Made of Stardust - A Pursuit of Love, Liberty and Life | Book Review

Made of Stardust – A Pursuit of Love, Liberty and Life

Pages: 188

Author: Arun Kumar

‘Made of Stardust’ is a story of 4 people Elene, Ramesh, Mithila and Anuj that run parallel but all are interconnected with each other with a common tragedy that takes place in their life. They are not related to each other in any manner and they are all dealing with their own problems and trying to overcome them in their own way.

Elene, a successful fashion designer who loves her job and is the apple of eye of her whole family and she is very close to her grandmother Anne and shares each and every details of her life with her grandmother. She spends one weekend every month with her grandmother and fills in with all the details and asks her for advice as well. Her grandmother is always happy to help her and suggests her to stop taking life seriously and enjoy it to the fullest and even suggests her to go on date and meet people and give a chance to them and decide for herself who she wants to be with. But due to some unfortunate event Elene’s grandmother takes to bed and leaves everybody soon after the unfortunate event. Soon, Elene starts thinking what her grandmother had advised her and decides to leave life as her grandmother used to live and wished for Elene to live. Will Elene be able to survive her grandmother’s loss and move on and give her life another chance?

Ramesh, is from a middle class family who has seen his parents struggle to make ends meet and to provide their all the necessities in life along with good education. Until Ramesh makes it to the college his whole world used to revolve around his mom ‘Iniya’ and dad ‘Madhavan’ until he meets the love of his life ‘Vidya’ who shows him his true self and completely changes him over a span of time from a shy boy she shows him or tells him how standing comedy is for him and he is good at it and instead of taking up a job he should rather do something what he is good at and would enjoy in life. But Ramesh is sceptical about making a decision would he take Vidya’s succession or taking in view his parents happiness he would rather do something that makes his parents happy?

Mithila, a reputed stalwart in the steel industry whom young women look up to but not everything looks as it is. Mithila is growing through a rough patch in her life and having trouble with her father who has remarried to some other women and Mithila just can’t forgive him. She just can’t get over the death of her mother and has become workaholic as it tends to keep her busy and away from these thoughts of her family. When it comes to work she is always the first to complete it and is never afraid to take on new challenges. She meets Radhika who is an intern in the company and they both are working on a project currently and they become friends after which Radhika makes an attempt to get to know why Mithila is so reserved and doesn’t talk about her family. When she learns the truth Radhika tells Mithila to give a chance to the people around her and make an effort to make wrong things correct. Will Mithila be able to follow Radhika’s advice and make an effort to start a new life with her family?

Anuj, works in the CSR wing of an FMCG company is a person who strives to make every work he is into perfect and he is always striving to do something for the well being of the less fortunate and help them in every possible way to make their life a little meaningful. He is currently facing problems with his girlfriend Alia and due to his strong will to strive for something better and doing something different he is not ready to compromise and give a chance to his relationship. To deal with his behavioural problem he joins Auroville and find peace with his mind. Will Anuj be able to overcome with his work & family problems and find the peace which he is in search of? To know what happens read Made of Stardust – A Pursuit of Love, Liberty and Life.

My thoughts: The characters are realistic, they have their own flaws and have made mistakes at some point in their life and they are even trying to rectify their mistakes and learn from them and one can easily relate to them. The language is simple and easy to comprehend. The plot is also good. The book is a light read and one can complete it in one sitting. The cover is also nice. The book would have been great but it still needs editing there were many errors in the book. But, overall it is a good read.

My Rating: 4/5

Disclaimer: I received this book from the author in exchange for my honest review.