The Colour of Love : Book Review.

The Colour of Love

Trumpets and bugles, there was music all over…

They fell in love, yet again…

By Jagdish Joghee

Publisher- Notionpress

Fiction

ISBN- 9781945400780

Blurb:

Sarfaraz is brought up with a good value system by his devoted parents. With time, curiosity and adolescent growth pangs take him through many experiences. His first brush with girls starts with a friend, and slowly meanders into casual flirtations affairs with girls at college.

All through it, he realizes that none of them have his undying, true love. A time comes when he realizes who he truly loves, and in the midst of it all, he handles brutal enmity and takes on vile characters that misbehave with his friends.

Sarfaraz grows up in Coimbatore where a series of bomb blasts occur. His identity is called in question, as his status as a Muslim makes people see him as an enemy. He loses something precious in the blasts and leaves for Sharjah, only for life to find him and surprise him.

Review:

Story starts with the introduction of Sarfaraz and the Valentine’s Day, the dreadful experience he had a decade ago. Sarfaraz, six feet tall, well-built and handsome looking from a middle class and simple family join college. As it was a kind of tradition, he too faced ragging in his early days but this ragging brought a friend and a friend with benefit in his life. First year was difficult for him as he was in a relationship with a daughter of a big politician cum businessman. And in India, being in a relationship with a guy/girl of different caste/religions becomes one healthy issue. But later, he realized the fact that it was just an attraction towards Avantika. Later on, he found some bad company and indulged himself in all those he faced in first year. He became a bad guy and Meghana, his first friend insulted him in front of the college. Later on, he found that what he was doing was wrong and fell in love with Meghana. Will it become a successful love story? Or like another relationship, they would think about the society? Surely I wouldn’t let the secret out. For that, you need to read the book.

This book was more like a journey to me. Starting of the book was complete and every feeling was attached to the words. Author puts his point rightly and it needs to be accepted by our society. Love should not just be confined to single caste or religion, even two different religions, two castes should not be forced to stop. Narration was simple and easy and I was never bored reading the story. Though there were some words errors but all that was covered by the ending which was totally unexpected. I was expecting it to end like any other love story but it was different and that was the emotional part of the novel. Cover of the book rightly describes the story and blurb could have been better. Many congratulations to the author for coming up with such a nice book and you are a fearless writer! 

I Like- 

1) Moral of the novel.

2) Suhas as a friend, there are few in thousands like him.

I dislike- 

1) How Indian society differentiates on the basis of caste. 

Ratings

Book Cover - 4.5/5

Editing - 3.5/5 

Blurb - 3.5/5

Book Quality (Typing, Word Setting, Fonts) - 4.5/5 

Story - 5/5 

Overall - 4.5/5

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