My Rating - 1 out of 5 stars
Publisher - Self-published
Genre - Literary Fiction
Publishing year - October 2016
Language - English
ISBN - 9781370277155
Pages - 122
Bulbul or An Unsung Song, is a debut book by Sidharth Vardhan. The story's plot is based on Byblis Greek mythology from Ovid's Metamorphoses, where a girl falls in love with her brother. It is a story of unfulfilled desires and social foundations.
Bulbul is an eight-year-old girl living at her uncle Manohar's house in India. Her mother, Sumitra, and her father, Shikhar, got divorced. Their son, ten-year-old Gulab, lives with Shikhar in the US and Bulbul with Sumitra. The Bulbul is a stubborn and lonesome child. She had a pet named Mr. Cute and Sally, an imaginary friend. Things going perfectly until Gulab came to India to live with them permanently.
Bulbul was very happy. Now, she has someone to play with, but for Gulab, the situation is different. Their mother, Sumitra, suffered from a migraine. She gives no time to their children. Manohar, an alcoholic, trying to run from his inner demons. Soon, Bulbul grew feelings for his brother.
The story is narrated by Bulbul POV. I can feel a different kind of emotions for Bulbul. But in the end, I can only disgust her. She has only one obsession in her life: to sleep with her elder brother. She left with no family or friends. Love is a beautiful feeling, but everything has its limits. The author didn't justify her character.
In the beginning, I thought the author chose a different and cumbersome subject. But soon, I realized that the mistakes in this book make it a waste of time. This book needs serious editing. There is no single page in the whole book where I can't see the spelling and grammatical errors. Even the author or editor of this book changes the name of the character at one place, and in another place, a character named Divya is written as Divyasa or something. It breaks the flow of reading.
The author talks to the readers in the middle of the story by saying, that doesn't judge my character, Bulbul. This type of instance happens throughout the story. You can't tell your reader these things. The narration is poor. There is a misuse of a passive voice. The character names are old and boring. Sidharth Vardhan gives two names to the story, which is, again, a bad decision. The cover of the book is not intriguing.
It is one of the worst reads of this year for me, and I am shocked at how this book is overrated on Goodreads. Not a single reviewer points out the errors. I will not recommend this book to anyone ever. There's a long, long way to go for the author.
Publisher - Self-published
Genre - Literary Fiction
Publishing year - October 2016
Language - English
ISBN - 9781370277155
Pages - 122
My Review -
Bulbul or An Unsung Song, is a debut book by Sidharth Vardhan. The story's plot is based on Byblis Greek mythology from Ovid's Metamorphoses, where a girl falls in love with her brother. It is a story of unfulfilled desires and social foundations.
Bulbul is an eight-year-old girl living at her uncle Manohar's house in India. Her mother, Sumitra, and her father, Shikhar, got divorced. Their son, ten-year-old Gulab, lives with Shikhar in the US and Bulbul with Sumitra. The Bulbul is a stubborn and lonesome child. She had a pet named Mr. Cute and Sally, an imaginary friend. Things going perfectly until Gulab came to India to live with them permanently.
Bulbul was very happy. Now, she has someone to play with, but for Gulab, the situation is different. Their mother, Sumitra, suffered from a migraine. She gives no time to their children. Manohar, an alcoholic, trying to run from his inner demons. Soon, Bulbul grew feelings for his brother.
The story is narrated by Bulbul POV. I can feel a different kind of emotions for Bulbul. But in the end, I can only disgust her. She has only one obsession in her life: to sleep with her elder brother. She left with no family or friends. Love is a beautiful feeling, but everything has its limits. The author didn't justify her character.
In the beginning, I thought the author chose a different and cumbersome subject. But soon, I realized that the mistakes in this book make it a waste of time. This book needs serious editing. There is no single page in the whole book where I can't see the spelling and grammatical errors. Even the author or editor of this book changes the name of the character at one place, and in another place, a character named Divya is written as Divyasa or something. It breaks the flow of reading.
The author talks to the readers in the middle of the story by saying, that doesn't judge my character, Bulbul. This type of instance happens throughout the story. You can't tell your reader these things. The narration is poor. There is a misuse of a passive voice. The character names are old and boring. Sidharth Vardhan gives two names to the story, which is, again, a bad decision. The cover of the book is not intriguing.
It is one of the worst reads of this year for me, and I am shocked at how this book is overrated on Goodreads. Not a single reviewer points out the errors. I will not recommend this book to anyone ever. There's a long, long way to go for the author.
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