A Grey Story

by Saumya Mishra

A GREY STORY traces the life of Surya through her adolescence, from early teens to early twenties. Born into a large family, she is neglected by her parents unintentionally and abused by her siblings intentionally. As happens with most middle children, Surya is made a scapegoat and often targeted for faults committed by others. She is made to put up with a lot. Then, suddenly, accidents and deaths start occurring in the family. The story is a reality check on the serious impact of such callousness on the human brain and the destruction it can cause once driven beyond tolerance. It also reveals the disadvantages of large families, where parents are unable to devote ample time to each child, thus inadvertently causing at least one of them to suffer dejection. A Grey Story shocks one into realising the serious psychological impact negligent upbringing can leave on children that can even drive them to crime.

134 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2015

Reviews

[Himani Goyal · Rating 4 out of 5]

The cover of the book is scary but perfectly matches with the title and concept. The blurb really creates an urge among the reader to read this book. The concept is interesting and takes you to the life of a young girl Surya. The series of events, Murder in the house will give goose bumps to the readers but the narration is so interesting that one cannot put the book down until one finish it completely. One can easily connect with the character Surya and her emotion turmoil. It was a Psychological thriller which will hold the reader. The language is simple and easy to understand. The emotional trauma which the main protagonist faced in her life was nicely described by the Author. The end was also simple and good. One can predict that ending could be like this only. Overall a nice read. One who wants to read something new can go and grab this book…

[Chittajit Mitra · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved this psychological thriller story given how much the author conveyed in just 134 pages. The language is easy yet gripping, all the characters have been described quite well, also the fact that it focuses the disadvantage of having large families is commendable. I would’ve preferred some other cover though but in all everyone should give it a try.

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