Finally, I was able to grab my hands on Chetan Bhagat’s third novel “Three mistakes of my life”. My friend coming from India brought this book as a compensation for not bringing a technology book that I required. I completed reading the novel at one go. I love Chetan for his comedy timing and the way he sketches the character of the female lead. If it is Neha Cherian in “Five Point Someone” and her love story with Hari that makes you read the novel again and again, here it is Vidya who struggles hard to run away from the conservative Ahmedabad. His comedy timing is also in tact. Though the novel starts modestly describing the lives of three friends through one of them, it gathers momentum, Chetan gains his comedy timing and he turns wild playing with them both only when the Character of Vidya enters bringing liveliness to the entire novel. He describes Ahmedabad (his love for the city can be seen through this) like Dan Brown describes Paris in Da Vinci Code.
There are three friends Ish, Omi and the protagonist. Ish is a cricket maniac and a district level player. Omi is the son of a priest. The protagonist (I don’t think the author described his name any where) lives with his mother. His father leaves his family. The three of them opens a cricket shop in the temple premises. Vidya is the sister of Ish preparing for medical exams in her pursuit of going to Mumbai to enjoy her freedom. Religion, cricket, love and friendship mix up and make the protagonist commit three mistakes that changes the lives of three friends forever. What are the three mistakes and what are the consequences? You got to read and find out in this thoroughly enjoyable novel.
I have a doubt Chetan Bhagat dreams that his novel be made into a movie. How else can you describe his novels having an interval bang, an edge-of-the-seat climax, romantic scenes sprinkled all over? May be, growing up on Bollywood made him think in that way. He uses his marketing skills at pricing the book at a modest rate of 95/- rupees. A must read for all, just for the fun of it.
There are three friends Ish, Omi and the protagonist. Ish is a cricket maniac and a district level player. Omi is the son of a priest. The protagonist (I don’t think the author described his name any where) lives with his mother. His father leaves his family. The three of them opens a cricket shop in the temple premises. Vidya is the sister of Ish preparing for medical exams in her pursuit of going to Mumbai to enjoy her freedom. Religion, cricket, love and friendship mix up and make the protagonist commit three mistakes that changes the lives of three friends forever. What are the three mistakes and what are the consequences? You got to read and find out in this thoroughly enjoyable novel.
I have a doubt Chetan Bhagat dreams that his novel be made into a movie. How else can you describe his novels having an interval bang, an edge-of-the-seat climax, romantic scenes sprinkled all over? May be, growing up on Bollywood made him think in that way. He uses his marketing skills at pricing the book at a modest rate of 95/- rupees. A must read for all, just for the fun of it.
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