Title: Letters to My Ex
Author: Nikita Singh
Publisher: HarperCollins India
ISBN:
9789352776580
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
Pages: 138
Source: Flipkart Review Program
Rating: 3/5
It’s an exciting idea to read letters
in a form of book. When I first heard about “Letters to My Ex by Nikita Singh”
I imagined a world instantly around two characters, maybe they are going to
exchange letters and as the title says EX. It makes the book more gripping. Although
I want to mention that book is not all about letters, you will get to read
small talks, self talk, written in a form of monologue.
Basically, the story revolves around
two main characters—Nidhi and Abhay. Due to some
undefined reason Nidhi left her engagement ceremony. Things were not so clear initially.
Not to the reader and someway not to the Nidhi too. Eventually she started
writing letters to her Ex, with an intention of not sending them to respective
person, i.e. Abhay. She thought at first that putting down her emotions is a
great idea to healing herself. And it did work, she could fathom many unsolved
puzzles of their relationship. Meanwhile she met with Abhay, She thought of moved
on. And… Hey, I am not going to spoil the whole twist and turn here. You have
to read this emotional tale into letters only.
I loved the idea though, how Nikita
Singh explored the perspective of Abhay as well. Author didn’t take anyone’s side. She just
wrote the story full of emotions. Yes, I agree with the fact that I found some
repetitive sentences, and it makes you feel stretchy, but as I told you this
book is more about self discovery and solving the unending questions of love
and separation.
Within hundred something pages,
Nikita Singh accomplished to make a bond with her reader, like she always do. Writing
is simple yet communicates with reader at once. I loved few sentences a lot
that I couldn’t resist myself from sharing it here. It can be your perfect weekend
read.
READER’s MOMENT
I know what it was, I’m afraid to say
it because once I do, it becomes real. I don’t want it to be real… and I know
the first thing you will say, but please hear me out first. The reason I had to
leave was because I knew, and it had become clearer and clearer to me in the
months leading up to the engagement, that you didn’t love me anymore.
As much as I’d like to move on, I
can’t feel anything about anyone, even if I tried. I don’t know if I ever will.
When I try to imagine a time where I would be able to place all of my faith in
another human being, and trust them with everything I have, I simply cannot see
it happening again.
I gave you everything I
had, every piece of me was yours, but you didn’t want it. It seemed like you
did, you know, when you told me a thousand times that you loved me, and wanted
to build a life with me and couldn’t imagine living without me. When we fought
everyone and everything that came in our way in order to be together, but then,
it turned out that you didn’t actually want any of that.”
If I had to, could I live without
you? Yes. I would be unhappy for a while, but I wouldn’t die. With time, things
would get better, and I would move on eventually. But do I want that? No. I
don’t want a life without you.
ABOUT AUTHOR
Nikita Singh is the bestselling author of ten novels,
including Every Time It Rains and Like a Love Song. She is also a contributing
writer to The Backbenchers series and the editor of two collections of short
stories, 25 Strokes of Kindness and The Turning Point. Born in Patna and raised
in Indore, Nikita worked in the book publishing industry in New Delhi for a few
years before moving to New York for her MFA in Creative Writing (Fiction) at
The New School. Nikita lives in Manhattan, where she does digital content and
marketing for a solar energy company.
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