Book Review- I too had a love story- Ravinder Singh

“I too had a love story”- A heartbreaking true love tale-Ravinder Singh

This is what the cover page reads like. This is the book I picked up on my librarian's insistence. Initially when I started reading the book it felt asif it was the wrong choice but it started picking up slowly.

“I too had a love story” is a true encounter of the author who pens it down for readers to share his true love with “millions” of us, well the cover says “National Bestseller”.It starts with the author meeting his three closest friends and how something in between conversations gives him a passage to meet the love of his life-Khushi.

The camaraderie between all the four friends is written well. Their easy flow of conversations, descriptions of present life, is written beautifully. You almost instantly wish to have close friends such as these. The introduction of Khushi is well written. The initial excitement when you start liking someone, the enthusiasm that both the characters show is relatable. The implausible part according to me was being head in heels in love with each other inspite of not meeting at all and the marriage discussions that go on inspite of not seeing each other practically in person. On comprehending the entire passage you realise that the charaters have met only twice and the third time they would have met was to be their engagement day. On one hand you are trying to show the modernity of India where we meet our prospective better halves over internet and choose our partners without blindly getting married to our parent's choice and then something such as not meeting the opposite person and taking a big decision such as marriage, is preposterous. To think that it is a true love story I feel the author is great to have fallen in love this way but according to me its a little too far fetched. Setup in a contemporary era some things are still left conservative. The book starts picking up in the latter stages when they meet and towards the climax. The climax is heartfelt. You feel Ravinder's emotions exactly. After reading the synopsis, you almost know what to expect but still enjoy the touching and poignant flow of the story. The sentiments are captured brilliantly in this phase.

This is a book you would want to read only if you are really interested in knowing the true life of a person. A person who is brave enough to engrave it in the form of a book. I cannot wish for any add ons as it is a true narrative and things could not have been any other way. All I can wish for the author is to be blessed with true love once again!!

STARS-2/5