Unfulfilled Desires-Rachi

Book: Unfulfilled Desires

Author: Rachi

Publisher: Half Baked Beans

What is Love for you?

Unfulfilled Desires by Rachi is the journey of Avantika, Sanvit and Nitwik, who are unlike each other but yet connected in a strange manner and influence each other in an unwelcoming way. It is a story of three people and their unusual ideas of love and companionship. Avantika is scared to believe in love but gets stalked by a known person for the same reason. Sanvit is scared to embrace humanity since the time he lost his parents and was raised in an unloving environment. Nitwik is the perfect man any woman would want. What happens when the three of them cross paths and life puts them against each other?

Unfulfilled Desires by Rachi has an interesting plot that weighs the concept of love across different people and how they perceive it and work to get it. The book opens with a scene in a rehabilitation clinic in Vadodara, the significance of which can be realized after the story is about to end. The plot of the book is interesting and quite fresh. It relies on perspectives and I liked the attention to detail that the Rachi put in while creating the plot. Both Avantika and Sanvit studied in the same Junior college, albeit in different locations, and room number 404 had a connection to both their traumatic pasts. She has also incorporated the themes of jealousy and how it can change people. The book also highlights the power of friendship and why friends are an important part of one’s life. The thing that didn’t work for me was the fragmented storytelling and the grammatical errors, which could have been ironed out with a bit of better editing. The climax was very different and fresh which added a very different flavor to the overall story.

Talking about the characters, Rachi has taken a great deal of effort to create the main characters. She has started the book at the point where their world view changes. Avantika’s view towards love changes when she experiences a traumatic event when she was In Junior College and that scars her idea of love for the future. As the story progresses, we realize her journey is to find answer to the question, “What is Love for You”. For Sanvit, it was a similar story, but his loss was very close to home and he loses his belief in love when his parents pass away while he was in Junior college and the parallel story shows how things unfold for him, leading for him to cross paths with Avantika. While other characters are introduced through the eyes of Avantika and thus, we see them through her eyes. I would like to specially mention the character of Naina, who initially seems to be a filler character for a plot point, but her development into a major one is phenomenal.

Overall, Unfulfilled Desires is a refreshing read in the genre and can be recommended. It fulfills my desire for a good read and walks away with a 3.84/5 from me.

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