Where the Sun Never Sets (from the bestselling author of You Only Live Once)

When you start the book it takes you through with practical narratives!

Where the Sun Never Sets is the story of Iti, who returns to her hometown, Mussoorie, after a long time due to COVID-19. She has to write a movie script and stay away from the people of her past. But she hardly has any idea to write nor control the unexpected stumble upon her ex-boyfriend and her forgotten best friend. She starts to read her old diaries to find ideas for her script but ends up with so many emotions and the greatest and worst memories of her past that she had buried for so long. It is a total nightmare or maybe the closer to moving on from where she is stuck.Some stories play with your mind, and this book exactly does that. The author tricks you, confuses you, holds you in one moment, then surprises you with unexpected twists. The beginning of the book is slow, allowing you to get into the plot, but the end is rushed, much like a movie story. But I was most struck by Iti's growth over the years, a voyage of mental healing, and an exciting twist at the ending. The author wrote beautifully about young rebellious feelings, obstinate adults, and confusing relationships. Until the end, it never seemed like the story was about mental healing nor overburdening me with deep and more complicated thoughts.It is more about friendships, family, and acceptance of unexpected circumstances. The entire story is about re-discovering and mending herself, which has been lost somewhere in the past.An incredible read which has left an imprint on my heart. This book is written in the form of diary entries and feels like a quick read to me.

I loved how the writer turned things so beautifully and spreads positivity in her every writing....

Ratings: 3.4/5⭐Where the Sun Never Sets is a story of a girl named Iti, who is a small town girl from Mussoorie who is working in a advertising company and writes jingles for the ads. She was doing very well in her job until Covid-19 hits and in the situation of lockdown she thought to go back to her hometown and spend time there and also work on a movie script which can work wonders for her career in the company. Will she be able to face her past in her hometown? Will she be able to forgive and forget what happened years ago that still haunts her? Pick up the book to find out.The book is written in a diary format where the protagonist tries to tell us a story with help of her diary entries from the past and the present. The story moves to and fro between past and present which tells us about her parents, her best friend Shelly and her first love Nishit and how their stories turned out to be.The language of the book is pretty easy and understandable and it is a good paced book which you can finish in one setting. I liked the cover vwry much. The things which I didn't like were the character and story developments over the course of book. The author tried to give us a feel good story but it felt like nothing diff than what we have read or seen before. I believe there was so much that could have been done better and the story could have been much more interesting. The development shown of Iti from her past to the present was a good change but at some places the change was sudden and abrupt. At some point it felt like the same old Bollywood love stories. All in all a good effort from the author and you could try it.

“I have come a long way in life, enough to realize that we don’t run away from places, we run away from people”Did you know that Corona is also the name of the sun’s envelope during a total solar eclipse and Verona is a place in Italy which was the setting of Shakespeare's play Romeo & Juliet?Iti is an advertising professional, who has retreated to her family home in the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. She's treated by violent flashbacks of the past on her way back to her colonial-style home in Mussorie. Shyamala aunty her house caretaker is the only familial figure in her life apart from her estranged elder sister, Riti. On the work front, she's been given the task of scripting her movie for an Over The Top (OTT) platform acquired by the agency before the lockdown ends. A chance encounter with Nishit, her ex, at the park brings a flood of memories that makes her sift through her old diary entries.The story is narrated in an epistolary format that focuses on the raw emotions felt by the main character. It tries to incite hope through a protagonist that stares at reality hard on the face. The entire sequence of events was set in a small town in Mussorie. The writing style is an amalgamation of her insecurities and the wisdom imparted by the author through Iti’s life experiences. The story that was developing within the story serves as a subplot that focuses on the deteriorating mental health of people during the pandemic and voices support towards local businesses. The title ‘Where the Sun never sets’ can symbolise a place of hope, a place where two lovers separated by time will meet. It can also be a place where we can fall back to when all paths in life are severed and that to Iti, was her hometown.The trepidation of moving to a new town, the trauma of losing your loved ones, the turbulent teenage years, and the uncertainty and hesitation in facing the tumultuous past, will relate to you on a personal level. The language was kept simple, engaging and beginner friendly.

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