Norwegian Wood - Review

Where do I start talking about this beautiful gossamer novel? I feel so tiny to describe something so amazing which has happened to me in these few days. Murakami sure knows how to twist and turn those emotions which you chose to ignore and bury deep down in your heart. This book will amplify your hazy memories of teenage. Your love. Your crush. Those deep questions you asked yourself when you were in your teens: ‘What is going to happen to me in the future?’ ‘What is life and death?’ ‘Why does everyone seem like knowing what they are going to do with their life but I feel like I know shit!?’

Norwegian Wood made me feel nostalgic. Sometimes sad, sometimes happy, but most of the time I felt good just lingering with my memories; they felt like the dew drops on a freshly cut grass in my backyard after a drizzle of rain.

One more important thing was that I didn’t just connect to the protagonist, but I could connect with every character in this book. May be not wholly, but at least in pieces. Get what I mean? Yeah. By the time I got accustomed to the characters, and started enjoying the background described in the book, I felt an intense desire to make friendship with these characters in the book. Those limpid souls just struck the right chord in my heart and I don’t want them to stop playing that soft music which started soothing my heart. I didn’t want to stop reading it.

I wish the book never ended. That is the problem with good books. When you finish, you feel like you’re reborn and never want to turn your head from that phase of life. You wish life stopped then and there.

“You make it obvious you don’t care whether people like you or not. That makes some people angry.”

Not only that you connect to this on a spiritual level, you can even relate these characters with the people from your life. And, I’ve a friend who is just like the quote I mentioned above from the book.

I wish I were a character in this book. It contains characters which have beautifully twisted minds and hearts you'll ever come across. Don't miss it.

Little Women - Review

Little Women – Louisa May Alcott

A family drama set in 1860’s during American Civil War where men folk are engaged in fighting for their country, whilst the women and children are anxiously waiting for their return and silently praying for their good health.

Little Women is about four girls, struggling with poverty and yet trying to find joy in little things which they come across. Mrs. March and her four daughters Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy will engage you with their virtues, down-to-earth behaviour, and their supportive and caring nature despite their poverty.

Meg, a practical and sensible girl. Being a teenager, she dreads the unfortunate financial problems in her family which doesn’t allow her to buy new clothes every now and then. Yet, she makes most out of what she has and doesn’t throw tantrums, always supportive to her mother. 

Jo, full of joy and fun. She always finds a way to cheer herself and her sisters in the direst situations. Being a tom boy in her family, she surely stands out among her sisters. Jo is a writer by heart but a sweet heart by nature. 

Beth, sweet girl and has a musical talent. She can make you angry through her childish nature, also she can surprise you with the love she showers on her pretty doll and on an unfortunate child who died in her hands. 

Amy, the youngest of all and artistic by nature. Always trying to be sincere in her actions and trying to be lady-like.

All four girls are downright adventurous and fun. Mrs. March makes sure that her daughters are brought up with important lessons in their lives, also making sure not to be so hard upon them. The four girls eventually make friends with a boy in their neighborhood and play innocent games, start writing a newsletter which includes excerpts and poems, opens a small post office which carries heart-warming letters.

This book makes sure that young readers unfailingly identify themselves with each of its characters, and the story always succeeds in drawing the grown-ups into the beautiful spring-time. 

A classic book which cannot be missed and you wouldn’t feel like parting away with these

Little Women.