🫧Book Review🫧

 Book:- Those Days : That Promise

Author:-@asoniwrites 

Some friendships don’t end — they simply become memories we carry quietly.

Those Days, That Promise is a gentle, reflective novel that leans into nostalgia without drowning in it. Aanand Soni doesn’t attempt to dramatize school life with exaggerated conflicts or cinematic twists. Instead, he focuses on the small, almost invisible moments that quietly shape who we become.

Told through the eyes of Gopal, the story traces a circle of school friends as they navigate the subtle shift from carefree adolescence to the uncertain terrain of adulthood. There is no grand tragedy here, no explosive betrayal. What Soni explores instead is something far more familiar: the gradual drifting apart that happens even between people who once felt inseparable.

From Bhatia ma’am’s apparent mission in life to make Economics feel like a carefully designed punishment, to Chauhan sir’s permanently angry eyebrows that seemed to discipline an entire class without a single raised word. The story captures the bittersweet architecture of growing up — where fear, ambition, embarrassment, and belonging coexist in ways we only fully understand years later.

The writing does not beg the reader to feel; it allows emotions to surface naturally. Conversations feel real, silences feel meaningful, and memories unfold like old photographs — slightly faded, but still powerful.

The “promise” of the title is less about a dramatic vow and more about those unspoken understandings we share with friends: that we will stay connected, that life won’t change us too much, that some bonds are permanent. The novel gently questions how true that really is.

Soni’s prose is simple and accessible. He avoids ornamental language and instead opts for clarity. This works well for a story rooted in everyday experiences.

Those Days, That Promise feels less like a novel and more like revisiting your own past. It encourages introspection. It makes you think about old friends you haven’t spoken to in years, about messages you meant to send, about laughter that once felt endless.

In conclusion, Aanand Soni has written a calm, heartfelt story about friendship and time. It doesn't attempt to be loud or dramatic - and that is precisely its charm. It reminds us that while school days end, the people who shaped us remain part of who we are.

This book isn't about going back. It's about quietly acknowledging how far you've come - and who walked with you, even for a while.

Must read♥️♥️