I just finished That Night by Nidhi Upadhyay* — and it turned out to be one of those books you don’t easily forget.
It hooked me from the start, but the last thirty pages were especially intense. I found myself feeling everything at once — worried about what would happen, angry at some moments, emotional at others — and completely unable to stop reading until I reached the end.
What I liked most about the story is how it slowly reveals itself. Just when you feel you’ve understood what’s going on, the narrative shifts and you realise that things are not as simple as they first seemed. Layer by layer, the truth comes out.
And somewhere in the middle of all this, the book leaves you with a rather unsettling thought — that there is a bit of an animal instinct in all of us. We like to think we are always rational and controlled, but sometimes situations push people to reveal sides of themselves they never imagined.
That is what stayed with me after I finished the book. Not just the story, but the quiet reminder of how complex human nature really is.
A gripping, quick read that keeps you hooked and also leaves you thinking long after the last page is turned.
