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A review by anukriti
The Woman Who Saw the Future by Amit Sharma
3.0
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Sapna was a regular innocent girl, belonging to a middle class family, attending a good college and had a great guy. Everything changed when she started having terrible nightmares of people dying and planes crashing. But these were not nightmares; these were premonitions!
When she gets a chance to save countless lives, she jumps on it! These premonitions have haunted her and because of that, her mental health had also deteriorated.
The blurb caught my attention because it had those sci-fi and supernatural elements to it and not your typical romance tropes which I really dislike but are a norm with many of the Indian authors. It was such an interesting concept to see the toll that this job took on Sapna and her family and friends and not about the tragedies as centre point.
The book did start out slow, swinging between present and past but it was pretty easy to keep track. After being like 60 % into it, it picked up some momentum. Many people have felt that the blurb could be shortened so there would have been more of an element of surprise and I’m of the same opinion. I also feel that the book was unnecessarily stretched out at some points which made it quite a drag and there was too much information whereas, less information would have been nicer. What I really liked was that every chapter started with a really nice quote.
This was a very character driven book with 9 point of views! It wasn’t overwhelming at all and what I liked the most about this was that every character had their quirks and way of speaking, like someone may repeat something a lot or someone will swear a lot. Yes, some of the characters did get on my nerves because of their way of narrating, especially Kalpana, Sapna’s mother, who had a very bad habit of using the words “you know” after nearly every sentence! It was very infuriating!! I did find some of the characters voice quite bad, language wise, and just couldn’t connect with them or couldn’t care less about them. Also, I did find one or two characters without whom the story would have moved forward.
One thing didn’t work for me but might work for some: the plot felt away from reality (No, I haven’t forgotten that Sapna can see the future). There were many instances of Sapna meeting important people and celebrities which I just didn’t like and found it a bit hilarious!
I loved how the Kalpana (Sapna’s mother) in the family was so strong and Prakash (father of Sapna) to be emotionally fragile. I also liked how it dealt with the powers taking a toll on Sapna’s mental, physical and emotional health and how it wrecked it havocked on her personal life. The responsibility of so much power can make any sane person crack and Sapna was no different. I also really liked the character growth.
The plot sure is interesting but the story could have been better executed. So, if you are looking for a short and light sci fi/supernatural-ish mystery novel, you can pick this up fo sure.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Sapna was a regular innocent girl, belonging to a middle class family, attending a good college and had a great guy. Everything changed when she started having terrible nightmares of people dying and planes crashing. But these were not nightmares; these were premonitions!
When she gets a chance to save countless lives, she jumps on it! These premonitions have haunted her and because of that, her mental health had also deteriorated.
The blurb caught my attention because it had those sci-fi and supernatural elements to it and not your typical romance tropes which I really dislike but are a norm with many of the Indian authors. It was such an interesting concept to see the toll that this job took on Sapna and her family and friends and not about the tragedies as centre point.
The book did start out slow, swinging between present and past but it was pretty easy to keep track. After being like 60 % into it, it picked up some momentum. Many people have felt that the blurb could be shortened so there would have been more of an element of surprise and I’m of the same opinion. I also feel that the book was unnecessarily stretched out at some points which made it quite a drag and there was too much information whereas, less information would have been nicer. What I really liked was that every chapter started with a really nice quote.
This was a very character driven book with 9 point of views! It wasn’t overwhelming at all and what I liked the most about this was that every character had their quirks and way of speaking, like someone may repeat something a lot or someone will swear a lot. Yes, some of the characters did get on my nerves because of their way of narrating, especially Kalpana, Sapna’s mother, who had a very bad habit of using the words “you know” after nearly every sentence! It was very infuriating!! I did find some of the characters voice quite bad, language wise, and just couldn’t connect with them or couldn’t care less about them. Also, I did find one or two characters without whom the story would have moved forward.
One thing didn’t work for me but might work for some: the plot felt away from reality (No, I haven’t forgotten that Sapna can see the future). There were many instances of Sapna meeting important people and celebrities which I just didn’t like and found it a bit hilarious!
I loved how the Kalpana (Sapna’s mother) in the family was so strong and Prakash (father of Sapna) to be emotionally fragile. I also liked how it dealt with the powers taking a toll on Sapna’s mental, physical and emotional health and how it wrecked it havocked on her personal life. The responsibility of so much power can make any sane person crack and Sapna was no different. I also really liked the character growth.
The plot sure is interesting but the story could have been better executed. So, if you are looking for a short and light sci fi/supernatural-ish mystery novel, you can pick this up fo sure.