Coincidentally
I am the one who enjoy reading romance more than horror, thriller or any genre
for that matter when it comes to reading.
Rishaan the
protagonist and his love interests Kiara and Diya at different point of time
and situation make significant characters with their separate identities and
inherent quirks and expectations. But they indeed share a commonality; an ever
searching toil of filling the void in each one’s heart.
Rishaan is this
dreamy, idealist, middle-classy boy-next-door. He is spontaneous, talented and
great fun to be with but could also be tremendously higgledy-piggledy like most
other husbands-in-making young men. Kiara as described by author himself is a
spunky, freethinking, free spirited Bengali bombshell. Someone who lives a life
with her own terms and viciously honest. Yet amidst the unpredictable
differences, the two begin their journey of relationship with intense
infatuation.
Diya, to the converse,
seemed to be a strong, calm woman who is definitely in control of her life
despite the chaos around. There is something very attractive about her womanliness
too.
Rishaan is strained
to her silently. Rather than carnal wishes, shared compassion, companionship
and long conversations is the basis of their bond. Since Kiara and Diya are
bosom friends, how the interpersonal dynamics between the three creates
stirring situation and the innermost feelings and universality of human
reactions to love, betrayal and hurt is resplendently exhibited through the
tale.
These line of
the story witticism as: “Rishaan knew that life and Bollywood were indeed
capable of throwing up some crazy surprises.”
I would like to dislocate
my share of earful on the story here without further sharing any more details, and
trying not to spoil the reader’s eagerness and allowing them to savor the
original narration or compelling expression by the writer himself by reading
the book itself.The climax was quite interesting with twists and turns as they
unfold. For that you need to read this book.
Now my Positive viewpoints:
The positives of
the story are the characters easily identifiable. The simple plot, lucid
free-flowing words and the identifiable characters with swift, zesty narrative
style makes a light, engaging and easy read for us.
Characters
strike a chord with the modern urban metropolitan readers especially Mumbaikars
with everyday minute nuances(be it the quirky auto drivers or a smooth-talking
boss in loveless marriage) and relationship dynamics being skillfully
portrayed. A fearsome, stimulating, challenging, interesting, and provocative
fiction of quests clouding contours between vampires and humans is simply mind
blowing. The author has added some vernacular lingo and famed movie songs to
add his personal style. The book is an absolute page turner but somehow I
wanted it to end differently. So there I was, a bit gloomy.
Some suggestive points:
Although the
narration of the story is wonderful but at some places the story becomes
stagnant. A little more editing would definitely increase its appeal.
Sometimes, descriptions of people and places are very exaggerated, which seemed
somewhat unnecessary. Finally, what strike me or made an impression on me is
the way the story tried to explore the fragility and vulnerability of human
relationship. That we are flawed being and with that comes perfectly imperfect
relationships, which we agree or not but somewhere have to acknowledge the
fact. No relationship is ‘happily ever after’. But then it’s our individual
choice to persevere or not.
If all you want
is a light, breezy and effortless but wistful read that takes you through that
vulnerable, unpredictable, fallible love lane and expose you to the myriads of
warm kindled sensibilities, soak into it. You never know after reading this,
you might feel lucky enough for what you have or maybe what you don’t have!
Final
words:
Overall if
asked I would say this is a good book, perfect accompaniment to anyone
interesting in reading on weekend pastime. Overall I would say...this is a good
job done by Author (Tuhin A Sinha) … I would give 4 stars to this book.
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