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Buried Things
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Short and interesting read!
I expected this to be just a bunch of short stories, but I was really surprised by how much feeling each one had.
All ten stories were quite different in their themes and moods, which kept me hooked. Some were touching, some made me think, and a few caught me off guard!
I especially liked “Chocolate”, “The Better Joke” and “The Sleep”. Chocolate was such an emotional story, while The Better Joke stood out to me for the way it covered different stages of life without feeling dragged out. However, The Sleep was the one which overwhelmed me the most. All of us are scared of losing our loved ones, and maybe that particular story will make the thought of losing someone you love a little less frightening…
I liked that the stories were quick and easy to read, but they still made me think. Overall, this was a lovely collection and a nice change from my usual reads.
Thought provoking read
The book, short and easy to read, packs a punch. Ten stories, so many more lives and the reader is left contemplating after each one of the stories ends. The stories are short, quick reads but each one leaves you with something, a gift, a feeling, a realisation.
The author has made no arguments, tried to teach no lessons and yet every reader of these stories will go with at least one, or many.
It was one of the most compelling reads of my month
Wonderful
I really liked Buried Things. What I liked the most about Buried Things is that the ten stories do not feel like ten versions of the same idea. Each story in has its own feeling, its own message and its own way of making you feel something. Some of the stories are about love, Some are about loss, Some are about family, Some are about loneliness, Some are about sacrifice & Some of the stories simply remind you that you never really know what another person is going through inside and that is probably what I took away from Buried Things the most. We see people every day. We rarely know their whole stories. Someone might look perfectly fine while carrying years of pain inside them. Someone might make a gesture that means much more than we realize. Someone might be waiting for something that we know nothing about. Sometimes people love each other deeply without ever actually saying it out loud. I also liked that Buried Things does not try to make every story predictable. I had stories in t
Beautifully written
It's an incredible collection of short stories with each story showing different emotions
The stories are short appropriately paced and written with deep emotional meanings
I liked every story especially chocolate,the ghost and the devil
The better joke was also beautifully written it covers a span of life and is quite fast paced the author has beautifully expressed the emotions
The stories are short and keep readers engaged
All stories are written with different themes
Overall I'll rate 10/10 and recommend everyone to read this
A Book Review by Dr. Ravi Margasahayam, NASA
Buried Things is a storytelling masterpiece. While the stories are spread across time and space. Having traveled globally to 70 countries and 7 continents, I should know. How storytelling matters at NASA, from 1958 onwards is the fact that content came out of the woodwork. While Satyen Rohit's concept of stories that need be told - is fundamental to this book premise. These stories would be UNTOLD and would vanish into the grave, except when the curiosity-driven, keen observations, coupled with wild imagination brings an unknown cohesive energy that binds them together to convey a moment/s or thought in realm of this universe. These stories grew over many years of Satyen's wide travels, keen observations, diverse conversations, faces remembered and meetings that ended with no meaning at all. Weaving these disparate storylines together in a complex web of ideas that matter is what BURIED THINGS is about. These frozen stories like a time capsule, as Satyen dared to shine light for us.
Amazing Stories
Some stories don't need a big plot to leave an impact. Sometimes, all they need is a little piece of someone's life.
Sometimes it's not about the plot, or twists, or Drama. Sometimes it's about the love, pain and emotions that lingers inside, the part of people's life that is quiet, deep and worth syncing in.
Buried Things is a collection of ten short stories about the emotions people carry but rarely speak about.
What I liked most about these stories were that it didn't depend on dramatic twists. Instead, they find emotion in ordinary moments, a father remembering his daughter, a lonely person waiting for someone, a child trying desperately to make her family proud, or someone quietly showing up for another person.
Every story felt different, but there was one thing connecting them all: the things we bury inside ourselves.