ExpertDabbler

Well, thats Chetan Bhagat’s third book. Expecting Chetan to write literary masterpieces is like expecting Mallika Sherawat to act. Thats not their intention in the first place. Chetan Bhagat is all about the frustrations of the city bred youth, whacky one liners and couples making out in odd places. This book is no exception.

This should also be the more serious of Chetan’s efforts so far. Tackling themes like communalism is surely as serious as it gets with him. What I did like about this book was the way he had used the Gujarat Earthquake, the Godhra carnage and the epic 281 by Laxman in that test match against Australia in Eden Gardens.

And of course his one liners. When Fred calls the boy to Australia, Govind says “..Like it was taking an auto to Navrangpura”
and in the Bondi beach “I would rather see one topless woman a day for hundred days than hundred in the same day”.
I literally LOL-ed on lines like these. But sadly those lines are much less frequent when compare to his previous works.

On the down side, there are some completely cinematic sequences which would make even a hardcore Vijay fan squirm.

Overall a readable, though nothing great book. My only concern is he is taking himself too seriously for his own good. I expect him change course in his next efforts.