4 Reasons to Read the Novella ‘Notes from an Imperfect Life’ by Jithu Biji Thomas

Jithu Thomas’ new novella ‘Notes from an Imperfect Life’ is a thought-provoking story of a father who wishes to share some bitter sweet experiences of his life with his step son, whom he accepted with shallow heart. But the book is not about one family’s drama and misfortune. It transcends way far in its essence. In this post, I am discussing briefly as why I liked this novella as soon as I finished reading it.

1. Life is never perfect:

As the title says, notes from an imperfect life — I totally agree with it. No matter how much perfection you gain, you will never have the perfect decision on right time. Life is about sweet and bitter experiences. That is something that builds excitement in our life. The novella is right with its message through that father who repents some of his life decisions while narrating the same to his stepson.

2. Life is a learning process:

We can always learn from all sorts of people, whether they are small or hugely successful, etc. This novella focuses on the learnings from a distraught father who writes his experiences of love, marriage, and child to his step son whom he didn’t accept with full gusto. But the author lays emphasis on learning that the father was on the failure side, but full of wisdom and other things that if taken, can make others life. The coverage on social stigma is way too good.

3. It is a philosophical book:

While narrating a story to his step son, the father also sheds light on the philosophy of marriage, society pressure, evolution of human kind, and many other issues. The book also sheds light on gay community, as the step son chooses to be a gay but his decision actuates to believe in himself.

4. Pace and length and other elements were easy to grasp:

Since this is a novella, I had no difficulty finishing this book on my Kindle device in less than an hour. The pace of the story was way fast and didn’t bore readers. Though the story is about family and its allied drama, but the novella was never a banal thing. It has more story than one can think of.