Review of Three loves and other stories
Posted: 31 Dec 2021, 14:35
[Following is a volunteer review of "Three loves and other stories" by Lata Gullapalli.]
Three Loves and Other Stories by Lata Gullapalli is a collection of eight short stories that revolve around the lives of different people and their experiences. In 'Three Loves', Sia abandons a toxic family and spouse to pursue her happiness. 'Magic' talks about the unexpected love between Shruti and Shekar and how their love is able to overcome all odds. The story 'Restart' talks about the effects of bullying on young, healthy children and how it can affect a child’s growth, development, and happiness. In 'Growing up', Raashi and her family endures the emotional abuse of their Aunty before their father comes in to save them. Raashi learns to grow up and improve the relationship with her mother and twin siblings. This book talks about self-discovery and self-love as a woman. It also focuses on the female gender in India and how society dictates what a woman should be and how she is supposed to behave. The book emphasizes choosing to chase your happiness and peace first before trying to make others happy. Having a good relationship with your family members is important, and the book emphasizes that. The protagonists in the book were able to preserve their sanity, home, and career when they need to. The author emphasizes the importance of love, positive energy, good family life, and upbringing. She also places importance on being successful in life whether career-wise or family-wise.
The book is quite realistic and enlightening. It talks about what women in India and the world face in their different homes and societies and how these women manage to pick themselves up emotionally and psychologically and move on with their lives. These people choose not to be held down by society’s norms and expectations and choose to become better in life. I liked the mode of narration that was used by the author and the author’s use of words. I especially liked the subject matter of the book and how the author pushes the female readers of the book to evaluate their lives and think of the application of what was written in the book. I also liked how the author structured the book to include Indian songs and proverbs with their meanings. The author also added poems from renowned authors like Maya Angelou and others. The author has a lot of value to give and she also has a lot of things to say concerning various important issues.
I enjoyed reading this book. However, I found too many errors in the book while reading. Some of these errors range from spelling errors to grammar problems. Also, the author spent a lot of time talking about some unnecessary details in one of the letters that was written from one character to another which made the story longer and boring. I also don’t like how my flow of reading was disrupted at some point when a story was stopped halfway.
I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars. The book can be improved upon by proper editing and ensuring that the grammar used in the books is correct and appropriate. Other than that, I enjoyed reading the book and would like to read more books like this in the future from authors like Lata Gullapalli.
I recommend this book to people who love to read books on romance, equality, and justice. The book is, however, unsuitable for people who don’t like sexual content or are sensitive to abuse. This book also is not suitable for young children because of its sexual content.
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Three loves and other stories
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Three Loves and Other Stories by Lata Gullapalli is a collection of eight short stories that revolve around the lives of different people and their experiences. In 'Three Loves', Sia abandons a toxic family and spouse to pursue her happiness. 'Magic' talks about the unexpected love between Shruti and Shekar and how their love is able to overcome all odds. The story 'Restart' talks about the effects of bullying on young, healthy children and how it can affect a child’s growth, development, and happiness. In 'Growing up', Raashi and her family endures the emotional abuse of their Aunty before their father comes in to save them. Raashi learns to grow up and improve the relationship with her mother and twin siblings. This book talks about self-discovery and self-love as a woman. It also focuses on the female gender in India and how society dictates what a woman should be and how she is supposed to behave. The book emphasizes choosing to chase your happiness and peace first before trying to make others happy. Having a good relationship with your family members is important, and the book emphasizes that. The protagonists in the book were able to preserve their sanity, home, and career when they need to. The author emphasizes the importance of love, positive energy, good family life, and upbringing. She also places importance on being successful in life whether career-wise or family-wise.
The book is quite realistic and enlightening. It talks about what women in India and the world face in their different homes and societies and how these women manage to pick themselves up emotionally and psychologically and move on with their lives. These people choose not to be held down by society’s norms and expectations and choose to become better in life. I liked the mode of narration that was used by the author and the author’s use of words. I especially liked the subject matter of the book and how the author pushes the female readers of the book to evaluate their lives and think of the application of what was written in the book. I also liked how the author structured the book to include Indian songs and proverbs with their meanings. The author also added poems from renowned authors like Maya Angelou and others. The author has a lot of value to give and she also has a lot of things to say concerning various important issues.
I enjoyed reading this book. However, I found too many errors in the book while reading. Some of these errors range from spelling errors to grammar problems. Also, the author spent a lot of time talking about some unnecessary details in one of the letters that was written from one character to another which made the story longer and boring. I also don’t like how my flow of reading was disrupted at some point when a story was stopped halfway.
I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars. The book can be improved upon by proper editing and ensuring that the grammar used in the books is correct and appropriate. Other than that, I enjoyed reading the book and would like to read more books like this in the future from authors like Lata Gullapalli.
I recommend this book to people who love to read books on romance, equality, and justice. The book is, however, unsuitable for people who don’t like sexual content or are sensitive to abuse. This book also is not suitable for young children because of its sexual content.
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Three loves and other stories
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon