Review

The Tone

Read more like of a memoir than a novel. Also, it kinda gave away the story upfront, as in the reader knew, going in, that hthe narrator doesn’t get either girls he fell in love with.

The Prose

The way two of his love/girlfriends were referred to as my sweet angels after every few lines creeped me out, grossly. The book was more verbose than I like, and some sentences sounded off, like the last sentence of the first paragraph:

Around the middle the language got crass and crasser to the point that I thought of DNFing the book. But I didn’t, obviously, hence the review.

The General Feeling

There was some romance, seemingly unnecessary political angle with terrorism thrown in, and Sneha’s fate (don’t wnat to give away). Kinda felt like too many things. The story had a happy ending but the last few paragraphs were very afsana like, made absolutely no sense to me.

Also, the title “The Most Eligible Bachelor” and the cover with one guy  being chased by three women had no bearing on the story whatsoever.

The book was sufficiently long: 31 lines per page and 11 words per line on average, easily beyond 60K words mark. It read very fast, thanks to me skipping some portions. I started around 7 PM, read for about an hour, then picked up late at night because I couldn’t find anything to binge.

Relatability

The also talks about the recession, which many of us have experienced in one way or the other. Remember there were no salary hikes that year? I had a record 6% hike that year (all-time low till then, only to be trumped by last year’s 4.5%, yikes).

And those who graduated/post-graduated that year couldn’t get jobs because the market had slumped. My sister was one of those many. She went on to get a decent job later on and resigned 12 years later but that’s besides the point.

Come to think of it, I’ve experienced a recession and witnessed global economic hitting the ground. I’ve even witnessed a pandemic. Boy have I lived a colourful life or what?

Lines that I noticed

There are no reasons for doing strange things when one is in love.

Such awful singer that a child could wail in a better tone.

Final Verdict

The author has 10 more books and a Wikipedia page. If it weren’t for the mystery box purchase, I would have never learnt about this author. Surprise boxes truly surprise you.

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