Book Review: Let Love Take Over by Tomson Robert

 

Book: Let Love Take Over

Author: Tomson Robert

Publisher: Srishti Publisher

Genre: Drama/Romance

Pages: 184

Price: ₹ 180 (on Amazon)

"There are fights that need to be taken up and there are fights that need to be dodged."

Josh is an exceptional storyteller and aspires to be a writer. But like most of the teenagers, he is also impulsive and gets angry easily.

'Battles are not won with weapons, but with faith and courage.'

And then something happens, something so tragic, mainly because of his anger and impulsive reaction, that changes Josh's life and his overall personality. He gives up his dream to be a writer and he promises himself and his family that he won't try to be a hero.

'There are enough people in the world to be heroes. The world does not need another hero.'

What happened that changed him completely? Is it that easy to leave your true self behind? And what about his dreams?

You'll have to read the book to know the answers.

I liked the plot. It's interesting and thoughtful. But it's ironic that the story stresses over Josh's exceptional storytelling ability and yet I thought that an interesting storyline loses its impact because of dull storytelling.

The book captures several topics: friendship, love, anger, death, regret, separation and office politics etc…The office scenes are well written, they seem realistic. If you are from the corporate world, you will like it. 

My favourite chapter is: My Best Friend, My Saviour. I liked reading about Josh and Raghu's friendship, their bonding and understanding. 

The book also tells the love story of Susan and Josh. Susan is an interesting character: bold, fearless and fiesty.

Their love story actually starts with their separation, and it's mainly about their getting back together. So naturally, many times, the story goes on flashback mode --- like how they met and all that but the thing is, I didn't want to know that, mainly because of uninteresting situations and dialogues. I wanted to know how they are going to make this relationship work. 

Talking about the dialogues: they are monotonous and there are so many dialogues. 

Josh's interaction with his Grandpa is insightful.

Overall, it was an okay read.

I received this book from Writersmelon for an honest review.