So, today I
am going to talk about the works of Sheldon and how stupid big a fan I am of
his works. He is the master of suspense and thriller for me. I don’t care how
much people hate on me for saying this but I absolutely HAVE to stand by that
because... I mean, have you guys read his books? They are... exceptionally
well-written.
You see, the
first book that I read of his was “Are you afraid of the dark?” It was almost
five years back and I had originally borrowed it from an uncle because I
thought it must have been a ghost story. You know, I was anticipating a lot of
thrill and everything. It wasn’t what I had expected. It was much MUCH more
than I had planned for. It was the best mistake of my life.
You see,
Sheldon has a... well, peculiarly organized way of writing. I’d read somewhere
that a writer defines one who can bring out your inner and deepest secrets and
spread them out right before you with a smug face. That’s the expression I
think Sheldon wore, sitting upstairs, when I was reading his first book with my
eyes bulging out at every turn in the book.
I think his
strongest aspect is that while he doesn’t spin fairy tales around his story,
the happenings in his stories are quite exceptional. And his knowledge about
the stuff... DAYUM! I mean, in every one of his novels he has discussed a
separate kind of profession and with every book I have wanted to pursue the
profession portrayed in the book. He got me thinking about my life! I was the
stupidest kid in class when I had come across him. Bullying me was like eating.
You do it even though you’re not hungry. But there was something about what he
wrote that radiated power. His works spoke to me, to be honest. Everything he
wrote, everything he portrayed... it was like telling me “see there? That’s how
strong people unlike you are”. I think that was when the major transformation
took place in my life. I became who I am now and I am not very disappointed with
what I am at the moment.
Now, can we
get to the part where he is called the God of twist?
Yeah, you
see, in my life, I have read several books. Several. But nothing caught me off-guard
like the twists he provided in his books. I mean, there isn’t ONE book where
you can expect the twist. It’s like, you know there is a twist but you are
going to spend the entire time reading the book while biting your nails till
there is no nail left to bite and even then, you will be shocked at how he
presents the twist.
There is
this secret that makes me look very dumb but I am going to share it any way.
You see, when I first came across his name, I had thought it was a woman. I
read half of his books thinking that this was a very powerful and wilful woman
before I googled “her” and it turns out, the name was a twist in itself. The
entire being of the man practically screams “I am the master of twist”.
However, it
is a shame to know that there are people who don’t find his works as
interesting as I find them. I mean, figures. Right? I learned it the hard way
to be honest. See, my ex-boyfriend, he didn’t like his tales ALL that much. I
mean, when he told me this, I went pretty rigid, so he maintained that they
were good and everything, but deep deep down, I think he just didn’t want to
hurt me with that again.
There was
also this teacher who, when I told him that I LOVED Sheldon, smiled and said: “It’s
good and well that you like Sheldon but do good to keep it a secret from others”.
I mean...
what?!
I hadn’t
been more shocked in my life. He said that all Sheldon depends upon is power
and sex!! While I couldn’t quite overrule that, I HAVE to say, Sheldon pursues
a lot more than that knucklehead of a teacher could ever follow. He tells us
about stories that are possibly impossible.
So, there’s
the thing. I love that man. Damn, I would be ready to turn to the dark side to
have one interview with him, but he is probably happy upstairs and wouldn’t
want to be called back down here. But I sure as hell would have loved to read
more of his works. But.. Well.. He’s dead, and I have come to terms with it.
I’ll write
elaborately about each of his works but we’ll come to that later, yeah?
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