Review

I’m too old for this, seriously.

The supposed “meet-cute was” one paragraph and it was so dull, narrated so passively and then he fell in love. It was childish first love, love at first sight story. I’d have still liked it perhaps if it ended and we got a resolution. 

We didn’t.

This story ends midway, after the breakup, so that was a waste of my time.

I might have liked this partial story if I was younger, much younger. The lovey dovey stuff made me gag, almost, because like I said, I’m too old for this. And then there was a breakup and a promise for more of their story. Kon padhega dhund ke iska sequel? Not me for sure.

Some Highlights and Notes

Almost all of us had the same answer. Has our intellectual power was almost the same.

Post Review Rant

I have a feeling that all the books in this month’s selection are about love at first sight. First that bachelor story and now this. I can be a big fan of that trope if done right, but this was not it.

At least these books read very fast. This one was 132 pages, 12 chapters. Every chapter has a quote from someone and the next page is blank, so comes down to 110 pages of 25 lines and 10 words per line. A touch over 25K. Hardly took me two hours.

Speaking of quotes at the beginning, some made absolutely no sense in context of the story. However, I still liked this one from Jane Austen at the beginning of chapter 9.

A lady’s imagination is very rapid. It jumps from admiration to love from love to matrimony in a moment.

Just wow, Jane Austen!

Final Thoughts

The book selection for December 2025 have been from a surprise box. Truly suprised by these stories, I’m thinking I’ll with a known name next: Shobha De’s Srilaaji or Becoming Mrs Kumar. At least I know the prose will flow well without jumpy sentences.