Endurer: A Rape Story | Book Review

Endurer: A Rape Story

Author: Kapil Raj

Pages: 224

                ‘Endurer: A Rape Story’ by Kapil Raj is a very emotional story about a girl named Palak. Life for Palak revolves around her friends Sam, Uday, Aarav, Tanya, Ankita, Jahan and Rohin. For these friends everything was living life to the fullest, drinking, smoking and partying till getting dropped dead. All of going well for all until one day one of the these friends gets a pass for rave party where everything life changed for all. Sometimes we put trust in our people thinking we are safe but our own people hurt us a lot. The same happens with Palak. What happens with Palak? What happens at the Rave Party? Who is this person who Palak trusted the most but ultimately that person ends up hurting her the most? To know more read Endurer: A Rape Story.

My Thoughts:

                The author has really worked a lot for the plot. While reading this book the readers can actually relate to what life has become for some people. We young people sometimes forget our moral responsibility towards our parents, society and only think about ourselves. The author has successfully portrayed this through his story where we the kind of life these students were leading and the result of it too.

                The characters are well developed. We get to see the life of students these days and how they think that whatever they do is correct. I loved the character of Palak she is a strong girl even after going through all the problems in her life she remains firm and instead of giving up her life she decides to give life a tough fight. All the characters have made mistakes in their past life but are learning from it and trying to rectify them too.

                The cover page is beautiful and the title of the book is also apt to the story.

                The language is simple and lucid and the readers will have no problem at all while reading the book.

                Overall, I would like to say that ‘Rape’ is a very sensitive topic and the author has excellently handled the topic and how things change and how people look at the victim. I would surely recommend this book to all.

My Rating: 5/5