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prags's review
4.0
*Review Copy received in exchange for an honest review. The thoughts are my own and in no way biased.*
Okay, let me just get this out of the way. This is my first Ruskin Bond novel. Yes, me, a self respecting Indian who is 22 years of age have never ever read a Bond book yet. Thankfully, that has been remedied with me reading this amazing insight into Bond’s childhood. And let me tell you, it is an amazing book to read.
Looking For Rainbows, a memoir, details one year of Bond’s life when he lived with his father in the 1940s. Bond’s father isn’t like the usual fathers, which is kind of a surprise. I like it. Then, there’s Bond’s days spent going to the cinema, reading books and arranging his father’s beloved stamp collection. Of course, all the time spent outside, playing with the local boys is an added bonus. The story gives off so many good vibes. Yet, they’re marred by the worry of what is to come in a pre – Independence India. Bond, of course, exactly like I expected, captures all the emotions beautifully. Reading this book made me nostalgic about my own summers away from school when I would just frolic around without a care in the world and have the time of my life.
The end though, was particularly wrecking. Bond’s emotions in those last few pages were enough for me to finally give in and tear up. I was not anticipating that end and it just came as such a huge surprise, I couldn’t really help it.
All in all, this is such a beautifully written story that you just can’t help but love it. All the amazing illustrations, which capture the story so beautifully, are such an added bonus to the story. I loved them. The pictures, the moments captured in those illustrations, enhancing the reading experience so beautifully. It was exactly what the book needed to make it so gorgeous.
So, please just go read this amazing piece of literature as soon as you can, will you! Gah!
Okay, let me just get this out of the way. This is my first Ruskin Bond novel. Yes, me, a self respecting Indian who is 22 years of age have never ever read a Bond book yet. Thankfully, that has been remedied with me reading this amazing insight into Bond’s childhood. And let me tell you, it is an amazing book to read.
Looking For Rainbows, a memoir, details one year of Bond’s life when he lived with his father in the 1940s. Bond’s father isn’t like the usual fathers, which is kind of a surprise. I like it. Then, there’s Bond’s days spent going to the cinema, reading books and arranging his father’s beloved stamp collection. Of course, all the time spent outside, playing with the local boys is an added bonus. The story gives off so many good vibes. Yet, they’re marred by the worry of what is to come in a pre – Independence India. Bond, of course, exactly like I expected, captures all the emotions beautifully. Reading this book made me nostalgic about my own summers away from school when I would just frolic around without a care in the world and have the time of my life.
The end though, was particularly wrecking. Bond’s emotions in those last few pages were enough for me to finally give in and tear up. I was not anticipating that end and it just came as such a huge surprise, I couldn’t really help it.
All in all, this is such a beautifully written story that you just can’t help but love it. All the amazing illustrations, which capture the story so beautifully, are such an added bonus to the story. I loved them. The pictures, the moments captured in those illustrations, enhancing the reading experience so beautifully. It was exactly what the book needed to make it so gorgeous.
So, please just go read this amazing piece of literature as soon as you can, will you! Gah!
adisjournal's review
5.0
it's always pleasure for a bibliophile to get a book as gift, and when publication house give you this amazing book as a part of your prize for competition, that's the happiest day for you.. this memoir of Ruskin Bond takes you back to old Delhi when it was still British India and capital was getting shifted from Culcutta to Delhi, and his time at his boarding school.... worth reading in one go....
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