He Knew a Firefly, by Smita Bhattacharya
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He Knew a Firefly, by Smita Bhattacharya
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Six-year-old Akshara watches her mother die. At thirteen, she watches her best friend die. She's heartbroken, but their deaths don't surprise her. She has a secret - she can glimpse into the future of those she loves. But for her it's a curse and not a blessing; every life she touches is thrown into turmoil, friends abandon her, and she is overwhelmed by more guilt than she can bear. Then, one day, she sees her own unhappy fate. Does Akshara bring upon her loved ones the misfortunes they blame her for? Will Akshara be able to save herself after she has lost everyone she loved? Or will she lose her sanity like her mother did? A gripping, evocative and sometimes surreal page-turner, He Knew a Firefly follows Akshara as she tries to light the dark, unknown pathways for her loves ones, before being ultimately consumed by the flames herself.
He Knew a Firefly, by Smita Bhattacharya- Amazon Sales Rank: #4549963 in Books
- Published on: 2015-10-19
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .81" w x 6.00" l, 1.05 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 322 pages
About the Author A self-confessed nerd, feminist and lover of all things quirky, Smita is an award winning short story writer based out of Mumbai. Potent coffee and a good book makes her day. Planning for that one big, decadent trip to a new country, makes her year. She considers herself the sum total of all the places she has been to, like a Lego puzzle being set up, one journey at a time. Smita cares deeply for women's issues and her writing usually reflects strong, central female characters. She's also a fan of a genre she calls racy emotional thrillers, and her books display that predilection. She has a novel and a novella out in the reading world, with plenty more floating in the dark recesses where they came from. Smita has a degree in engineering and Masters in Business Administration and currently works as a consultant.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Unique. Novel. Jarring. Endearing. By arcarc_reviews I loved this book and I love the author’s style of writing. Throughout the book I was really flowing with the characters and felt like I was lost in them, living vicariously. Exactly the experience I look for in a book.I typically read and review science fiction so for those who follow my reviews I have to point out right away that this book is more along the lines of literature than science fiction. For those who exclusively read plot-driven narrative science fiction, this book is a world away and very different.The plot revolves around a girl who sees people’s futures in her dreams. This is a very common and well-traveled device of many a science fiction novel, however it reads like none I have come across. Unique. Novel. Jarring. Endearing.The main character has the ability to see people’s futures, but unlike most science fiction out there, this is not what the book is about so much as the characters and their very human, fragile, broken and mistake-filled lives. The characters ride a roller coaster of ups and downs, joys and sorrows, and Akshara, our dreamer, sees some of it ahead of time and tries to do what she can to avoid things or change them. Many times the events happen anyway and she feels her gift is nothing but a curse. Other times things happen she didn’t foresee and she hates herself for not dreaming.The other characters have fully developed stories and lives that intersect with Akshara’s tangentially and their choices affect her life and her dreams as much as her actions affect theirs. Powerful stuff.I won’t give away much more, but only to say this was a mesmerizing, enchanting journey of a book I highly recommend to those who like literature with a science fiction twist.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Exquisitely written, comforting yet bone-chilling By Alabama Teacher I'm a long-time fan of novels that are set in other cultures, so I was thrilled to be offered this title to review. In a similar vein as The Kite Runner and The Rose Hotel, this book instantly has the power to put you in the setting and the culture without having to provide endless backstory in order to hold your hand through it. For example, the author did a masterful job interjecting "foreign" words and phrases in her dialogue, but did not need to translate those terms for the reader; the tone of the conversation told us all we needed to know in order to understand.While the plot itself is intriguing, what struck me was the universal application of it. This book didn't have to take place throughout India or Paris, it could have just as easily spoken to a vast audience of readers no matter where and when it was set. The fact that the author brings her readers to these locales is simply another layer of enjoyment to the reading process.But the most important part of this novel is the absolutely exquisite writing. It is equal parts joy and heartbreak, and at time it is even bone-chilling, but all throughout the book the writing wraps you in such a familiar sense of understanding. The most horrific details are written with such finesse that you are in the scene but still somehow safely encased in the author's words.As someone who reads and reviews as many books as I do, it's easy to think you know how it will end, but that's also not the case.Fans of stories that take them outside their own world views and outside their ability to suspend belief will treasure this one.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Moving, intriguing and magical By Karan Garg The novel follows Akshara who has the magical ability to glimpse into the future of people she knows. Sounds fun, right? Not so when it’s not good news. And not when you don’t know fully how it will turn out. She does try hard ─ to love, to help people, to make them lead better lives despite knowing what it would bring her. And it’s quite a journey, across countries, across people, across years. Quite a journey this.All the characters seemed alive to me, as if I was living their lives. And when it finally ended, it was sadly satisfying, the best kind to be. Highly recommended.
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