Question

what is the main theme of preeti senoy's novel "the secret wish list"

Answer 1

The book, ‘Secret Wish List’ is a fascinating story of a woman who tries to regain control of her life and fight against the matters that have made her life boring and monotonous. This story is a quest of finding the ‘true self’ and battling with the external world. Written in a detailed manner and powerful narration, this novel introduces readers to characters that are neatly sketched and come with deep values.

The story revolves around Deeksha who has lost all her charm of the teenage years and is now a bored woman in her mid-thirties. On a wider perspective, the book presents the frustrations and emotional trauma women go through. This book has been authored by Preeti Shenoy.

Deeksha, in her teenage years was a girl full of life, indulging in all kinds of fun activities and took part in everything that looked exciting. However, her life takes a U-turn when she gets married and settles down. She loses her charm and her life becomes utterly monotonous. There is nothing new nor exciting and it looks like the old 'Deeksha' is lost forever. However, destiny enters the fray as she is presented with an opportunity that will enable her to re-live her past life. Will Deeksha break the shackles and get back to those times that were filled with fun and excitement? Knowing that everything comes with a price, what is the cost she will have to pay for going back to her previous life? Can Deeksha finally find the true meaning of her life? The book answers all these questions and more!

Answer 2

The good things first...I liked her way of writing way more...maybe it was the change of publishing house...the formatting..or God knows what...but I kind of liked looking at this way better than the others by her...it seemed a little more professional than the usual Indian novels :)

The bad thing, I don't like the way marriages in her novel break...I don't know, if I didn't hold the husband responsible in 'Tea for Two...', I feel out there in this novel, Preeti has gone out of her way to show that the husband is an out n out black person...no I don't like the husband in the novel...but I can't say I even like the female protagonist either..

Fifteen years is too long of a time before you start yearning for a break...before you start hating your husband...if he was perfect for first ten years of your life, and you made sure to make a habit of it for first ten, why suddenly someone's death make you detest your husband...it's one thing to say your husband is inattentive, it's another to realize that he is suddenly a monster...

There is a lot I didn't understand the novel...there were so many double standards in there...things contradicted so much...suddenly the person closest to you, no longer wants to talk to you...you find the love you never knew u had 20 years back...a little too filmy, a little over the imagination...

A good effort by the author, but how I wish, she comes up with a successful marriage story...a story which comes through the bad times of relationship and picks up from an abyss to reach the cliff...It's probably time to change the strategy :)