The Diary on the Fifth Floor | Book Review
The Diary on the Fifth Floor Author: Raisha Lalwani Pages: 184 Publisher: Rupa Publication ‘The Diary on the Fifth Floor’ by Raisha Lalwani is a fascinating tale of a twenty five year old woman who is dealing with some sort of problem when she decides to see the doctor more precisely a psychiatrist. With constant emails to the doctor she finally manages to get an appointment and she arrives at the doctor’s place. The story begins when she enters the doctor’s clinic on the fifth floor of a hospital. The woman informs the doctor that she is here for her sister and that her sister is behaving weirdly these days and is not being herself. She is terrified to open up in front of the doctor and hence is constantly creating a web of lies. The woman is carrying a blue diary with her and tells the doctor that it is her sister’s diary where she makes her daily entry of events that she has experienced or heard of. But the d...