“Best friends are
people who make your problems their problems, just so you don’t have to go
through them alone.”
This is a story about how certain situations in your life and
your reaction towards it will either make or break you.
This book is an example of friendship, belief, determination
and an inkling of your dream. When someone else’s dream becomes your, when you
trust their belief upon rules and regulations, you create a masterpiece.
Abir Mukherjee portrayed this story about 3 friends; who
endorsed a dream, sweat blood, created an obstacle which is what ‘Adversity’
refers to; an adversity where they sacrificed relationships but managed to overcome
this ‘Reign’ just because of their friendship and dedication towards each
other.
This is a story of Uday, Adhyayan, and Rajasekaran! Who
takes you to a rollercoaster ride of their life. Let me introduce you to them
from my POV:
Uday
A Cocky, Broody, Driven, Irritating, Single-Minded and a bit
frustrating at times, who is a leader in this story of fighting against all
odds. He lives and breathes his dream of breaking the cycle of 9 to 5 job by
entering into the world of entrepreneur with a business idea to help society while
reaping monetary gains as well.
Adhyayan
Adi: as they call him, is the most clueless person I have
ever seen! He doesn’t have a negative bone in his body but when it comes to
understanding her wife; Shristi, he is useless! Adi is a wonderful friend, who
is always torn between his work, friends, and wife because he wants to bring justice
to everything and everyone in his life.
Rajasekaran
Raja is my favourite character from this book! He is
intelligent, funny, dedicated and straight forward in his emotions towards the
love of his life: Sneha! Even though he belongs to a narrow-minded family, he
loves freely: without any inhibitions towards Sneha’s lifestyle which is 360
degree opposite of Raja. I love him!!!
What I loved!
“Okay, then call me when you will be upset again. I know everyone
will be with you in happy and good moments.”
Raja won my heart with these words and I loved funny conversations
between Raja and Sneha! So, Abir Mukherjee did a wonderful job of mixing
humour, emotions, family drama, passion for work, intelligence, and making this
story an interesting read for us!
I finished this book in a one go, so it was that interesting
for me because of the unique title; which I might add could not be better for
the story.
My favourite part of the book was when both friends of Uday
comes running back to him in need, even though he was cocky, he needed them and
his friends knew him enough. Being always there for you may not be possible for
many, but those who are always there when in need are gems; gems to be
preserved.
There are many good
points in this book to admire like:
Editor Sharanya Bhattacharya has done a wonderful job, while
+Abir Mukherji has given birth to this unique story, plot and characterization,
it won’t be a good read if it was full of edit fiascos which makes it a
pleasant and easy read.
This story has Humour, Maturity, Interesting characters, and
not a Love Story which still managed to grasp reader’s attention just because
it helps you relate to their characters; makes you dream, rise and fall with
them.
A Little Hitch
Book is in a Multiple POV’s which has a room for improvement
due to the confusion it creates while jumping from one person to another
frequently within a chapter. At times, I needed to re-read the words just to confirm whose thoughts are these.
My Personal
Experience
“Our success and career are meaningless without the people
who care about us.”
At the end of the day, you need a companion; you need your
loved ones happy around you and not only in the monetary form but by being
happy yourself.
This book is not based on any philosophy or any spiritual
meaning waiting to be unearthed by readers, it is a simple read based on situations
which may or may not be experienced by you till now, but can help you if so…
So, give it a read on any dull day of your life and you are
guaranteed to feel motivated for your dreams, goals, future and if not all
these then atleast a good laugh!
About the Author
Successfully reaching to his readers with his second book,
S.O.A.R (Success Over Adversity Reigns)
+Abir Mukherji is an IT professional
currently based in U.S.A. who is an artist through and through as sketching and
writing is what he loves to do.
As I said earlier, this author is interested in entertaining
his readers rather than preaching about how and what to do in your life. You
read, you laugh, you cry with these characters but there’s no hidden agenda behind
his words except a hell of a ride in their journey of life.
His style of writing is matured and a little informal to
make you feel comfortable, which is perfectly suitable for the audience his
book is seeking towards.
His debut novel: ‘
As Life Has No Undo’ is yet to be read by
me but
S.O.A.R has managed to make me curious enough to give it a go for once!
Title: S.O.A.R (Success Over Adversity Reigns)
Author: Abir Mukherjee
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Place: Mumbai
ISBN: 978-93-52013-24-1
Edition: 2015
Pages: 161 Pgs.
Price: Rs. 125
Chapters: 18 with an apt title
Rating: 4.5/5 Stars
- - @radhna Tiwari
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