This book is just as delightful as any other Ruskin Bond book. Everything has been done great justice to; whether it be the characters, their appearances, their simplicity/ complexity and above all, the humor content of the book. Any Ruskin Bond book you read, it surely delivers you with a lot of humor and satisfaction; and this book is also completely capable of doing this. However, the only part I think could have been improved upon is the style of writing. What I mean by this is that at times, while reading, the reader is unable to completely get a a hang onto what is happening and what kind of a situation it is. Other than this, the book is completely fabulous is a delight to all Ruskin Bond fans.

This book was written by Ruskin Bond in his teens. In this book, Mr. Bond has mentioned the ups and downs of life, the difficulties of life, the beauty of life and the importance of friends. This book depicts how a young boy, fed up with the rigid ways of life set by his guardians chooses to live his life his way. You see the boy in different situations, sometimes he is extremely happy and sometimes he is filled with immense sorrow, he loses his friends, he loses his love and after all loses his hope. But the boy faces all the obstacles and emerges victorious, achieving victory in the battle of life. This book is a must read for the first- timers as well as the fans of Mr. Rusty.