Because Its Love by Kishore Nanda
Release: May 14th 2019
Format: EBook
Publisher: Notion Press
Source: Author
Because Its Love Synopsis:
Family
Abhiram, a HIV infected old man, is abandoned by his family due to fear of the infection spreading to them. Broken, Abhiram adopts Devika, a prostitute, Adithya, a gay man and Karthik, a mentally retarded child. They become one family, breaking all the rules of society.
Friendship
Karan, a money–chaser and believer of time is money, finds out that he is about to die at any moment due to his intestine cancer. He becomes friends with an 11-year-old blind boy, Aryan. He changes Karan’s life, becomes his wingman to help him find love and teaches him about the real meaning of time.
Romantic
Aarav, a book author, is in the quest of a dying girl to become part of his manipulative marketing strategy. When he finds Ananya, a cancer patient, he learns about the true meaning of happiness.
Canophilia
Rajesh, a hedonist, finds a missing dog and she teaches him the real values of a relationship.
Review:
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I received an e-copy of this book from the author in exchange for my review and opinion and to be honest, I really liked it. As a debut novel, I think the author has done a wonderful job. The dialogue is a bit rusty and could use improvements here and there, but it is told in a very simple, straight forward, easy to read manner. Even those who do not like to read, or are slow readers, could pick this up and enjoy reading it. Moreover, I liked how the author touched on various issues that is still considered taboo in our Indian society today. He has mentioned cases of HIV, prostitution, homosexuality, and cancer and how people deal with them realistically.
There are a few minor things that the author could have handed better. Firstly, I felt like the timelines were disorienting between the various stories. I also felt like a few stories ended in an open ended manner without any closure. Thirdly, there were a quite a lot of repetitions in the dialogue that could have been avoided. But, overall, this is a nice, easy to read story and I would give it a rating of 4/5 stars.
