Your Love Makes Me Complete-Ratnadip Acharya

Book: Your Love Makes Me Complete
Author: Ratnadip Acharya
Publisher: Aksora Publications

Do you like reading romance stories?

Your Love Makes Me Complete by Ratnadip Acharya is the story of Christopher and Sugandha. Based on real events, the story traces their journey as they battle their pasts and come out of the cocoon they have created for themselves. Their story blooms in the town of Panaji as they explore the quaint town and the villages around it, taking a trip to Pondicherry for an experience of a lifetime. As all love stories go, Sugandha and Christopher’s story has its own share of wary families and societal bounds, and how they overcome them to find their happy ending. The novel is an inspiring one on love, trust, and destiny.

The story is quite interestingly plotted with the plot actually realistic, and the readers would be able to connect with them to a certain level, and identify with Sugandha and Christopher. The plot moves at a steady pace, which becomes a bit dreary in the middle, and eggs the reader to skip a couple of pages as the pace drops. I liked the part where the plot is set in Pondicherry, and we experience an interesting anecdote. The part where we meet Sugandha’s family is well executed, though it could have been plotted better. The book has a lot of grammatical issues, and it affects the reading experience to a great extent. The book requires a second round of detailed proofreading as apart from the grammatical issues, the name of some places have been wrongly spelled. The climax of the story is good, and while well executed, quite expected.

The book is driven primarily by the characters of Sugandha and Christopher. I liked they way in they have been sketched, and how both of them have  a similar past. The character arcs are interesting though I felt that it could have been explored a bit further to further engage the reader, as I felt a certain disconnect with them as though it was an act they are putting up, and the romance was not that apparent. The one thing I would love to appreciate is how the author used secondary characters such as Molly, Ammaji, Mrs. D Souza etc. to propel the story forward.

Overall, a good book which can be improved. It scores a 3.56/5 for me.

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