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The Bluest Marble

Vipin Kumar

3.33 · Rating details · 27 ratings · 9 reviews

Aditya is known as Ram Kumar 125 – a name given to amnesiac patients in a ‘Mental Hospital’. He doesn’t have amnesia; he just doesn’t want to go back to the world he knew before. His inmates include: UT – the brilliant former CEO, Rajesh – software engineer and Jacky – Doctor in theoretical physics. Amongst these ‘crazies’ Ram Kumar 125 discovers himself, the true Aditya, ...more

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Published June 2014 by BecomeShakespeare.com

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Jun 26, 2014 Apurv Verma rated it liked it

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. The story is about Aditya Saxena, who rise as a successful graduate, as a successful employee, as a successful boyfriend to an extent, then fall in all of those and end up in the hospital and finally rise again realizing the true essence of life.

Author tried to the best of his abilities to convey the message that in today’s world, people run for materialistic things rather than going after things which truly give them happiness and satisfaction by describing life changing experiences that Aditya The story is about Aditya Saxena, who rise as a successful graduate, as a successful employee, as a successful boyfriend to an extent, then fall in all of those and end up in the hospital and finally rise again realizing the true essence of life.

Author tried to the best of his abilities to convey the message that in today’s world, people run for materialistic things rather than going after things which truly give them happiness and satisfaction by describing life changing experiences that Aditya faces to live an ideal life in today’s urban society.

Aditya is known as ‘Ram Kumar 125′ it is a name given to amnesiac patients in a mental hospital. There he made new friends and studied human emotions which he never able to do in his entire life. How he end up in the mental hospital, how he gets to understand the life, does he gets out of the mental hospital to live a normal life are the few questions for which you will have to read the book.

Positives of the book is the last 100 pages which you cannot take your eye away from even for a fraction of a second. Narration of the incidents and realization of true meaning of life is very nicely depicted by the author.

However there are more negatives than positives in this book. First and foremost requirement for a story is to have a nice flow of writing and a good command on the language which is completely lacked in the book, there are even grammatical mistakes (or they could be printing mistakes) in the book. The first 150 pages fails to bind you to the story, writing seems to be scattered away in bits and pieces. It seems writer has taken more than required words to build the back story for the climax. If I am allowed to be precise I would like to say that the actual story starts from page 143 from where you would start connecting with the story. Another minor point I would like to raise is the mismatch of chapter name and the content of the chapter. The name of the chapter should be the main point of that chapter but it doesn’t seem to be like that way some times.

I would summarize the book in few words as, “writer wanted to tell a lot of stories in a single book and hence failed to maintain the balance of the content, although he did managed to get the climax perfect.” People who like to read different types of fiction stories could go for it. ...more

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Jun 23, 2014 Pratibha rated it liked it

Shelves: 2014, indian-fiction

rating ~ 3.5/5

The book begins with Aditya telling his story of rise , fall and then finding peace for himself , away from family and friends. The urban life portrayed is as true as it is for every other person living in metropolitan cities. It is not a life but a checklist to cover - money , promotion , house , marriage , making parents proud etc etc ..

But what is new here is the way Aditya realizes that being happy is more important than making or keeping people happy. The point where for a sec ...more

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Jul 17, 2014 Madhusmita rated it liked it

Shelves: goodreads-first-reads, reviewed-on-request, got-as-gift, sent-by-author

I had won the book in a Goodreads Giveaway. :)
The Bluest Marble, the debut novel of the author – Vipin Kumar, is the story of Aditya, a brilliant young man who leads a regular life. But soon everything that is close to his heart slips from his hands – his girlfriend, his job, his closest buddies and eventually even his family too. And thus begins Aditya’s struggle to find a meaning to his life.
read full review here - http://dreamzandclouds.wordpress.com/2014/08/26/the-bluest-marble-my-thoughts/

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Jul 24, 2014 Sonal rated it really liked it

Book review is something which gives me immense pleasure to explore new works of writers. Here is one of them. The Bluest Marble by Vipin Kumar.

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Oct 04, 2014 Parwati Singari rated it did not like it

Shelves: avoidable, churchgate-virar, metro-reader, reviewed-book, indian-authors, becomeshakespear-com

The Book is a complimentary copy for reviewing.
ISBN 978-93-83952-05-2
Publisher: BecomeShakespeare.com

A book about Aditya Saxena, who attempts suicide, pretends amnesia to escape from his life. The story is render as a confessional to his current girlfriend.
According to the author, the protagonist is a poor misguided victim of an entire gamut. His parents don’t really tell him that they know he is not a very strong guy despite his academic grades, his girlfriend Pooja leaves for someone else, ...more

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Jul 13, 2016 Aparajita Shorey rated it it was ok

I always like a book with a cover or title that forces me to guess what the story could be about before I read the blurb. The Bluest Marble was a book that had both…an interesting cover and a very interesting title. As soon as I read the title, the wheels of my mind started rolling…what could the book be about…maybe a tragic childhood..you know we usually play with marbles as kids or maybe the book has a supernatural angle. Finally when I had thought about every possible story that could revolve ...more

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Oct 19, 2014 Nandhini Chandrasekaran rated it really liked it

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Aditya grew, graduated, found a job, earned - just like any ordinary person. In the process he put all the little things his little heart wished for to a little corner, the very fist being a blue marble he had seen a boy playing with, while he was two or three years old. The boy wouldn't give the marble to him, that made him decide on a wish, "when I grow up, I will get millions and millions of such marbles." From there he began planting in ...more

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Oct 07, 2014 Natasha Borah Khan rated it liked it

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The story is about Aditya who has a lucrative job but an unhappy personal life. After losing his job due to office politics, he is eventually abandoned by his friends too and then he goes back to be with his family. But when he finds out that his father doesn't really trust him with his business plan he loses all hope and tries to commit suicide. He ends up in the psychiatric ward of a hospital where he pretends to have lost his memory. It is there that he finally realizes what he really wants f ...more

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Dec 24, 2015 Shaivi rated it liked it

Overall, I appreciate the thoughtfulness of the author to try something different in the debut itself. Hope, the expression will improve book by book. Despite the few shortcomings, I recommend the book for a good attempt at a different flavour. The book will at some point make you think about your life too, the ups and downs that went by and the blue marble that each of us can find within us. For complete review, visit my blog http://shaivikafunda.blogspot.in/2014...

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