Book Review - Potpourri of Drabble by Harshita Nanda

 

This is a collection of 100-word stories compiled by the author at the time when the pandemic was holding the world in its tenacious grip. The stories are based on various genres – romance, crime, thrill, horror and general fiction.

The thing with micro-stories is – it is challenging to convey the essence of the story in limited number of words. The author not only has aced the challenge, but she has kept up the element of intrigue in every story with an ending that you do not expect. Be it any genre, every story ends on a note that leaves the reader awestruck. Most stories have one or at the most two characters, and the author has justified their presence to perfection.

Some of the stories are centered around social issues like domestic violence, gender-discrimination and prejudice. These stories make a huge and lasting impact and send across their message to the society in a remarkable manner.

100-word stories, as difficult as they are to weave, are equally entertaining and addictive. I kept reading one after another, promising myself every time – ‘just one more story!’.

This is indeed a remarkable collection of stories, and I recommend this book to all those who are looking for short, quick and enticing reads.