REVIEW OF TOGETHER WE WERE WHOLE BY NAMRATA GUPTA

Together We were Whole by Namrata Gupta was an absolute and very precise representation of ‘Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.’

The blurb is as follows:

Sanaya Sharma starts her first job as an Assistant Manager in a consulting firm, where she develops a close bond with her senior colleague, Sid. Discussing life’s adversities brings them closer to each other and soon their friendship blossoms into love. However, their relationship begins to suffer when Sid starts concentrating on his business venture in partnership with a renowned businessman, Mr. Kushal Dev Kashyap and seemingly starts giving more attention to his daughter, Misha.

Sid breaks off with Sanaya on her birthday. On following Sid to his house, Sanaya is attacked by three henchmen, who leave in Sid’s car before she loses consciousness.

After looking into the heart of betrayal, Sanaya rises from the ashes like a phoenix to right the wrongs done to her. Three years later, she re-enters Sid’s life by becoming a secret business partner in his company, The Misarth Group, co-owned by Sid and his wife Misha.

Walk with Sanaya in this tale of vengeance amidst distorted personal relationships, misunderstandings and masked identities in a business environment of deceit, power plays and games. 

My Review:

The book revolves around the revenge of a woman who thinks she has been betrayed by her love. She has to undergo a huge tragedy, however she didn't let this incident pull her down. Rather, she learnt her lesson and instead of wallowing in pity and misery, she planned her life in a way that empowered her and made herself so capable that she would never ever have to feel helpless again.

Saying anything more about the story would definitely result in spoilers, so I've tried and kept the crucial details to minimum.

Call me a feminist, but I do like to read books about women who are strong and would not bow to anyone, nor take any crap from others.

So, it was a total no brainer for me to love the Main Character, Sanaya. She was so very strong. At first, she might come across as naive to some, but I would chalk that to her age. However, the comeback that she made after that horrible plot twist was definitely noteworthy.

Hate is too strong of a word, but I didn't like Siddharth, the male MC. I tried to make myself like him, but he just didn't click with me. He was weak and didn't take necessary stands where needed.

All in all, this book was a success and it did manage to keep me engrossed throughout. There wasn't any point of time when I felt the need to skim through the story. There is a Happily Ever After for our couple, however I was a bit confused. I never really understood what exactly happened with the bad guys and how they managed to get away with some of the things that they did.

Nonetheless, it was a very captivating read that I would recommend to everyone. I'm going to give this book FIVE WHOLE STARS⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

About the Author:

Namrata Gupta is the author of three popular novels, 'A Silent Promise' (2015), 'The Full Circle.. Stumbling Upon A Sinful Mystery' (2018) and 'Together We Were (W)hole' (2020). She also has a short story titled 'One Wedding Three Murders' (2018) to her name. Her books have won many hearts.

Namrata is an English Literature graduate from Hans Raj College, Delhi University and has completed her post-graduation in Masters of Business Administration from Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi. She is based in New Delhi.

'A Silent Promise', a readers’ favourite, was released by Mr. Sudhir Mishra (Indian film director) at Gurgaon International Film and Literature Festival, held at DLF Cyber Hub (2015), where a reading session was also conducted for the book. 'The Full Circle.. Stumbling Upon A Sinful Mystery' was best ranked #26 in Crime, Thriller and Mystery and #33 in Contemporary Romance on Amazon.

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