This is my second blog in as many days and now this is about a book from one of my favorite author's Chetan Bhagat.Suddenly I am feeling whether I am becoming a critic(the other day I wrote something about 3-idiots movie and now I write about a novel)no more thoughts let me start how I felt after 2-states.
As I have already mentioned Chetan is my favorite author and his book 5-point someone is the one book which is very close to my heart.So after that book I have read all his 3 books but unfortunately he could not create the same magic again.
What interested me the most about 2-states there were some rumors that it was chetan's real love story.
I straight away bought the book and started reading and as all other Chetan's novels it was a page turner, I really enjoyed the first half of the book where Krish(hero) fall in love with Ananya(heroine) and he goes to her home town to woo her parents so that they both can get married with the approval of their parents.
As always the love scenes were narrated pretty well and were very interesting but the second of the book was pretty boring and you feel as if you are watching an old bollywood movie the things are predictable and a lot of drama.
When u reach the last part of the book u will start counting pages(atleast I have done it when can I finish).But it not all boring there are some scenes even in the second half of the book which will bring a smile on your face.The comic analogies drawn by the author were awesome(as is the case with his previous books).
But at the end I felt that Krish has tried a lot to get Ananya's love and he was more disturbed when they both break-up for sometime that part was a major drawback in this novel(at least which did not sound realistic).
I felt the reason why they both get united after the break-up was not realistic and if that was changed than the book would have been even better.
I can conclude that this book is good in parts but on the whole it is not up to the mark.(probably I am becoming over critical by comparing all chetan's books with his 5 point someone)-my opinion the book is pretty average.
This is the first novel I read from Chetan Bhaghat, first- because I always thought Indian authors would not have so much insight into lives and so would not make it to the extent that I sought for. But my assumption proved wrong, I was completely indulged in this book as to what happens next when I was reading the first part probably because, it was rumoured to be Chetan's real life love-story as you mentioned, and I thought it might probably help many Indians resolve most of the issues in their love marriages as it is about a typical Punjabi-Tamil marriage and I expected it to have all the complications involved with inter caste(/state) marriage but it is not. In many places the reality was ruled out esp. when Krish's father tied the knot after break up, as you rightly said, the reason should have been different. Also, towards the second half of the novel, the office stories were causing boredom and drove me towards skipping some lines. I agree with what you wrote but I should really tell you that the book has succeeded in helping me appreciate the South Indian traditions(there's a lot of truth that the book covers regarding Tamil Nadu and Tamil marriages,that I sometimes might have overlooked), the marriages and led me towards getting a thought about cultural integrity in India, probably because this is first ever Indian novel I have read.
ReplyDeleteHi raa..
ReplyDeleteGood post, interesting to hear that its worth a read atleast first half of it. I did not dare to read this coz the last novels of his except for 5.somone were crappy.
Thanks for the review any way!
gud one raa! but whats dis?....your blogging frequency has bumped like ur CAT score:)...jus kiddin..
ReplyDeleteas you said, the rumors about the book acted like a catalyst to read the book(may be this was a publicity stunt!)...
the second part was not really very bad but it couldn't compete with the first part and was more unrealistic...
i felt that the best thing about story is the demonstration of the two cultures in an easy and enjoyable way...
also i like the way he wrote Krish's experiences in Chennai.......may be because even i faced some of them when i had been
to Chennai...
sorry!! i am posting comments on the book instead on the blog....
blog is gud raa.....if you follow the same frequency....definitely you can beat Chetan Bhagat one day!!
Keep blogging more and more !!