To be honest, I’m not very fond of books or novels as I don’t like to read that much. I just like to watch the movies on my laptop or at theatres or anywhere else. So I’m not that kind of novel reader so I’m not into that too much. Then when my colleagues started to tell me that the books are amazing, the novels are amazing, I can sleep without reading it, I thought to myself that what is so special about those novels that you cannot sleep without it. So I wanted to try that too. So I started very, from started from very basic that is from me and Juliet so it was at the book that’s my one of my colleagues had it’s the first ever book that I read and it’s quite interesting because as I’ve only watched it on movies but not read it on the novels so I decided to finish it by two weeks or one month so I borrowed it from my friend borrowed it from my friend and I decided to read it and it was amazing like I didn’t quite reminisce about the Romeo and Juliet story because it was long ago that I’ve read that I mean sorry I’ve watched it online and again reading it it gave me sort of deja vu so yeah before my perspective was that it’s a love story and it’s gonna make me cry we were reading it so that what it did actually at the end of it so after reading the novel I find that I found out that the true love really exists and on this 2026 it’s very
Band 6+: Describe a book you read that changed your perspective on something. You should say: - What the book was about - Why you decided to read it - What your perspective was before reading it And explain how your perspective changed after reading it.
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To be honest, I'm not very fond of books or novels as I don't like to read that much. I prefer to watch movies on my laptop or at theaters or anywhere else. So I'm not really a novel reader, and I'm not into that too much. Then, when my colleagues started to tell me that the books and novels are amazing, I thought to myself, what is so special about those novels that you cannot sleep without them? So I wanted to try that too. I started very basic, with 'Romeo and Juliet,' which is a book that one of my colleagues had. It's the first book I ever read, and it was quite interesting because I had only watched it in movies but had not read it in novel form. I decided to finish it in two weeks or one month, so I borrowed it from my friend and began reading it. It was amazing; I didn't quite remember the 'Romeo and Juliet' story because it was long ago that I had watched it online. Reading it again gave me a sort of déjà vu. Before, my perspective was that it was just a love story and that it would make me cry while reading it, and it did actually at the end. After reading the novel, I found out that true love really exists, and in 2026, it's very relevant. This experience changed my view on reading and the depth that novels can provide compared to movies.
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