an avid reader of Bhagat will find this book repitative, cheezy on the onset and left begging for some fruitful drama. well actually, you get all the traits which made you love his books, but you expect more and thats where the book fails. chetan beats Chetan here.. the plot is fine, you have good humour, a social message and some puns to society, u may also well your eyes if you are sentimental. Its not a bad read at all, but its Chetan Bhagat, so.... also he seems trying to hard to get into a Dan Brown type narrative with lots of street and address details, u tend to skip those parts entirely. . yet, a fan and waiting for his next book Not only is the plot predictable but after reading this book I am totally convinced that Chetan Bhagat loves America more than General Patton ever did. He respects the rich and famous Americans but forms a surreal picture of the Indian businessmen. He hates Indian politicians and especially the rural ones. And he loves to proclaim himself as an expert in young relationships, international affairs, educational system and even politics. But after the Kumar Vishwas episode, he fears to do anything about it but write. Congrats people, we have an SRK in Indian English literature! The book is filled with references, especially in the third act, of how USA (for Bhagat that abbreviation stands for United States of Awesomeness) is clean, corruption free and even friendlier than India. No wonder why so much business is being shifted to India and China. In an instance the protagonist meets a young teenage singer at a bar in New York (the greatest city in the world). Instead of pitying her for loosing a chance of getting quality education in music colleges, he appreciates "her decisions" which the corporate American colleges have made for her by hiking the fees so high that her parents might have to mortgage their homes twice to afford her tuition fees. Moreover, he derides the Indian family where, according to Bhagat, unnecessary pressure is put upon children to study and educate themselves rather than "follow their dreams". This is insane. Everybody knows that education is important for following dreams. Germany has just freed university education. They have done it so that the graduate percentage increases. They target a 100% graduate population. People in Britain and even USA and Australia have took to the streets to force such a move in their own countries. Will Bhagat call this putting unnecessary pressure on the wards and the government? New York is more polluted and loud than many India cities. Visit Harlem and Bronx to see how clean it is. I believe that Riya, the female protagonist, was totally victimized by everybody near to her. Even the male protagonist acts in a selfish manner even after she suffers from a nasty divorce. I guess Bhagat should write feminist literature. He has a penchant for depicting female sorrow accurately. I long for a book with a girl/lady as the main protagonist instead of the college studs which he paint so vividly. He can name her on the various iteration of the Hindu goddess too. Finally, Chetan Bhagat is just trying to create a stereotype among the young Indians based on his own knowledge and wit. His previous book was titled "What Young India Wants" And the young Indians know better as to not fall prey to such sales tactics. Who are you to tell us what young India wants? Degrees from IIT and IIM doesn't make you an expert. Even Rajat Gupta had those. You have to do some real work and not piggyback on others effort to make yourself heard when you write book like "what young India wants"...
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All set for the next Bollywood movie as it has all the elements needed for it and is laid out in that perspective. Typical Chetan Bhagat novel without much variations from 2 States, but way way better that Revolution 2020. Would have rated 4 if it was his first. Most of the twists,turns and suspense were predictable. Still it doesn’t drag or drab at any point and provides a fair share of entertainment value.
—Alex
first time to read for an indian author, it was a very light read, suitable for me at the moment since I just finished my exams.I felt like I'm watching a movie, but the characters was shapless, I dunno, I couldn't imagen how both of them looked, I was lost in my own imagenation, in a bad way :/the two stars given cause some how I enjoyed it, it was simple short and I wanted to know what happen.
—wild_bill
