An Imperishable Promise: If Afterlife Is True, Will You Still Come To Me? | Sarathi Sabyasachi Sahoo | Book Review

An Imperishable Promise by Sarathi Sabyasachi Sahoo is a contemporary romance themed on the topic of life after death, and the power of true love promises. So, read the book summary, release date, genre, reading age, and book review of An Imperishable Promise: If Afterlife Is True, Will You Still Come To Me? by Sarathi Sabyasachi Sahoo in this post below.

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About Imperishable Promise by Sarathi Sabyasachi Sahoo:

No. of Pages: 152

Publication Date: September 19th 2022 by notion publisher

Genre: Contemporary Romance, Indian Romance, Indie Author, Paranormal Romance, Clean Romance

Reading Age: 15 years and above

Can be read as a standalone? YES

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Imperishable Promise by Sarathi Sabyasachi Sahoo Book Summary:

A happy couple separated by death and yet bound by love…”

Njkinny’s short summary about “An Imperishable Promise by Sarathi Sabyasachi Sahoo”

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Raj and Deepak are best friends. When Deepak shows interest in a girl in a cafe, Raj agrees to help him woo her. But through a serious of twists and turns Raj and Kashish fall in love and get married. Everything is going fine until an accident leaves Raj critically injured and Kashish dead.

Both promised to move ahead in life if something happened to the other. But is this promise that easy to fulfill? When Raj encounters Kashish’s ghost, he is unwilling to let her go again. But she asks him to fulfill his promise to her. Will Raj be able to move ahead? Can he love another woman just as he did his wife? Will Kashish’s soul be free once he fulfill’s his promise? What happens once we die?

Imperishable Promise by Sarathi Sabyasachi Sahoo Book Review:

I got attracted towards this book because of its unusual theme. Life after death is a debatable yet intriguing topic that continues to fascinate and be a topic of research all over the world. So, a book written on this theme automatically pulled me to pick this book up to read.

Title, Cover, and blurb:

The title is unique and intriguing. And I also liked the cover which personifies a romance novel.

But the blurb is pretty philosophical, and unclear. It gives the initial sense of this being a philosophy book, and then later on gives an inkling of this being a standard romance. Neither is true for this story, so a more captivating and precise blurb would heighten the initial engagement for this book.

The beautiful dedication:

Sarathi Sabyasachi Sahoo dedicates this book to the memory of prominent Indian Television actor Sidharth Shukla whose untimely demise from a heart attack shook the nation in 2021. After reading this book, I think the author got the seed for his story from this real life tragedy. And I loved how he has cherished this memorable actor by dedicating this book to him.

Plot and Narration:

The plot is pretty unconventional and promising. A happy couple separated by death and yet bound by love. I loved this premise that is so different from the run-of-the-mill romances flooding the market. 

Plot Execution:

The first part:

However, despite the promise of the plot, the execution didn’t live upto the promise. The initial half is spent in juvenile push and pull over a girl. Then this girl decides she has to take matters into her own hands, and chooses one friend. I didn’t like the childish behaviour of the male characters here. And neither did I like that of the heroine who, despite being in love, sounded like she was closing a business deal. I just could not feel her passion. And didn’t like her overbearing attitude where, at one point, it looked like she was telling the hero that she knew his mind better than him! While I love strong heroines, she crossed from being strong to being overbearing which isn’t appealing.

The emotional play is stunted. There are no emotional highs and lows. I could not feel any of their feelings. Everything was flat, and too immature to truly connect to. 

The second part:

Then the second part while a bit better than the first still lacks the polish to truly shine. I could see the protagonist in despair, forlorn, alone, and yet could not feel anything for him. Then when he meets his wife’s ghost I thought now something would change. But alas, their next steps really got on my nerves. Your wife forcing you to seek other women, then sitting in on the meetings, and then when you do everything she says going so far as to promise her you will forget her, she says this

Don’t you have a single percent of love for me now? Do you really love Tina more than me?”

An Imperishable Promise by Sarathi Sabyasachi Sahoo Book Quote

I mean what kind of childishness is this? Make up your mind! I really got frustrated at several places in this book.

Characters:

The characters are two dimensional with no growth. They seemed like caricatures and I could not relate to them. Then their actions didn’t conform to their mature personas. They are shown as adult people working in reputable jobs and yet they behave like kids using their friends to fake chat with a girl, then thinking they are so magnanimous when they matchmake their so called “true love” to their friend. 

Also where is the romance? First the heroine tells the hero that they should marry because she has decided to spend her whole life with him. I mean where is the passion? Or the sweet heartfelt emotional upheavals? They are discussing the pros of loving each other like it’s a deal they are making. I was so disappointed by this business like approach to love when the whole book is based on true love!

Narration:

The writing is simple but it lacks the fluidity to engage readers. It also seemed like a translation from another language all through. The descriptive phrases didn’t leave an impact, and overall, too, the author shies away from creating a description of places, events, and emotional upheaval. So I could not create a mental picture of the story and stayed aloof. 

This book had such a potential to be a tearjerker like “Nights in Rodanthe by Nicholas Sparks” and becoming a memorable book like “Midnight Valentine by J T Geissinger” that also talked about true love promises and life after losing your true love. But it fell short in creating that emotional experience.

While there are no grammatical errors which is a huge plus in my book, I still think the author needs practice to polish his dialogues and scene creation.

The dialogues looked like they were chat messages, and not dialogues between characters in a novel. Also phrases like “My eyes hung”, “eyes got stuck” were jarring, and failed to create the required impact.

But another plus of this book is that it is a clean read so even teen readers can read this book.

However, the English is simple enough to appeal to new English speakers, college students, and new readers.

The unexpected twist at the end:

True love never dies. Nobody knows its origin or end. If you are lucky, you can recognise it in your current life. If not, then in the next life. It will continue like a never-ending circle till you both meet. It all depends on your destiny, but once you recognise it, never let it go.”

An Imperishable Promise by Sarathi Sabyasachi Sahoo Book Quote

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There is  a major twist at the end that I think is the highlight of this book. I was surprised and applaud the author on taking this risk. It definitely heightened my interest.

However, while I loved the twist, I don’t condone what the alive character did. All through this book I saw a theme of misleading others which just didn’t sit right with me. 

Real life issues:

The author raises several social and health issues in this book. Right from the perils of social media like meeting and chatting with strangers to the perils of stress and unhealthy lifestyle on your health, I liked that the author throws light on issues that affect all of us.

Conclusion:

All in all, this is a quick read with a promising premise that you can give a try. However, had the writing been immersive and fluid, the characters realistically developed and mature in their actions, and the emotional play more connectable, this book had the potential to dazzle.

Njkinny recommends An Imperishable Promise by Sarathi Sabyasachi Sahoo to people looking for a short read, an unconventional plot, or interested in “after death” themed romance.

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Meet Author Sarathi Sabyasachi Sahoo:

Sarathi Sabyasachi Sahoo is a highly experienced web Scamp: mobile application developer by passion and profession. He has more than eight years of experience developing complex algorithms and writing high-performance applications that can scale at case. He is an aspiring entrepreneur in the Web 2.0 industry. He has worked with many leading TI companies and is now a senior principal engineer in a multinational company. This is the second novel by him. The first novel was “The Man Who Lives in Dream“.

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