The Story Begins at the End-Sujay

Book: The Story Begins at the End

Author: Sujay

Publisher: Storymirror

Love is a strong emotion, that can change a person, right?

The Story Begins at the End by Sujay is a collection of 15 short stories on the theme of love. The book celebrates love in its various forms, and the collection holds most of the narratives in such a way that they could well be starting off by the end of the story, the beginning of love, figuratively and literary – the last line coming forth from the first. The stories range from present day to the past and mythological stories.

The Story Begins at the End by Sujay is an interesting anthology of stories bound by a common thread of love. The 15 stories are quite unique and interesting for the reader. Each of the story explores a different aspect of love from friendship, family, lust and romance. the author also explores unrequited love in a couple of his stories and that adds a good flavor to the story as well. The stories are geographically diverse, from the comfortable city of Bengaluru to the United States of America to the far reaches of the Himalayas. The storytelling is captivating, and it was able to catch my attention. I loved the attention to detail that the author has put while crafting the stories and I would like to commend him on that. A Friend and a Tiger, The Final Leap of Faith & First Date captured my attention and I liked them quite a lot. On the other hand, Panchamirtham, Rainbowed and Love in the Time of Corona did not meet up to my expectations.

The characterization in the book is good and the author has taken time to choose his characters and then drafting them into the stories. Being short stories, a detailed character arc is difficult to achieve, but the author manages to create a good image of his muses.

Overall, a good read and scores a 3.63/5 for me.

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