Reviews and recommendations

This is my second book by Ruskin Bond. This book is basically a collection of stories from daily happenings of Ruskin Bond. A detailed description of when he wakes up, what he does after he wakes up, his afternoon routine, his evening walks, in short about his daily routine in general. He shares his experience by transitioning from the Dehra of his childhood versus Dehra now. He talks about what he loved while growing up. There are so many characters that made an impact on his life. His little experiences which he remembers precisely even after so many years are kind of funny to read. Ruskins story of his pet and his adventures rather misadventures with uncle ken are presented as short stories in the book and are light hearted to read. There is nothing much you can find in the book. No story or biography or anything just little life experiences. Its just nothing about nothing! 2.5 stars out of 5!

I completed this book in a food court over a strawberry smoothie in 3 hours. A simple and amusing journey of Rusty. This book was kind of special because i was able to connect with the helplessness of Rusty. The sense of not belonging to anywhere but everywhere. Rusty’s journey of running away from a toxic home to discovering a whole new world is as simple as it is fascinating. It touches all the right chords of the sense of independence, the sense of friendship who are your family, the first love and the loss of it and the struggles you go through when you have to start the life from the scratch again after losing everything. The book teaches us to look for one single reason to not give up and find peace and meaning in life even if you have lost everything. This book is a light read which you can complete in few hours of a bored holiday after noon or few hours of train journey.