Real Love story...Remind your school days. Review on First Love Matters, So Does The Second - Vishal Sah

First love matters so does the Second is Vishal Sha’s debut novel.The novella falls under ‘Romance’ and ‘Lit-Lad’ genre. A fiction that takes you through school and college days kindling memories. A college-goer will relate and love this book.

Story in Brief:

The story begins with the scene where Vishal, the protagonist, is getting ready for school. He is all excited as he is starting off with SSC and that he is going to meet Vedika, his crush. Luck favours Vishal and he is made to sit with Vedika. Their friendship blooms and strengthens. Over time, Vishal falls in love with Vedika. He decided to confess his feelings to her but Vediak in turn surprises him. She gets committed to Arnav. Vishal’s first love remains incomplete. Vedika walks out of his school and his life.

Life gives him second chance. Shreya enters his life and Vishal finds his long lost happiness. He performs well in his HSSC exams and secures admission in to medicine. Vishal’s happiness is short-lived. It seems as if he had been taken up higher only to be knocked down again.

First Impression:

Book cover seems quite simple yet attractive. I also got an attractive bookmark in the book. It has approx. 120 pages. When I read the blurb I thought that the story will be same like other teenage love story but when I read it, I found the real story.

Positive:

· Simple and easy to read. Narration style is very simple so does the language.

· Use of humor is quite impressive. Author has also tried to put some great effort in use of phrases and dialogue delivery.

· A great effort of narrating a fresh story on an old story plot.

Negative:

· Grammatical errors at some point have faded the flow of the story.

· Editing could have been done more keenly.

· Use of long and unwanted sentences could be avoided.

Verdict:

In perspective of a debut book it has a new and quite attractive story on the same old school-teenager’s love plot. Author has instilled all his effort to make it simple and easy to understand. It is a story which actually takes its readers on a joyride of emotions and bring back to their school days. A simple story of an average boy who taught some serious lessons of life through his experiences. It is quite a thin book in terms of pages so one can easily read it in a single round. So if you want to read a quick read and want to go back in your old school days then I’m sure you will not regret with this book.