When Love Finds You by Yashodhara Lal - A Review

There are peculiar things about corporate environment. You will see all kinds of people - truly knowledgeable and truly hardworking, smart working on one side and people trying to make political moves to move up in the ladder without even understanding the basics. And, there are people like Natasha who are on the other extreme – they are truly hardworking, no-nonsense, no-excuse people but they really lack the most important skill that the corporate world needs – the people’s skill!

When Love Finds You - Yashodhara Lal

 Yashodhara Lal brings #WhereLoveFindsYou. It has all the masala that you need to enjoy a delicious meal. If you are working for any of the corporates, readily I can tell you, you will hate Natasha because you understand that there are people like her everywhere and they don’t know how to appreciate basically, and they don’t know there is something called personal touch and that is more important. But, when you learn that the difficult past and the interpersonal relational difficulties is the reason and can relate it to Natasha’s current behavior, you can’t stop admiring the author. She really brings a very important point here – make sure your (and your kids’ present is good so they won’t suffer torment in their future). Shekar’s small episode makes us realize the pressure that corporate big heads go through while Natasha’s run to succeed at any cost can motivate some people (since we usually only imagine the huge salaries that they get and the posh life that they enjoy).

Multiple characters like Rishabh, Nikhil & Vicky adds life to the book – though I felt Vicky very redundant). I should say more than Rishabh, Nikhil’s presence adds juice to the whole book. Without Nikhil, the book would have been so dry. The interactions with Ms. Chopra adds some humor and that is much appreciated.

The things that didn’t impress me in this book? There are many fictions out there and they don’t let you put down the book once you take it and until you finish them. The main reason is they are mostly unpredictable. But, this one is a mostly predictable story overall. Primarily in software domain, I did not like the names of those companies or the software names like Beckitup! Looked very odd (but this could be a personal thing)! The book cover plays an important role for anyone who shows interest in reading the book. Somehow, just like Yashodhara’s other books, the cover is not that apt. It has to connect to the story's core (and I certainly don’t understand why the author needed to get this one from Shutterstock). (BTW, the best cover that I have seen is from Pepita Seth’s “The Edge of Another World”).

The book is still OK read – relaxes you when you return back after a day’s work! But, somehow when you finish reading this book, it doesn’t stick close to your heart. That’s the missing part!

My rating: 3.5/5

PS: This book was received, read and reviewed as part of Flipkart’s Blogger Review Program