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A review by sharanyaaguha
Cobalt Blue by Sachin Kundalkar
emotional
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Two siblings Tanay and Anuja fall in love with their paying-guest and neither of them know about the other's love.
The story is divided into two parts :
The story is divided into two parts :
Part 1 - This is from Tanay's POV. They used to share the same room in the terrace. The guest has left suddenly without telling anyone, it seems like he has ran away. Tanay tries to remembers the memories left of him. The tone of the writing is repetitive, as if Tanay is trying to remember the same memories time and again so that he doesn't forget them.
Part 2 - This is from Anuja's POV. Anuja had ran away with him but after 6 months, he left Anuja too. She came back home, suffering from depression and her doctor advises her to maintain a journal. The entire second half is her journal entry from different dates as she remembers him and tries to figure out what went wrong.
The narration jumps from present to past and back to present. Both their stories are said in a haphazard manner which, in fact, provides a clearer view of the plot. The best part about this book is how without even naming the character (the paying-guest) an entire book was written about him.
My interpretation is how 2 different people deal over the loss of same person differently. While Anuja tries to get her life back together, Tanay is being increasingly consumed by guilt.
This line from the book :
Part 2 - This is from Anuja's POV. Anuja had ran away with him but after 6 months, he left Anuja too. She came back home, suffering from depression and her doctor advises her to maintain a journal. The entire second half is her journal entry from different dates as she remembers him and tries to figure out what went wrong.
The narration jumps from present to past and back to present. Both their stories are said in a haphazard manner which, in fact, provides a clearer view of the plot. The best part about this book is how without even naming the character (the paying-guest) an entire book was written about him.
My interpretation is how 2 different people deal over the loss of same person differently. While Anuja tries to get her life back together, Tanay is being increasingly consumed by guilt.
This line from the book :
"When I woke up suddenly in the middle of the night, I discovered you’d turned your back on me and moved away."
probably explains both Tanay and Anuja's relationship with the guest throughout. It is unclear why the guest left Tanay first to run away with Anuja and after 6 months left her too.