Of Human Bondage  (English, Paperback, Maugham W. Somerset)

When I was reading this book, I ignored the world around me. I was either immersed in the splendid writing or I was preoccupied because I could relate to every emotion described.
Maugham's play with words is profound and the plot is inexplicable. I felt exactly how sordid or vivacious the protagonist felt during different parts of the book! That's how much it influenced me!
It took me a while to get reading another book once I finished this book, as the takeaway was a little too heavy for it ...

I cannot decide if this is by far the best book I've ever read in my life, or if I was in the right frame of mind to really appreciate it. I am ridiculously smitten by this book. Although W. Somerset Maugham wrote it in the early 1900s, I feel it is damningly relevant in today's society. Of Human Bondage is a story of inner conflicts and exploration of the human emotion and psyche. It is extremely intimate and downright honest book ever written. Maugham had said that he wrote because he could...

there is only one condition in which you will like this book and that is you have be in love or you at one point of time have loved someone...the former will give you the best experience...

Otherwise you will end up loathing it...