Since his first two books are being made into movies, Chethan Bhagat wrote his third book with a Bollywood audience in mind, it seems. The story has all the ingredients of a Hindi masala flick - Romance, Action , Cricket, Politics , the only thing missing is an item song!
The story is a total let down , compared to his first books. It is told by Govind, a boy in Ahmedabad who tries to start his own business with his two friends, Ish and Omi, and dreams to make it big. The stark contrast in personalities of an ambitous Govind and his not so ambitous friends are glaring at many parts of the novel. It also describes many real events, like Gujarat earth quake, India Australia cricket matches, Godhra Riot etc and how they affect the boys. Even though the author has kept from exaggeration about these point , exaggeration does come to the book in the form of Ali,the cricket genius kid and Vidya, Govind's girl friend.
Overall, a nice timepass but expecting so much from this book will be a mistake of your life. Can give 2.5/5.
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