Stories of Us-Bobby Sachdeva

Book: Stories of Us
Author: Bobby Sachdeva
Publisher: Pan Macmillan India

Do you believe that the issues that plague us socially are inherently because of our own faults?

Stories of Us by Bobby Sachdeva is written in the voice of a common man, with each of the 41 stories dealing with a specific aspect of a social evil from greed, to lust to social segregation. The author has questioned the everyday practices in an unorthodox manner. The stories are sure to motivate the reader and rethink the existing social practices one follows.

Stories of Us by Bobby Sachdeva is written in a simple and lucid manner that is easy to read. The stories are bite sized and can be read, understood and ingrained easily. The plot of the stories seem to be derived from everyday life of a common man and the situations can very easily be observed around each of us. With a storytelling format, the plot is presented in the presented tense, which however does not seem right with the plot. Another thing that did not work for me was the length of the stories. The stories are too short to completely make the point they intend to do. They start and end too fast, even before the story sinks in. This was a major drawback for me as I did not feel content after finishing them. Instead of cramming 41 stories in a book with such short lengths, had there been lesser number of stories but more content, I think it would have come out better.

Being a short stories, there are no central characters, but in each of the stories, the characters are drawn from the common life around us and seem relatable. The plots are quite short to establish an arc, but they relate well with the concept they are trying to portray.

Overall, a decent book but could have been better.

This one scores a 3.13/5.

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