Monday, May 9, 2016

Book Review: The Justified Sin (by Harpreet Makkar) Exhibits Why Finding True Love is one Heck of a Roller Coaster Ride!







A gripping story sprinkled with multiple twists in between the chapters, The Justified Sin: Now Love Has a New Definition, is a good read for those who want to start with the art of book reading. However, the predictability of the book was throughout on edge.

The book depicts a situation which can literally take place in anybody’s life, but you have got to be strong to go through any emotional or physical turmoil that life throws at you. And whatever it is, any pain that you are going through, it gets okay in the end. Also, if you have a family that loves and supports your every decision, you can actually get through any situation. I adored the protagonist’s family in the book.

He literally does all that he could to find one true love, even when it meant hurting himself and sometimes, even people who loved him. It almost breaks him to pieces , the struggle to find the woman of his dreams, putting in such efforts to help others and getting nothing in the end. 

Maybe, if he had put a check on his insecurities and a habit of latching his own happiness on others, life would have been different but that’s one perspective of seeing a person. But people always get what they deserve in life. Did he get what he deserves too? Well, you have to read the book to find out.

The writer tried to connect with his audience at some level was successful in doing so, considering the emotional theme of the book which a person with quarter life crisis usually can relate to.

Also, another sin committed by the author apart from constantly going through a tornado of heart breaks was bad grammar. A book could be about anything but bad grammar. Also, better choice of words would have totally accelerated the narration of the story.

Nonetheless, the simplicity with which the author had illustrated the intensity of close relationships is commendable and that it brings out the everyday hustle that a regular man goes through and how throughout his journey of falling in and out of love, he gets back up every time and gives his all to another chance of finding true love which just doesn’t seem to come at bay.

This book is for everyone who has been a good friend, son, lover, or a brother, yes; it has got something for everyone. Overall, it is a good read, of course, if you aren’t too much of a grammar Nazi!


Let’s just hope that the next one from the author doesn’t leave the book lovers bruised with a heart wrecking English but continues to keep the simple style of telling a story intact.