Review Time - The Highway Man by J. Alchem
The Highway Man
-
J. Alchem
The
book unfolds the crisp of life which is penned into the shape of three profound
tales, being veracious. Three short stories, which are entrenched with
emotions, closeness, pains and more with the truth of life being hidden and is
likely to be encountered by the reader.
The
first story ‘Catherine’ is
philosophically deep. We are introduced to a physician, the protagonist, who
faces one such case to be remembered forever.
Dr Rusenvelt gets to know about the problem of Nicholas Sieum, author of
the New York’s bestselling series, also his favourite. Nicholas has been into
writing for the past 15 years and his books have three things unchanged. One,
the male protagonist, Amay. Second, the female protagonist, Catherine and the
third, Love. And now, Nicholas Sieum is in love with Catherine, the fictional
heroine of his tale. His love for Catherine is boundless that he has started to
live with the person, who doesn’t exist. This tale will move the reader
immensely and will pinch the heart as we come know that how much an author
falls for the character he has created so that he himself forgets that it is a
fictional character.
The
second tale is ‘Sidzy, for a day’.
This may look like any other usual read of love, but the charm is sprinkled in
each sentence. The way how a wife wishes for her husband to be and how much a
husband does to make her wife happy, sweet little surprises and the forever
love between Jihan and Sidzy will even make you blush, which remains till the
end.
The
third and final story is ‘The Highway
Man’. This story bears much significance, with it letting us know the
facticity of life.
“Life is not about missing what is gone but
counting and cherishing what you have”
-
Quoted
from the book.
This
is the ultimate truth given in the story. Sometimes we need a stranger to make
us know the worth of the life. Here in this tale, the void in the life of Rohan
and his son Ayaan, due to the death of Ayaan’s mother Sunaina is an
unbelievable and unbearable verity for them. Rohan is unable to find a way to
show the light in Ayaan’s life as he himself is living in the depth of the
darkness. But then, the day comes, where a stranger (later named as “The
Highway Man”), comes into their life as stranger and leaves them, taking away
the stranger between the son and the father.
These
three tales, simple yet deep in approach, will touch the soul constantly,
rendering with reality. The author J. Alchem has written in the way that the
reader can easily put into the shoes of the characters, which will make us fall
for the story even more.
The Highway Man – A man by life, For life.
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