The Cost Of Holding On [AudioBook]

Krish Gupta · AI-narrated by Alistair (from Google)
4 reviews
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7 hr 49 min
Unabridged
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About this audiobook

This begins the way most beautiful things do — quietly.

Two people meet.

They promise forever before they understand what forever demands.

They mistake intensity for destiny.

And somewhere between devotion and damage, something starts to shift — not loud enough to alarm anyone, just subtle enough to ignore.

This story walks through the slow unraveling of love.

Not the cinematic kind. The real kind. The kind that feels sacred one day and suffocating the next.

What happens when love stops feeling safe, but you stay anyway?

What happens when trust doesn’t collapse in a single betrayal — but erodes, grain by grain — until you no longer recognize yourself inside the relationship?

This book doesn’t hunt for villains.

It explores fear.

Attachment that feels like oxygen.

Care that slowly turns into control.

And the quiet moment when you realize that fighting for someone might be costing you yourself.

Every chapter leans toward a question most people are afraid to ask:

Was it love — or just two broken people trying to heal inside each other and ending up bleeding instead?

If you have ever stayed longer than you should have…

If you have ever renamed red flags as “patience”…

If you have ever loved someone so deeply that your self-respect began to fade…

You won’t simply read this story.

You will feel seen by it.

And once you begin, it won’t be easy to stop — because somewhere between these pages, you may find your own unfinished chapter waiting for you.

Read it.

But step inside carefully.

This begins the way most beautiful things do — quietly. Two people meet. They promise forever before they understand what forever demands. They mistake intensity for destiny. And somewhere between devotion and damage, something starts to shift — not loud enough to alarm anyone, just subtle enough...

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4 reviews
Jojo Gupta
March 3, 2026
This audiobook is enjoyable but the story feels far more powerful and emotionally engaging when read as an ebook. I recommend choosing it's ebook version in the original (fixed) format rather than the flowing version for the best experience.
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I am not a professional writer, and I never claimed to be one. I am just an ordinary human who decided to put his experiences into words before time could soften them.

The book was not written to impress. It was written to express.

Every chapter carries emotions that were once lived in real time — confused, imperfect, and deeply human.

If this story connects with you even a little, then it has done its job.

I am not a professional writer, and I never claimed to be one. I am just an ordinary human who decided to put his experiences into words before time could soften them. The book was not written to impress. It was written to express. Every chapter carries emotions that were once lived in real time ...

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