THE LAST KNOT BY SHABIR AHMAD MIR

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BOOK NAME: THE LAST KNOT

AUTHOR NAME: SHABIR AHMAD MIR

GENRE: HISTORICAL FICTION / FOLKLORE / CONTEMPORARY FICTION

PUBLISHER: PANMACMILLAN INDIA

BOOK BUY LINK: https://amzn.in/d/c21Ekmm

BOOK RATING: 5/5


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BOOK REVIEW

I have never been so dumbstruck by a book in a long while. I am really at a loss for words. I can’t believe I almost passed this book off as a regular contemporary fiction unless recommended by the Blogchatter book list 2025. 


The Last Knot is the story of a carpet-maker who dreams of weaving a flying carpet someday to escape his fate and life of oppression. During his attempt to do so, he crosses paths with Heemal, a dye maker’s daughter who is paying the heavy price of being born a daughter to a man who needs a son to carry on their family business. Though Heemal could cure his madness and mayhem, he can’t have her for himself—not right now, not ever. Because all his life he must run—run, weave, knot and wander—to escape slavery. But what will happen when he turns his back on people who helped him for the sake of Heemal and himself?

Reading this book felt like magic, an absolutely healing experience, like a coolant gel for a sore wound. It was as if this book possessed the ability to cure what I didn’t even know I was suffering from. I was so famished for words that I finished this book in just a day. As the book started I didn’t know where it was heading. But I knew I had to keep going because of its poetic and poignant prose. And, as expected the ending left me speechless and devastated.


I didn’t want it to end, not so soon. I wanted the book to go on and on and on for it to heal me more. It was exactly what I needed right then. It was just the right book at the right moment for the right person, and there is no way I would not have fallen for it. No other book could have done justice to a tale of love, longing, desires, tragedies, and acceptance so well. 


There are so much of metaphors and mysteries hidden behind each word and I was paying full attention to every word so as not to let anything slip by accidentally. There are colours—especially blue, depths, perceptions, dreams, light and knots and threads that keep digging inside your soul as you let yourself slip into the world of fabrics and pigments, unknowingly. It is a well-balanced mix of folklore, tragedy, love and mystical elements. I don’t think you should miss this book. Not for anything. 


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