"There comes a point in time when the direction life
takes is decided by the choices you make."
This is the first book of Ravi Subramanian that I read. A
signed copy of the book sure made me delighted.
About the Story
Aditya Kapoor, the male protagonist of the book, is a banker
and a star author. His life is completely balanced with a great wife, a little
kid and a perfect career; but only till he encounters the female protagonist Shreya
Kaushik. During his visit to IIM Bengaluru, a young student named Shreya Kaushik
gets put off by his referring to a book as a product and confronts him. However,
later as it turns out, she becomes an avid reader of his books and a great fan
of Aditya Kappor himself. Aditya accompanies his friend Sanjay who is the HR head
at National Bank for campus hiring process at IIM Bengaluru and because of
Aditya’s interest in Shreya, she gets hired for National Bank and gets
associated with Aditya’s team. Shreya is an overly ambitious and aggressive
girl, who knows working her way through things. She wants to write a bestseller
book and wants Aditya to help her with that. As the events take place one after
another, Aditya eventually slips into infidelity and lands up in bed with
Shreya. What happens when Aditya’s wife, Maya, who trusts him blindly finds out
about his extra-marital affair with Shreya? How does he handle the situation?
Will he get drifted to Shreya or will he see through the mal-intents of people
around him? Will Shreya succeed in reaching the benchmark of a best-selling
author? Will Aditya help her in getting her book published or choose otherwise?
Will Shreya betray Aditya? Will Maya forgive him?
Well, the answers to all these questions are contained in
the book.
My Review
The Story flows in a manner that it hooks you till the end.
Though, sometimes it moves at a slow pace but the characters are carved out
well and keep you interested despite of the slow pace. Towards the end, the
story picks up pace and a lot is revealed in the final few pages. The language
is simple and therefore makes it an easy read. Among the characters, Shreya is
kind of most interesting as well as irritating character. Given her family
background, She had always been deprived of love. Considering this fact, at
some point of time, you feel like giving her a benefit of doubt and may feel
bad for her; But in the very next incident, she would do something to make you completely against her. Maya is the most positive and genuine character with a clear
head and noble intentions. She is a strong lady capable of taking tough decisions
in a dignified manner. As for Aditya, in my opinion, he does not really qualify
as a hero. Infidelity was his conscious choice and he lived with this choice
for a long enough time. Though, he made amends for his mistakes in the end and
he sure deserves some credit for that; but tagging him as a hero is just not
done. Infidelity is as much on to him as much to Shreya and may be greater,
since he was the one who initiated it, however subtle that initiation may have
been.
All in all, the book is a good casual read.
About the Author
Ravi Subramanian is India's numero uno thriller writer,
having written seven bestselling books. If God was a
Banker (2007) won him the Golden Quill Readers Choice Award. This was followed
by I Bought the Monk's Ferrari (2007) and Devil in Pinstripes (2009), The
Incredible Banker (2011) got him the Economist Crossword Book Award, The Bankster
(2012) won the Crossword Book Award, while Bankerupt (2013) got the Raymond
Crossword Book Award. God is a Gamer (2014) followed.
Ravi currently lives in Mumbai with his biotechnologist
turned banker wife, Dharini and his daughter Anusha.
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