Title: 18 Via Teen
Author: Shreyasi Rhittika Phukon
Publisher: Dream House Publications
Review:
Shreyasi Rhittika Phukon has devotedly captured the nuances
of life among teenagers in eighteen of her stories compiled under the title ‘18
via teen.’ Apprehension, dilemma, aspiration and hope are major themes. Few of
the stories even talk of foundation for self-esteem and refusal to be defined
by stigma. She has aptly avoided cute-speak, all the while conveying genuine
feeling and the deeper complexity and contradictions of life as it is lived.
Her observations approach a certain kind of profundity.
Starting each story with a meaningful quote is a time tested
way of catching the reader’s attention. Phukon has done justice to this
practice. The sentiment behind each story is quite similar: be yourself. In the
writer’s own words, the stories she has penned down enumerate the various
phases of a teen and the hopes, aspirations, apprehensions, ambiguity,
insecurity, dilemma, restlessness and sensitiveness, associated with each
phase. Each story vividly depicts the psychological aspects of a teenage
girl/boy and how the intuition helps her/his to overcome the hurdles one after
another, which in teen makes her/his matured.
There are some minor hiccups though. The cover of the book
does nothing to attract potential readers. Secondly, the editing could have
been better. But I won’t hold these against the author as it is her debut. We
learn from our mistakes. I’m sure she’ll do the same.
I’d like to end the review with a positive note. The readers
will find some good motivation from the stories if they are willing to get out
the sieve.
Author Bio:
Shreyasi Rhittika Phukon lives in Jorhat, Assam. She holds a
bachelor’s degree. She has contributed her writings in few anthologies and
magazines. Also initiated an anthology “A Phase Unknown Women- A Tribute” and
the book has been awarded the “Best Anthology Award 2014”. She is also the
winner of “Aagaman Tejasvani Samman 2014” by Sanmati Publishers and
distributors. She also works as M.D. for an e-magazine named Novelist Magazine.
Currently she is pursuing her Masters from Guwahati University.
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her book. I do hope you end up liking the book when you read it. Thank you so
much for stopping by, and happy reading!
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