Few Things Left Unsaid by Sudeep Nagarkar
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

A love story/hate story with open ending.
About two young engineering students who fall in love at first sight. Another story of a very beautiful and sexy girl (Riya) falling for an average guy (Aditya) for reasons unknown. A very passionate love story narrated by the boy but truly appears to be one-sided. The feelings of love are beautifully narrated from the boy’s side but the same passion did not appear as much, from the other side. There are a couple of ups and downs, twists and turns in the story which breaks-up and re-joins the infatuated couple but one day permanently separates them after Riya learns that Aditya is used to girls earlier in his life, and doesn’t care for her much over a period of time.
Finally, after an year or so, Riya comes back to Aditya after having been cheated and ‘used’ by his new boy-friend who happens to be a friend of Aditya and a boyfriend of Riya’s friend. But the relationship is not smooth even then as the trivial fights go on between them for their emotional bond is NOT based on Trust, the most essential part of love.
The reader gets a feeling that the mistake is from Riya’s side as she is depicted as a love-hungry bird who leans on any guy who she finds caring enough. Aditya, the narrator is shown as goodie types and a true lover, who accepts Riya even after coming to know that she slept with his friend turned enemy, as a revenge on Aditya. Tit for Tat.
A key observation is that there is absolutely no mention of active involvement of Riya’s parents in the entire story unlike Aditya’s. Never did she introduce Aditya to her parents or family in any circumstance, which should have been taken note by Aditya, who went all in all to make his relationship with Riya public within his circles.
Overall, the book seems to be a little one-sided, projecting the boy as the good one and the girl as the bad one. The Statement in the end “Love is Always Right, But The Girl Can Be Wrong” highlights this attitude.
The author seems to be a rising star in the New Indian Writer’s Club.

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