Who Stole My Time? : Reclaiming ourselves from the Social Media Trap | Book Review

Who Stole My Time? : Reclaiming ourselves from the Social Media Trap

Author: Sunil Mishra

Pages: 132

                ‘Who Stole My Time? : Reclaiming ourselves from the Social Media Trap’ by Sunil Mishra is a book that revolves around three friends Ashok, Sandeep and Satvik. The three friends meet at Goa for vacation after a long period of time where they come across some funny sign boards which would scare most of us today. These sign board invoke a conversation among them where they reminisce about their old days when they were kids and they compare the kids from this generation who are mostly into mobile phones. While all this is going on they all of a sudden stumble upon a business idea which revolves around what most of us like doing i.e. using social media. Soon, people are crazy about the app and it is hit in no time for the trio! Everything seemed to be going well when they start facing the unexpected. What are these funny sign boards that create a vast discussion among the trio? What are the problems that they will face? Will they be able to overcome the obstacles that they are facing? To know more read ‘Who Stole My Time? : Reclaiming ourselves from the Social Media Trap’.

My Thoughts:

                The plot is well written and I must say that it is very well researched. Most of us have gotten so busy with social media that we hardly get any time to talk to our friends or our family. Social media seems to have become a very important part of life now to the extent that now a day’s people allow their social media followers control their life. I liked the way the author has explained how internet or social media is taking over our life.

                The characters are well developed and relatable. We all have experienced what these characters have gone through and hence we can relate to them. We ourselves don’t think how much time we waste using social media and when we get addicted to it. This has been very well explained in the book through the characters.

                Language is simple and lucid and the narration is well done.

                Book cover is simple but conveys a whole lot of meaning and somewhat reveals what the plot is all about. The title of the book is also very interesting and apt to the plot.

                Overall, I feel that everyone should read this book and try to reclaim themselves from this social media trap as the book says.

My Ranking: 4/5