In Their Shoes by Sandip KhadeMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Hooter: A thriller with a twist - an interweb of where reality starts and fiction ends.
A single tragic incident plays a focal point of introducing every character and how they are related to atleast one other character in that tragic incident. With that as the singularity, we slowly peel back to the stories of each character and their sordid backgrounds. There is darkness in everyone's lives, just different degrees of black as they deal with moving on or not. The book is a Virar fast as you zoom through each chapter (POV) in literally a couple of pages before you switch over making it an overall breezy read but can get complicated as you jump all over trying to recollect why does X know Y and did Z know X till it all conveniently fits in towards the end.
I didn't need a back panel bio to figure the author has an engineering mindset (also a degree) for the logical precision with which he builds this interconnected web of stories and jumps around like a russian roulette game to each character's POV.
The mechanics of this storyline are efficient but that is also the concern for it. I remain a viewer on this fast paced drama with swinging POVs rather than rooting for any of the characters - except maybe Niyati for she barely gets a chance to speak except through her diary. Everyone else is black and white but I know the author could have explored the greys in them further to help the audience emotionally relate with one of the many characters dotted in this. Whilst I as a reader wanted a slowly cooked noodles potboiler, I guess there are others who love instant gratification in the form of Nestle's Maggi and they'd be satisfied with this one.
Disclaimer: Received this book in exchange for a honest review from the author.
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