"Flagship: By Fatima Rahman"
"Flagship." The name itself is quite unique, one must admit!! Let's start the review of the story with the style of writing. I really like Fatima's style of writing. There is maturity in the words, and it feels like "being shown." Excellent!
Surprisingly, I divide this story into two parts. The first part, where the style of writing is such that "it feels like being shown," and the scenes are very close to reality. But on the other hand, at some places, the storytelling style was a bit off, and the story of this part seemed a bit far from reality. I don't think I have ever read a story that mixes "real and unreal" like this, but I read it and liked it.
The story begins with Armaan! The hero of the novel. He is quite handsome, Hore city, no, not the whole country... no, not the whole world... no, but in the entire universe, there will not be anyone as beautiful as him. He is rich, a little arrogant, and also a bit crazy. Just like all the heroes in novels.
He listens to his mother even if he has to put the whole world at his feet. He is stubborn enough, meaning there is no sense of self-respect in this person??? Strange... I felt a bit uneasy, and when I read his character, I was amazed because according to my experience, Fatima writes something "special and different," then why this conventional hero? And from here, the confusion began.
The story's heroine is Rameen-Alia. (Are they different or the same girl, there was confusion about this too, but I am not going to clarify it lest I spoil the surprise!!) Rameen-Alia studies in college. Alia's voice is beautiful and charming. So much so that the moon feels inferior and the stars hide when they see her.
When cutting onions, tears come out of the eyes and the nose turns red... don't ask more. Cinderella left everyone behind in beauty. Rameen wants to be famous and rich like Namra Ahmed, so she is passionate about writing novels. Her two friends, "Sarah and Saleha," were good characters. The dialogue with Saleha about her being a writer was very good. Rameen's line "Being a student does not mean lack of self-respect" hit me like a bullet and made me cry when I read it.
The story begins when the heroine meets Armaan in college for some reason, then it moves to the mall, and here hearts met, slapped, and stopped.
