Book Review: The Nine-Chambered Heart - 4*s

Janice Pariat has set out to do what not too many people could have attempted.

Of deciphering a woman.

Of  enlightening us so that we may truly understand what makes her who she is.

However, like melting mist on a warm winter morning, while the rays of the sun permeate amongst us, our understanding flitters from one facet to another.

The nine chambered heart is written in a very unique style. 

There are No names, no cities mentioned, no direct references to anything that may influence your thoughts or cloud your understanding.

Instead it focuses purely on the subject at hand and takes us through a journey of unraveling the experiences and behavior of the main protagonist. 

Janice Pariat's The Nine Chambered Heart is written purely from the "other person's perspective" and refers to their thoughts, impressions and expressions of what they perceive the protagonist will feel under different situations. The message is open to our interpretation, which is molded by our own experiences in life. The stories can be extremely relatable and helps us connect with the characters in our own unique way which makes reading even more enjoyable. It's a rare perspective to have, of the other side when most stories always focus on the protagonists point of view.  

Written in a simple and evocative style, The Nine Chambered heart is a kind of novel that keeps you guessing and interested to the very end.

You literally would not want to put the down book until you know what happens at the end.

I have always believed that people can experience love in multiple ways with more than one person in life, a concept most people tend to disagree with. Generally people are conditioned to believe that love is largely singular and ought to be eternal.

But in this book we discover how one can find love in different situations, under different circumstances and that love is an emotion that does not have to really last a lifetime.

As it says in the book, one can experience love for as little as 5 days or even an eternity.Some people might dismiss it as infatuation, attraction and what not, but who is to draw a line between emotions.

Love is an emotion that one lives through and may for reasons beyond our control not last forever.Love also comes in different forms.
Some are physical love, some mental, some purely (Platonic) emotional and then there's love that combines every aspect and blossoms into a garden in our hearts.

The nine chambered heart is a book one must read because it also highlights a very important aspect.

That of the uncertainty of life.

Nobody knows whats going to happen next and situations beyond ones control lead to outcomes that may not be what you desire.

But how you accept that and move on with life is perhaps the most important lesson in this story in my opinion.

Read it to infuse new hope in you. A new found sense of wanting to live life to the fullest.