Author: Shwetha HS
Publisher: Amazon Kindle
Creator’s Image by Shwetha HS is a collection of short stories that explore the many
faces of a human being and take up concepts from evolution to love to the
social construct of marriage and explore them from a different perspective. There
are 11 stories in the book, each with their own idea that will keep you
pondering upon them long after you have finished them.
The stories in
the book are told in a very refreshing manner that is blunt and laced with
truth and sarcasm. Each of the story in the book takes up a social issue and
talks about it through their characters. From the titular story that talks about
control, to Change in Paris where we see how social conventions force
people to talk drastic decisions to Doses of Dreams where the author
talks about the long-term impacts of living in a fantastical world and how that
impacts each of us. The storytelling is powerful and keeps the reader engaged
till the very end. Despite being a short book, it makes the reader concentrate
on each story and makes them come back to it once they have read the climax to
understand the nuances of storytelling that Shwetha has woven into the book. While
I would have preferred the climax of the stories to be a bit more powerful in
some of them, some like Check, Mate and Said and Unsaid were just
perfect in the way they ended.
The characters
of the book are common people, like you and me, ones that can be found around
you and the stories are based on situations that one might just come across in
their life, and that is what make the characters relatable and interesting. Being
short stories, the way the author has detailed each character is excellent, and
a special mention is required for Check, Mate as that had a character that
was extremely detailed.
Overall a good book that scores a 3.25/5 for me.
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