Author: Sidin Vadukut Pages: 248
List Price: Rs. 199
Publishing Year: 2010
I have a habit of reading book reviews before buying a book. And since I had not bought this book, I had not read any reviews. So, I was not very sure about the reputation of this book when I picked it up. I was going on a short tour and lifted this book straight from the book-shelf of a friend.
And guess what, the moment I started reading it, I wished I could finish this book without having to stop.
The unique style in which Sidin wrote this book speaks volumes about his experience in experimenting with writing. I wish to congratulate Sidin on the superb writing style.
Diary, Robin ‘Enistein’ Varghese and an infectious enthusiasm will be amongst the things that you will certainly remember when you are done reading this book.
After ‘Five point Someone’ this book gives a superb description of college-campus life and the life afterwards. It seemed to me that this book carried on from where ‘Five point Someone’ ended. The book does appear to give a heavily drugged view of the world through the eyes of the protagonist., but that is what kept me glued.
There are several things I loved about the main character of the novel – Robin ‘Enistein’ Varghese. Some of the most notable to me were:
- Superb description of men/women/situations/surroudings – giving a vivid, visual image to characters & so much so that you start to see them develop in your vision
- Fantasies of Robin with regards to women
- Super confident, day dreaming B-school grads for whom nothing is impossible and everything is too easy
This work of fiction made me laugh out loud on a couple of occasions and certainly made me smile on most pages. I am pretty sure that this book would make most people smile if not laugh.
You can buy it online from most stores like ‘Flipkart’, ‘Indiaplaza’ etc.
This book is a good read. As always, you read and decide! My final verdict: 4 on 5.
PS: Heard that it is a trilogy. I certainly am not looking at the other books in the series, no sir!
