Author: Ruchira Khanna
Publisher: Amazon Kindle
What do you think is required to balance our life?
The Car with a Soul: A Four-Wheel Drive Adventure by Ruchira Khanna explores the story of four
people who cross paths in an unexpected manner. Rahil is a car geek and
attributes his desires to the four wheels of the car; Amy is hungry for
happiness as her career has hit the brakes; Joan is on the lookout for a
meaningful relationship as her unpleasant past gives her nightmares & Tara
was living a fulfilled life until her wheel of health gets a puncture. When the
four of them go on a journey of a lifetime, can each of them endure the travel
while keeping their wheels balanced, or will their car lose its momentum along
the way? The Car with a Soul is an emotional, uplifting story of love,
heartbreak, laughter, and friendship.
The book is an interesting story that talks about how a balanced life is
important for one to be happy. Through her 4 main characters, Ruchira brings to
light how each aspect of our life needs to be in sync for us to live a fulfilled
life. The book has a nice storytelling graph and the story moves ahead with a
pace that seems slow in the beginning, but picks up after a while. Ruchira
takes her time to set the premise as each of the characters’ backstory is
critical to the climax, which becomes apparent only when you turn the last
page. The idea to use a fictional story to drive a message home is interesting,
but I would have preferred if one of the characters would have actually
explored the concept of the car in detail. We see them talking about it and the
snippets are there, but the overall idea is not explained in detail. Another
thing that could have been improved is that the language at times seems disjointed
and another round of proofreading could have improved it. The climax is nicely crafted
and brings a nice close to the story.
Coming to the characters, the way they are sketched is commendable, and I
liked how she uses the past of the characters to set up the plot of the book. The
intersection of the paths of these characters is another thing that stands out
about the book and is one of the great things about it. The interactions
between the characters are what drive the story forward and personally, I felt
that those could have been structured in a better manner so as to make clear
distinction of the moods of the characters.
Overall, a story I would definitely recommend and the book scores a
4.31/5 for me.
I was provided a media copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.
Get a copy of the book on Amazon India here.
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