Jukebox by Writersmelon|Book Review
Jukebox
Pages: 176
Authors: Various
“Jukebox” by Writersmelon is a short story anthology – a compilation
of 15 short stories that was edited by Priyanka Roy Banerjee. I completely
believe this collection will appeal to many readers. It is the result of a
nationwide writing competition called Melonade and Jukebox is in its 5th
edition. I am thankful to writersmelon for sending me a copy of the book. All
the stories were unique in its own way. Some of the stories that I loved the
most are:
A Deep Fried Love Story by Diptee Raut is a quirky love
story of a woman on diet and a man on Alur Chop whose paths cross in the Metro
station and how . They see each other every day in the Metro Station without speaking
a word, but acknowledging each other’s presence.
Marital Chains by Uttiya Roy is a dark story about marital
rape. Usnis and Ankita’s marriage seems ideal but is far from perfect. The
story shows how women keep quiet about the torture that is inflicted upon them
in such abusive relationship and think that some day it will all be ok but they
forget that such people don’t ever change and the matters just get worse.
One Day in December by Deboshree Bhattacharjee Pandey is a
spine chilling story of Somnath Saha who comes to help Veena who feels that the
bond that she used to share with her husband has reduced and he doesn’t care
much about her as he used to. Somnath Saha makes her realize how her husband
Gautam still loves her a lot and how she needs to an initiative and open up to
him and how small things matter. But, Veena had come across a gravestone in the
morning and the person whose gravestone belonged to a person named Somnath Saha
and now she is sceptical as to who is this Somnath Saha.
All the stories are beautiful and they have the right amount
of elements of thrill, suspense, drama, quirkiness which makes the book exciting
to read and keeps the reader to the edge and makes one read more. “Story” by
Abhishek Mukherjee and “Monster” by Amritorupa Kanjilal are also full of
suspense.
Overall, it was a great read and I would like to thank
Writersmelon for sending me a copy. I would definitely recommend “Jukebox” to
everyone and especially someone who wants to start reading.
My Rating: 5/5
Disclaimer: I received this book from WritersMelon in exchange for my
honest and unbiased review.
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