Homepage
Books

BOOK REVIEW: If You Never try, You will Never Know by Sahil Mehta

Published: June 2017 by Notion Press

Cover Rating: 4/5

Sahil Mehta’s new book released earlier this year in the month of June is about an 18 year old protagonist who has left his home and arrived in a surreal city of Vihan. His motive is to pursue his dream of becoming a musician.

When dreams turn into obsession, it is not easy to lead them. Change is the only constant in life and is soon realised by the protagnosit who faces challenges in the new city. Meanwhile, the skeletons in his closets continue to interrupt him on his journey such being addicted to an anti-depressant drug Vetra.

In this process, he meets a girl and fall in love with her. Soon he finds a mentor and a friend who continues to motivate him to pursue his ambitions in order to fulfill his dreams. The storyline justifies the title quite well. Themes like love, friendship, dreams, ambition and obessession with them, do complement each other. The storyline has a steady narrative voice and delusional descriptions of hallucinations are quite surreal.

The characterisation has an in-depth value and all major characters develop witha thought. Generally, in romantic fiction one might not realise this much connection with characters other than protagonist but this novel gives time and space to other characters that are part and parcel in the life of our protagonist.

The writing style is smooth and beautiful, and the storyline, overall has the capacity to remain in the memories of a reader for long period of time. I recommend this book to someone highly interested in themes and genres of love, romance, or surrealism.

4 out of 5!

Note: I received this book from the author but that doesn’t mean my review is breaking any reviewing rules and I thank them for their effort with all my heart.

~ Find me on ~

BLOG | GOODREADS | TWITTER | FACEBOOK

email: amandeepmittal@live.com

View Comments

antonysamy says: August 15, 2017 at 11:28 AM Nice review
Luso's Wall says: August 15, 2017 at 4:51 PM Your review got me interested in this book. I just ordered it 🙂
maryj59 says: August 16, 2017 at 4:48 AM A very sincere review, I think. The book sounds interesting.
russtanblog says: September 25, 2017 at 10:46 PM Your review reminds me a little of loving Eleanor. A book on how a then unconventional love continue to grow between two ladies in the midst of crisis and how they continue to try to live up to other people expectation and how they try to be together despite of other commitments that aawere pulling them in a direction. Most likely going to write a review on this book soon. But you can give this book a shot:)

Nice review

@amanhimself says: August 15, 2017 at 11:30 AM Thanks!

Thanks!

Your review got me interested in this book. I just ordered it 🙂

@amanhimself says: August 15, 2017 at 11:28 PM I am glad. Thank you. Do share your views once you read it 😁

I am glad. Thank you. Do share your views once you read it 😁

A very sincere review, I think. The book sounds interesting.

@amanhimself says: August 16, 2017 at 9:39 AM Thanks. It is.

Thanks. It is.

Your review reminds me a little of loving Eleanor. A book on how a then unconventional love continue to grow between two ladies in the midst of crisis and how they continue to try to live up to other people expectation and how they try to be together despite of other commitments that aawere pulling them in a direction. Most likely going to write a review on this book soon. But you can give this book a shot:)

@amanhimself says: September 28, 2017 at 12:13 PM Thanks for the recommendation!

Thanks for the recommendation!

BOOK REVIEW: Elephants in the Room by Suraj Laxminarayanan What is a better crime fiction novel where a crime revolves around not the detective…
BOOK REVIEW: Unforeseen by Chandan Sen Gupta Cleverly woven plots are often a delight for me to read. There are many factors…
#BookReview: Dystopia by Manoj Jain With a peculiar cover Manoj Jain, this is his 5th book release. I have read some…

What is a better crime fiction novel where a crime revolves around not the detective…

Cleverly woven plots are often a delight for me to read. There are many factors…

With a peculiar cover Manoj Jain, this is his 5th book release. I have read some…

BOOK REVIEW: Elephants in the Room by Suraj Laxminarayanan

What is a better crime fiction novel where a crime revolves around not the detective who tries to fit pieces…

Book Reviews
Books

BOOK REVIEW: Unforeseen by Chandan Sen Gupta

Cleverly woven plots are often a delight for me to read. There are many factors why I like these type…

Book Reviews
Books
Fiction

#BookReview: Dystopia by Manoj Jain

With a peculiar cover Manoj Jain, this is his 5th book release. I have read some of his work in the…

Books

#BookReview: Influencer by Brittany Hennessy

Brittany Hennessy does a great job on writing a book about that targets Instagram as the platform to promote your…

Book Reviews
Books
Non-Fiction

#BookReview: How To Earn $10,000 While Learning To Code by Rob Percival

Learning how to code is a common asset these days for the interested ones. As a full-time software engineer and…

blog
Blogging Tips
Books

Ten Day Book Blog Posts Challenge #1

One of the hardest thing about blogging is consistently writing and publish blog posts and for that, you have to…

BOOK REVIEW: If You Never try, You will Never Know by Sahil Mehta - Confessions of a Readaholic