This Is Not Your Story: Book Review



This is a story of determination, grit, desire, and self-discovery. The main characters in this novel are Shaurya, who has dreams of going to Mumbai to become a filmmaker. Miraya, an interior designer travels to Jaipur for a fresh start of her life. Anubhav, an ambitious would-be entrepreneur and Kasturi, Shaurya's love interest and of course his neighbor.


Shaurya plans to go to Mumbai but due to family pressure, he opts for Chartered Accountancy. Miraya had a broken marriage and wants to forget her past. She tries to focus on her work. Anubhav faces a misfortune of losing his parents and soon becomes alcoholic, which was a disgrace to his company. Shaurya's unfulfilled dream taunted his soul but he was unable to take a stand for his dream. Kasturi helps Shaurya and Miraya and then three of them then extend help to Anubhav. They all have their own share of problems except Kasturi and it was a bit confusing. They all share emotional connectedness with each other. Each character tries to overcome his/her fear and insecurity. 



Personally, I like the part when Anubhav wants to end his life and these three help him to restart his life. The author Savi Sharma tries to keep characters simple but she fails. The characters are immaturely developed. Sometimes these characters overreact to small things. Savi Sharma's debut 'Everyone has a story and now 'This Is Not Your Story', I really don't get it her obsession with the word Story. But the story is completely different with the one she had written in her debut book and her writing is definitely improving. Some unnecessary things or phrases are used again and again which is annoying like the way Miraya started drawing at everyplace place and the storyline is type of boring at few places. Overall it's a light-hearted read and if you like a simple fictitious love story with no surprise element than this is definitely the book to read otherwise it's a  sheer waste of time and money. 

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