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Wednesday, February 6, 2019

Book Review |Endurer: A rape Story by Kapil Raj



Endurer: A rape Story
Author: Kapil Raj

Endurer  talks about India's fourth most common crime "RAPE", assisted by drugs and alcohol.
Palak , a college going girl, living in hostel enjoyed experimenting with life "BLINDLY" Her friends included some rich brats whose life's motto was to attend rave party, take drugs ,alcohol and enjoy sex. Palak got hold into drugs to vent out her sufferings.She misses her mother.
Endurer means suffering ! Here Palak was Raped  in a rave party and she couldn't remember a thing. Dry and wet drugs  made her loose conscious completely, her raped video was circulated in her college as well as on porn website.  One of her friend Rohin helps her to escape to his hometown to heal from the panic attacks and humiliation from the society.
The second half, how she survived  was extremely engaging, as the book talks about, Palak facing other rape survivors who had no connection with drugs or alcohol, yet was been raped.  How this entire new change affected Palak will leave you emotional.

The narration is engaging and the author have put so much life with his words that either you will be pissed off at times with the characters' or you will drowned in emotion.
The trauma of a rape survivor have been well put up and a simple explanation how to  heal from the horror.
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When I started reading the book, I had questions in my mind, why choose drugs and alcohol for rape?Well there are other incidents of victims getting raped by family members in the book too. Its about today;s youth getting attracted towards wrong things. This story is not how palak got justice , its how it changed her entire life.



If your life does not mean anything to you, give it to the ones who need it. You can always help, show kindness and spread a smile.- Endurer


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