What can you expect from Forever She by Amitav Ganguly
If you are tired of reading spooky, horror, and ghost stories with similar sounding endings or climax, well then it is about time to experience new sort of thrill available in supernatural themed books. Yes, it is not a new genre, but over decades it has been coloured under horror genre. A close look reveals it different, subtle, and absolutely pleasing for readers.
In India, there are scores of authors brining all types of ghost and horror stories, including Ruskin Bond. But this supernatural one is not tested by all. And those who are making novel or books around it, believe doing a fantastic job.
The objective of the post is to share what you can get from Amitav Ganguly’s supernatural book Forever She: Tales of Otherworldly Love & Passion. The book is a collection of 7 short stories. To an extent, the title of the book is revealing a lot. Yes, it is. Indeed this book has no match. The way it narrates the story of love and bonding that transcends the barriers of this world is a new discovery for readers of this genre. Nothing is spooky, comic, or dead serious — it is subtle and well-placed. The elements of supernatural are their best in the collection amidst all backdrop.
In each story, you get to see the true shades of love that are not only valued in current times but also in afterlife. This book adds supernatural aspects to all tales of love and bonding and proves that true love works and comes back even one partner is gone. For instance, a schizophrenic wife saves her husband from the clutches of police through a letter and solves the case, in another story you will come across a radio clock that saves tragedy by going back in time but at the cost of a life of a friend, in one story grandma connects with her granddaughter through a haunted mansion, and a dead lover takes revenge on his killer while also saving his ex-girlfriend from a dreadful stalker.
Tales of love and passion comes from a varied backdrop like that college love story of Vaasu and Garima and the ghost of Kuhu. In the story ‘Eerie Words’, a possessed diary and pen do the tricks but its inside story was way shocking and different than the readers could think of it. In that a possible murder looked inevitable but it was a case of shame and suicide. Long and better revelations await your turn. Though death is certain in all stories, their sub plots or climax never looked clichéd or overheard. The amount of suspense and thrill these stories make looks surreal. In its original and simple style, the collection outpaces many renowned horror books.
