the metro, your domestic help, your neighbors perhaps even you- the collection of short stories will take you on a bittersweet journey that explores the spectrum that is part of an human relationship and all the complexity and chaos that secretly dwell within the homes and hearts of India.

Often laced with an element of introspection, the stories are sure to change the way you see the world around you…

Review:

I am reviewing the short story collection for the first time and I have written one liner about each and every story of the collection and then a detailed review of the book in the end. Hope you will enjoy reading my review.

Story 1: Wok

“A common story but with a very big message.” Rating- 4/5

Story 2: Peanut

“A nice touchy story. A loyal friend, Peanut.” Rating- 5/5

Story 3: The Thirst

“It happens when your work holds a greater part of your life and it is more like a real story where people exploit their relationship, just to gain a higher ranking.” Rating- 4/5

Story 4: Selective Secularism

“Haha… We are so selfish sometimes and this story nicely depicts the same.” Rating- 4/5

Story 5: Bribe

“Though, a daughter is known as daddy’s girl always but in this story the unconditional beautiful love of Mom-Daughter, one can see.” Rating- 4.5/5

Story 6: Forever

“A love story.” Rating- 3.5/5

Story 7: The Wait

“Seems like an incomplete story.” Rating- 3.5/5

Story 8: The Second Tsunami

Rating- 2.5/5

Story 9: The Example

“No gift for teacher except seeing their student at the top can make them happy.” Rating- 4/5

Story 10: The Mirage

“An average story. Almost all the incident could be found in previous stories too and the feeling could not be attached.” Rating- 3/5

Story 11: Mirage

“The best till now. Fully packed with emotions, love and depicts the selfless love of mother.” Rating- 4.5/5

Story 12: Destiny

“Destiny is a very short nice story and shows the beautiful truth of the life.” Rating- 4/5

Story 13: The Untimely Death

“The riots.” Rating- 3.5/5

Story 14: Before It’s Too Late
“It is one again a similar story where the father realizes that he is keeping himself away from his family and think of going back, but the time already left him behind.” Rating- 2.5/5

Story 15: The Sealed Wish

“The longest story of the book. And it ends the novel well.” Rating- 4/5

Overall, it was a nice read. Every story takes maximum of 15-20 minutes to get completed. Every story has something new in it, but some are repetitive and in some stories, author tried to attach the feelings but could not. Title Panorama, which means wide angle views and as the title, the stories are written from wide angles. Every story seems to be realistic and that is the best part of the book. Some are inspiring, some are emotional, some are filled with love and some are filled with hatred. If we see this collection from an inspiring view, all the stories will inspire you. All the stories have something which will provoke you to make a new beginning of your life (if you are leading towards a bad path). Narration was good and the plus point of this collection is that, it hardly had any grammatical mistake or a spelling mistake. And the language was written in an easy way and anybody could enjoy it. Kudos to the author and many congratulations. It inspires a lot. *smile*

Ratings

Book Cover - 3.5/5

Editing - 4.5/5 

Blurb - 4/5

Book Quality (Typing, Word Setting, Fonts) - 4/5 

Story - 3.5/5 

Overall - 3.9/5

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