Blurb:Is there an acid test to gauge the success
of a relationship?Is it right to carry on in an unhealthy relationship with no conjugal bliss, or look for an alternate path?
Rihana is an
adventurous and free-spirited girl, until she marries Veer, an eligible
bachelor who comes from a wealthy family. While they appear 'happily married',
their strong personalities are at odds. Veer, for the most part, is insensitive
to Rihana's physical and emotional needs, straining the relationship and
leaving her feeling incomplete.
Caught between the devil and the deep sea,
Rihana has to now decide whether to walk out of her marriage and be a victim of
society's ridicule or compromise on her physical needs, which for her are the
foundation for a healthy marital bond.
Can they work out
their differences? Will Veer give her what she desires or push her to do
something desperate and scandalous?
Verdict: ‘The
Deliberate Sinner’ is the debut novel of Bhaavna Arora, which talks about a
very controversial topic of our society. How women are made to hang on to the
marriage for the sake of the society even if she doesn’t get the much needed
mental, emotional and sexual satisfaction.
The name and the cover is enough to turn heads of the
readers and after reading the blurb this book will be an easy choice for
readers. The lady on the cover standing with a ring on her hand perfectly
states that there is a marriage which is not working but still she has to hang on
that. Kudos to the designer.
The book starts with the female protagonist Rihana finding
tough to gulp down the fact that her ‘best man’, her grandfather is taking his
last breath. Soon the story picks speed and moves on to show how the world
around Rihana changes. After reading few initial chapters’ readers might judge
this book as an erotica but the story has a lot to offer at the second half of
the book. The author has very efficiently portrayed the condition a girl has to
face from her society concerned parents, spineless love and over possessive
uncaring husband. Not only men but the women also need to be satisfied on the
bed, to make a marriage going, is one of the main message of the story. But I
felt the story a bit short and end a bit anticipated. The story contains a
controversial but true message but can be decorated in a better way.
The narrating style is simple. The author has the special
quality to describe those love making scene in a delicate way which will make
readers visualize every part of the scene. Few punctuation errors are spotted
which make readers confused where the conversation ends and where the narration
starts. Keeping in mind that this is the work of a debut writer I would like to
say that this is a brave and appreciable effort.
Final Words: This
story contains a very strong message towards the conditions of a woman in our
society, told in a different way. A must read book for everyone from men to
women.
Title: The Deliberate
Sinner
Author: Bhaavna Arora
Publisher: Srishti Publishers & Distributors
Page Count: 148
My Rating: 3.75/5
Author: Bhaavna Arora
Publisher: Srishti Publishers & Distributors
Page Count: 148
My Rating: 3.75/5
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