Of course I love You...Till I find someone Better

- By Durjoy Datta & Maanvi Ahuja

The name caught my attention. A price tag of 100 bucks lured me further into what I thought was another blunder like buying “three mistakes of my life”. But, surprisingly this was not exactly a blunder.

   The book was again of the five point someone type, college genre. The two authors, who probably also play the main protagonists of the book, tell you a story about this lucky son-of-bitch called Deb and his massive never ending sex-capades with his girl friends. The plot is simple and predictable, probably because we 20-30 age group Indians probably can’t make much sense out of ‘complex’ plots which also explains why Chetan Bhagat sells so much. Oops, back to the plot. Story is about the life of Deb, this high libido mechanical engineering grad from DCE, through his last two years of engineering. The exaggerated transformation from a fat nerd to a rollicking stud with a never ending list of girl friends and making-out instances happens at the cost of almost losing his friends and career. The story reminiscences me of the many Direct to DVD Hollywood teenage love stories, where the hero toils through a series of one-night stands, stand-in girl friends and almost-love episodes until he finds the love of his life. Deb even with his mediocre looks has this enviable ‘something’ in him that females can’t resist. I thought it was a new flavor of Axe, till Vernita, a friend of Deb tells you that it’s his smooching skill that makes him stand apartJ.

    Life for Deb changes when he meets this drop dead gorgeous ex-P3P Avantika who incredibly is a virgin. When introduced to us, she is a reformed person just out of Spirit of Living (I don’t know what stopped Durjoy/Maanvi from using Art of Living) from a dubious past of crazy boy friends, drinking problems and grass addiction. Predictably she too falls for Deb and this time Deb has found his true love. A little more than half of the book is about how Deb and Avantika stick with each other in times of insipid messed up events like two-timing, getting debarred from placements and screwing up CAT that Deb gets involved in.

   At the time when all is hunky-dory between the two, making the book a boring read, the authors make a smart move that involves Avantika and her Guru from SOL. The paucity of friends in Deb’s life gets him closer to his nerd colleague at his employer BHEL, Amit. I personally liked the Amit-Deb male bonding chapters, but a girl in here too falling for Deb is highly exaggerated.

   To end with, Deb’s life comes back a full circle and he is back with his good old life, but with a few changes to it. While the book is an over-hyped tale of a Delhi boy, infact a little too much on the pervert side, I would still recommend this as it makes a good funny time pass read, ya I am used to masala movies of Bollywood and ofcourse Chetan Bhagat. Most of us can definitely relate to one or the other characters in the book, if not characters some instances at least. Our lives are all messed up and this book is an over-hyped mirror to it.

   I will go with a 3/5 rating for this.

Understand the ratings :)

 1/5 – “Learn from others mistakes”. I have read it, you don’t repeat it. In short DON’T READ.

 2/5 – Lend it from some idiot like me who has bought it. If you don’t find an idiot buy it on the pavement in front of forum, MG road or Jayanagar or wherever you are. Read it at your own risk.

 3/5 – Buy the book from Landmark if it’s cheap. Good Read

 4/5 – Thought-provoking, just buy.

 5/5 – Masterpiece, treasure it. 

Current Read: The White Tiger