Book Review: Trust Stabbed Brutally by Maria Leena Christina. D

The cover page of the novel is so epic that it narrated most of the story right in the cask of my subconscious mind. A young woman being pierced by arrows of dishonesty, broken promises, betrayal…mistrust yet she has got that sword of perseveration and revenge. Made all sense! The premise of the novel is not new but depicts that it’s a grappling issue in our country, especially with new-age young lovers and couples.

Rajani, the lead character, is a teacher by profession but her only mistake is that she got in relationship with a guy younger to her. She did that in sheer love, like love at first sight. Probably, she thought that love is so cool and easy and accessible. However, her world of dreams was shattered in thousand pieces when the trial of broken promises, betrayals, and mistrust back seated and dejected and debilitated her, puts on her shame-like situation among her family and society. The boy’s name the author has given as per his bad deeds: Swindler.

It is a woeful story of Rajani and that rogue person we named as Swindler. The guy makes love to her, she is pregnant and then he changes and goes on making excuses to leave her, suggests her to abort the baby. Rajani is emotionally hurt, felt cheated. She being in a credible profession of teaching becomes an ATM for that guy. He manipulates her for money and carnal desires. But Rajani is always met with cold shrugs. His response to her was casual, like a Casanova.

What will happen to Rajani who decides to carry the baby despite no future of her husband in sight? It is a story based on true events, and in our society so many stories take place in the garb of love and fake promises of marriages. Imagine what will happen to a woman who is left behind in a pregnant condition after being fully used by a narcissist man. Isn’t a matter of concern for all of us?

The novel is narrated with good dose of sweeps, however, it needs the attention of editors to make it highly readable, free from grammar mistakes and punctuation errors. If you enjoy women-oriented stories, how they suffer but ultimately rise up to fight back, well then you must read this novel and save people from taking a plunge into empty chasms of love because love doesn’t stay the way it begins.

Overall, the novel is well-written in quite simple layers of narration with powerful sweeps. Optimum spiced up a real story with fictional touch. Indeed a great attempt by the author.

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