Hmmm... so where do I start ??. This piece of Chetan Bhagat is one of those predictable kind of books where in you just guess what would happen next and most of the times it works out that way (apart from some surprises here and there, but off course.) But hey, this is in fact the best compliment an author of a book can ever get cause the reader is able to connect to the characters in the book and can foresee what is going to happen :-p.Story revolves around G Patel (Govind) and his two friends Ish and Omi. These three are chaddi friends. All three have certain qualities (good / bad ) that the other two are aware of and yet they stick with each other through thick and thin (almost i would say) without complaining.. After all Isn't that what friendship is all about ?? . Add in some more characters like Ish's sister, their parents, a Muslim boy and few people who form the "anti-social" genre and u have the complete chat-pata story in your hand !! ...
Since its fictional, be ready to accept the fact that the mistakes are not planned ones and coincidentally happen by chance. Also i have not come yet to digest that those three were actually mistakes.
Mistake 1:
Govind books a store in a big posh building where he invests all that he had saved and also borrows a lot of money thinking he could repay. However an earthquake causes the yet unfinished building to collapse and also the dream of Govind to make it big. Sheer bad luck i would say.
Mistake 2:
Next, Govind falls in love
with his best friend's sister thereby breaking the code. Personally i don't see this as a mistake and is one of the points where i don't agree with the author.Mistake 3:
This is really a mistake that if i would have committed, even i would have felt bad about it for a long time. Govind's inability to save Ali (Muslim kid) from being injured which could have been averted had Govind shown better presence of mind.
However if i were to judge the three mistakes, i would say that not able to save Ali from injuries is not that big mistake. I would say that the third mistake would be that of Govind calling Omi to the fateful place on the night of the riots which lead to eventually death of Omi. Circumstances created by a person which unknowingly initiate a chain of actions and causes loss of a dear friend is a far bigger mistake than injuring a kid's hand. But then ..thatz my opinion ..so tomorrow if i write a book, u now know what to expect
.On the whole, a very good book and a satisfying one !! ... The climax is full on bollywood style ... and the end is i guess purposely left a bit hanging ... just in case author decides to make a sequel to this book. How smart na ??? ... both author and me too cause i have figured it out . . ha ha ..
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