Shivani Dalal presents
No More Goodness Please
What if being good was never the weakness everyone thought it was?
A deeply emotional and thought-provoking novel that explores human relationships, vulnerability, silence, and the complicated ways people love, hurt, give, and survive.
“Sometimes, the greatest act of courage is choosing to remain kind.”
MEET THE AUTHOR
Shivani Dalal holds postgraduate degrees in Biotechnology and Psychology. A teacher and mentor at heart, she chooses to be known simply as a writer—one who hopes her words are understood, felt, and remembered.
Having journaled since childhood, Shivani has always been fascinated by the quiet depth of human emotions and the stories they carry.
Raised in a military family, she grew up moving across places and cultures, encountering people from different backgrounds and witnessing countless perspectives. This experience shaped her keen observational ability and her instinct to understand life from more than one point of view.
A passionate reader and thoughtful observer, Shivani brings to her writing an appreciation for the emotions that often remain unspoken.
In No More Goodness Please, she weaves together multiple lives and perspectives, exploring the beauty, complexity, and fragility of human relationships.
Her characters are not simply good or bad. They are human—shaped by their experiences, choices, wounds, and perceptions.
Her writing invites you to look beyond what people do—and ask why they do it.
ABOUT THE BOOK
A story that asks what goodness costs us—and whether it is worth keeping.
Sachin was never meant to survive the world as he is—soft where it demands hardness, kind where it rewards cruelty.Yet, as a son, a friend, and a brother, he continues to give. Again and again. Even to those who break him.No More Goodness Please is not simply a story about a kind man. It is an exploration of what happens when kindness, sacrifice, love, and silence become deeply intertwined with the lives of those around us.Sachin’s journey takes readers into the fragile spaces of human relationships, where love can heal and hurt, where silence can speak louder than words, and where doing the right thing is not always rewarded.His story is not one of weakness.It is about a rare, defiant strength—the courage to remain gentle when everything around you tells you to become hard.As the story unfolds, readers are drawn into the minds and emotions of multiple characters, discovering how every person carries their own wounds, motivations, perceptions, and truths.And perhaps, by the end, one question will remain:
How much goodness can a person give before they begin to lose themselves?
01 — A Deeply Human Story
Step into the complicated emotional worlds of characters who love, struggle, give, hurt, and heal. The story explores relationships not as simple equations, but as beautifully imperfect human experiences.
02 — Kindness Beyond Weakness
Sachin challenges the conventional idea that softness is weakness. His journey explores the strength required to remain compassionate in a world that often rewards hardness.
03 — Characters That Make You Think
Every character brings a different perspective. Their choices, silences, relationships, and inner conflicts encourage readers to question their own understanding of goodness, love, sacrifice, and strength.
04 — A Story That Stays With You
This is a novel meant to be felt as much as it is read. Its emotional questions linger beyond the final page, inviting readers to form their own truths.
THE WORLD OF THE STORY
At the heart of No More Goodness Please lies a simple yet powerful idea:
We rarely know the complete story of another person.
What appears to be kindness to one person may feel like sacrifice to another.
What looks like silence may hide years of emotion.
What appears to be strength may come from unimaginable pain.
Through multiple characters and their interconnected lives, Shivani explores these contradictions and creates a world where readers are encouraged to pause before judging.
Discover a story of kindness, relationships, emotional conflict, and the complicated beauty of being human.
Have thoughts after reading the book?
Shivani would love to hear from readers.
Whether a character stayed with you, a chapter made you pause, or the story made you see relationships differently—your thoughts are part of the conversation.