A Slice Of Life: Every Person Has A Story- Smita Das Jain

Book: A Slice Of Life: Every Person Has A Story
Author: Smita Das Jain
Publisher: Self Published

Do you like reading stories with a twist?

A Slice Of Life: Every Person Has A Story by Smita Das Jain is a collection of 18 short stories that cover a variety of emotions. Divided into 3 sections, each with 6 stories, each story has a concept that explores a variety of situations from marriage to love and everything under the sun. Whether you like to gobble up stories in bulk, or you like to relish them and consume them slowly, this is a collection that would suit either of you. To quote Smita, “It is a collection of fictional stories of extraordinary narratives of ordinary everyday people who have more to their lives beneath the surface”.

There are very few books that can leave their image on your mind after you have finished reading them. Smita’s book finds its place there. The first thing that came to my mind after I finished reading the first story was awe and surprise for the sheer twist at the end. As I moved ahead, this became a common thread and I would really commend her on the fact that while the stories are short, the twists are equally well crafted. Another interesting aspect of the book is the way the stories are organized. In the first section, we see love as a common thread, humor in the second and relationships in the third one which helps the reader connect the dots. The storytelling is engaging and keeps the reader yearning for more. Irrespective of the plot of the story, Smita’s keen eye for detail and crafty twists give a sense of individuality to each of them.

An aspect of the book, and what I felt justified the title as well was that the stories are almost like what we would have observed around us in our daily lives. What the author does is take them and add her touch to it to make them interesting. Reading this book is almost akin to having a three-course meal with each of the sections acting as a course and each story a separate dish which leave distinctive flavours after you have experienced them. If I had to pick favourites, I would choose “A Tribute to Love”, “Warning! Computer Virus Spreads to Human” and “Graduation Day”.

If you love reading short stories that make you contemplate, then this is a book I would highly recommend. The book gets a 4.81/5 for me.

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