Book review: The Jasmine Bloom by Rajat Narula

              The Jasmine Bloom 

• Author: Rajat Narula
• Publishers: Srishti Publishers & Distributors 
• Publication date: 1 Oct 2017
• Genre: Fiction 
• Language: English 
• ISBN-10: 9387022013
• ISBN-13: 9789387022010
• Format: Paperback 
• Book Length: 232
• Package Dimensions: 13×1.3×19.7 cm
• Price: Rs. 195 (as printed on the book)

About the Author: 

Rajat Narula  is a lead financial management specialist at The World Bank. He has published several poems and articles and won the Fairfox District award USA for his poetry. He has worked and lived in India, Indonesia and USA.

Reach the author at 

Twitter- @rajatwrites

Blog- rajatnarula.wordpress.com

Cover Page Analysis: 

The cover of this book is so beautiful. The cover page will set your mind before you start this novel. Cover page has been designed by Shikha Medhekar.

And her art has fascinated my eyes.

Title analysis: 

The title of this novel 'The jasmine bloom' is really apt and just for the story and makes a significant role.

Blurb:

Sameer Chadha is in a mid-life crisis - unhappy with everything around him, even his name. His corporate career in languishing and he is increasingly alienated from his family. His wife Kavita, a part-time poet and a full-time mother, lives more in the past than the present. 

When their lives collide with that of Ritu, a younger woman coping with an abusive husband and an autistic son, achain of events gets triggered that puts all their lives into a tailspin. 

'The jasmine bloom' is a story of love, lust, ruin and resurrection. It is a commentary on the fragility of modern family life; at its core, it is the tale of a man learning to be happy in here and now.

My Views: 

'The jasmine bloom'  is an easy ,engaging and a mindblowning story that can catch every readers heart. Rajat Narula narrates this story in a simple and familiar way. This is a story of mid-life boredom, job politics,  affairs, love ,lust, ruin of life. Plot is on Dehli of 1990's . Characters are realistically drawn by the hand of 'Rajat Narula'  . Plot is so real and there is no boring chapters.  Paper and printing quality is really good. The chapters name are really catching. The names of the chapters have been selected by the names of Bollywood movies. Like, 'Life in a metro', 'Jab we met' , 'Zindagi na milenge doobara' and etc. You will fall in love with this story. It's awesome. 

My Rating: 

Cover page: 4.7/5

Title appropriation: 4.6/5

Paper & Printing quality:  4.8/5

Plot: 4.8/5

Characters: 4.7/5

Overall: 4.7/5

This is very latest book of 'Srishti publishers'  so don't think too much ,just pick up this one.

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