Teenage
Diaries: The Days that were by Saurabh Sharma
Publisher: Leadstart
Publishing Pvt Ltd.
ISBN: 978-93-52017-26-3
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 319
Rating: 4/5
Childhood
stories and memories hold a special place in our lives. And the most
interesting phase of it is the Teen age. The conversation starters, the happy
laughs and finding oneself doing weirdest of things through Teenage stories
indeed makes us nostalgic. Therefore, I couldn’t put this book down without
having a thorough sink into the world of teenage crushes, first kisses, exams,
physical explorations and a little taste of the real world but not enough to
stop the drama.
The Teenage
Diaries by Saurabh Sharma is such beautifully weaved that I could just think of
a book talking to me like a friend and sharing his stupid teen age stories.
From the time he was named ‘Ghanshyam’ apparently the name-people-make-fun-of
and from his journey of schooling to learning how to treat a woman, the book
opens each episode with a rather connecting insight. Debut novels are beautiful
with their innocent moments and real-like mentions – and this one totally makes
for a good debut.
Born into a
middle class family and named Ghanshyam, the boy has troubles accepting his
name which was constantly a source of jokes, his story moves at a rather fast
speed into the daily tales which have been a part of our lives too. From being
a complete nerd to slowly transforming into a stud, the boy shares his tales
through this book like you are on a conversation with him over a cup of coffee.
You know his first kiss, the girl he eyes on – Aneya, and the stupid things
that we all do or did in our teenage times.
The plot has
been brilliantly executed by the writer weaving the humor with character
development that we fall in love with the character. Like we all have phases of
poetries, shayaries, dialogues and using them in real life, the author has
taken real inspirations and included so much into the story that it feels real.
Although like you know your teenage times and the climax of it, the story too
comes with the similar ending which we all have lived!
I could
relate to the school and college life portrayed and loved how Ghanshyam
panicked, went mad, thought sane and even made calculated moves to make his
life the way he wanted (with all the blunders). Totally a great read for a
visit into the most glorious time of our lives.
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