Suyash's Corner!: The Helpline I by Uday Mane.

Book: The Helpline.
Author: Uday Mane.
Publication House: Leadstart Publication House.
Category: Fiction.
Rating: 4.5/5

Story-in-Short:

Samir is suicidal. Rachael works for a suicide helpline. Fate connects them through a phone call. And so begins Samir’s story of love, longing, errors, regret and a girl who changed his life.

As his story reacher its conclusion, Rachael will know the true reason behind his suicidal tendencies. But this suicide helpline is not any ordinary service. There is more to the mysterious and yet so convincing voice of Rachael. As this new mystery begins to unfold, Samir is going to discover three things:

What is The Helpline?

Who is Rachael?

What is Samir’s own identity?

Every year, several teenagers in India attempt suicide because of failing relationships, dwindling careers, parent pressure or the competitive world.

This story is about one such teenager, his early problems and the hurdles to cope with them. This story is about finding hope in the early struggle. This story is about fighting for what you believe in and discovering your true identity. This is not a story falling in love. This is a story of rising from a failed love story.

In my view:

Here I am done reading this fabulous book, The Helpline, by debutant author Uday Mane. The Helpline characterizes Samir, Neha, Riya and Siddhartha. Samir the protagonist of the story comes from a rich family of a politician. He falls in love with Riya who loses her mother at an early age. Acknowledging her responsibilities very well, she takes care of her brother Siddhartha who suffers from Down’s syndrome.

Neha is the girl who encourages a depressed Samir to live and enjoy his life. But the incident occurred in his life, the guilt, the culpability and the thoughts of his past don’t let him get out of depression.

When Neha leaves for her honeymoon, she leaves a newspaper with the number of Crisis Helpline.

Sameer calls-up and a girl answers him. She introduces her as Rachael. Destiny connects Sameer and Rachael through The Helpline and this is how she enters the story. Samir narrates his miserable story to her.

This tale goes through interesting twists and turns. A reader will surely develop a quest to know about both – the reason behind Samir’s depression and Rachael’s identity. And this quest will make a reader go through the story till the end where reality is disclosed.

But who exactly is this girl Rachael? And, what is the wretched occurrence that depresses Samir so much? Want to know more, right? Grab your copies of The Helpline today and take pleasures of reading this incredible story!

Over-all: The cover page of the book is beautiful. It gives a reader some slight hints about the story. The title too is catchy. The cover as well as the title that put the first impression about the book are totally perfect! The writing style of the author is lovable. The narration of the story goes at an easy pace, making a reader grasp each and everything in the story.

No part of the story lies incomprehensible or boring and there are no mistakes in the book.

Categorizing The Helpline as a must read, I would like to rate the book with 4.5/5! Congratulation to Uday for his debut novel and best wishes to him for all his future projects! Hope he comes up with more such interesting novels!

Note: A copy of the book was provided by the author and the publication house.