I was never a lover of books, as it requires a huge amount of concentration from me(I am easily distracted), a silent place and time. Its very rare that I get all these three, and I used that time to finish The Immortals of Meluha, a brilliant read. I turned around to continue Fringe, when I saw the new Flipkart order lying on the table, and I opened to find another book - The Two Fates.
I am not the kind of guy, who reads two books in a row. Sure, I do a lot of things for a long period of time like watch all 5 days of a boring test match, sit through 16 episodes of LOST in a night. But 2 books in a row, never did and never could. It was a sunday evening and I had the strangest urge to check this book out."May be just 2 chapters" I told myself.
Five hours later, I had finished the book(I went to Pondicherry in between for 3 hours and got a new pair of slippers). So here goes the review.
The Book is by a debutante novelist, Judy Balan and looked like a parody of Two States, a novel by Chetan Bhagat. Half hour into the book and I changed my take on the book. It was no spoof, it was partially based on Two States yet refreshingly different.
The plot is simple. Characters not too many so I did not get confused. The most attractive thing about the book is that the author, a blogger takes her writing style from her blogs to her novel. She did not try to sound sophisticated by using big words. Instead she was simple and that gives the book a huge boost.
The story is from the heroine's point of view and its good enough to make you push yourself to the next page to the last. It is about a married couple who go through a marriage crisis and how the events unfold. The inter state marriage and the diversity compliments the story well.
Another important thing is that there is a character for everyone to relate to in the book. Every author tastes victory when he/she succeeds in making the reader connect to the plot on some level. Another thing to note is that her descriptive narration of every character makes you wonder if some or all the characters are based on real life people who are involved in the author's life. If it were true, I would love to meet Reshma Aunty and Trinky, also the hot chick Karthick brings home :).
The book size is relatively small and is definitely a one sit read. The whole story is so nicely written so there is good feel at the end of the book although people could predict the end(I did).
The author also manages to squeeze in her usual words she uses in her blogs(yes I read some of the blog posts) and her jargons. I would love to see her continue the way with her unique way of writing, keeping it simple and fun.
My Verdict - The Two Fates (The Story of my divorce)
An Entertaining first attempt - 3.5/5(Like it matters)
I am not the kind of guy, who reads two books in a row. Sure, I do a lot of things for a long period of time like watch all 5 days of a boring test match, sit through 16 episodes of LOST in a night. But 2 books in a row, never did and never could. It was a sunday evening and I had the strangest urge to check this book out."May be just 2 chapters" I told myself.
Five hours later, I had finished the book(I went to Pondicherry in between for 3 hours and got a new pair of slippers). So here goes the review.
The Book is by a debutante novelist, Judy Balan and looked like a parody of Two States, a novel by Chetan Bhagat. Half hour into the book and I changed my take on the book. It was no spoof, it was partially based on Two States yet refreshingly different.
The plot is simple. Characters not too many so I did not get confused. The most attractive thing about the book is that the author, a blogger takes her writing style from her blogs to her novel. She did not try to sound sophisticated by using big words. Instead she was simple and that gives the book a huge boost.
The story is from the heroine's point of view and its good enough to make you push yourself to the next page to the last. It is about a married couple who go through a marriage crisis and how the events unfold. The inter state marriage and the diversity compliments the story well.
Another important thing is that there is a character for everyone to relate to in the book. Every author tastes victory when he/she succeeds in making the reader connect to the plot on some level. Another thing to note is that her descriptive narration of every character makes you wonder if some or all the characters are based on real life people who are involved in the author's life. If it were true, I would love to meet Reshma Aunty and Trinky, also the hot chick Karthick brings home :).
The book size is relatively small and is definitely a one sit read. The whole story is so nicely written so there is good feel at the end of the book although people could predict the end(I did).
The author also manages to squeeze in her usual words she uses in her blogs(yes I read some of the blog posts) and her jargons. I would love to see her continue the way with her unique way of writing, keeping it simple and fun.
My Verdict - The Two Fates (The Story of my divorce)
An Entertaining first attempt - 3.5/5(Like it matters)
