Personal Ratings : 5🌟
A poignant and beautiful collection of thoughts, from a very prestigious author, and definitely one that I devoured in just one seating.

There's something so delicate and elegant in Lahiri's writing. It was mundane, has no specific plot, but you still can understand what she's going through. Its a collection of her thoughts throughout her life, a quiet observation on how she observes people, the judgment that she makes on them, her fears and mostly, how she connects with her surrounding and the environment around her.

Even written in short essay-like format, it was beautiful in a sense that it was sorrowful and heartwarming and also very mundane and relatable. I specifically love the chapter on when she had to dispose a dead rat ( I WAS LAUGHING ), and the chapter where her parents were involved. I loved how she views her fears and anxiety and in coping them as well. I love how she's flawed in a way, but also relatable in a sense. She has a petty self-sense, in which we can see in the chapters where she talks about her books, and she also scrutinises on the current generation, in how they view the world. I also love the chapter at the stationary store. There's something so magical and mundane in her writing that made me breeze through the book.

The thing about Lahiri is the way she is quiet observer in everything around her, and makes it special. She reflects on everything that she encounters, of the people that she had met, and even the environment around her. I specially loved her contradictions with water, as how she felt at ease with it whilst also being depressed over it.

And the best part of this book, was her view on solitude. There's nothing like someone who loves solitude but also loathes it. She viewed solitude from different perspectives and it was satisfying to read. The more I think about it, the more I felt content when reading over the lines that I highlighted. She had shown that solitude isn't necessarily a bad thing if its done right, and I liked that even in her loneliness at times, she knows to balance it with the people that cares around her.

This book is not for everyone. Its a book which has no plots but vibes only, but in the maximum sense that I really really enjoy. A good read, I really liked it.