14th Feb: A Love Story
“Absence does to love what wind
does to fire; it blows out the weaker ones and rekindles the deeper ones”. 14th
February: A Love Story justifies this well-known saying in portraying the life
of a person who identifies his true love after going through a phase of
distress and disappointment.
The title “14th
February: A Love Story” sets the tone for an intriguing love story. The
protagonist of this story is the only son of a middle-class family based in
Chennai. He is studious and intelligent and is living a dream life, topping his
board examinations, studying at IIT and getting to the magical paradise of
America for a bright future.
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The only thing that has eluded
him in this journey is true love, for which he craves for. And when he thinks
he has met the woman of his dreams and has got everything in life, his world collapses,
as he is condemned as an introvert, predictable and a boring guy and his
partner leaves him. This incident changes his life forever and becomes
depressed. Consequently he heads back to his hometown leaving behind his
dreamland making him realize the tough realities of life. Now having returned from
USA he finds himself mercilessly condemned and ridiculed by his fellowmen. The
mentality of the commoners pushes him into further depression and becomes a
recluse.
Here comes the final twist in the
tale, when the utterly distressed, betrayed guy finds an angel appearing in his
life. Her arrival slowly transforms him and provides him with new vigor in
leading a new life. He falls in love with her on Valentine’s Day, as he waits
for his angel; he realizes the value of this true love, the love that will last
forever.
The author has sensibly staged
the plot on the backdrop of hard realities of life. The theme of love has been
expertly dealt with various incidents including separations and union. His
coming back to India makes the story a bit predictable. Also the lack of pace
is quite clearly evident in the opening half of the story when the narrator is
going through his childhood days. It gains pace only when the story reaches its
climax. But the string of events somewhat brings a compactness about the story.
Whatever, the story bears a feel
good factor which prevails right from the beginning till the end and soothes
the mind of the reader like any other love story does.
The review is published from the diary of an young avid reader. He has taken the pleasure of reviewing this lovely book. :)
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