More a Prologue than Revolution

Every revolution has a prologue to it and Chetan Bhagat's latest seems like a good attempt at writing such a prologue. At times, I did get a feeling that Mr. Bhagat has become slightly narcissistic. It was a good tour of the general education system in India, and Varanasi too. Raghav, Aarti and Gopal felt like real people in real situations and their reactions felt relevant to our times. I do have some objections to the story, but all in all, one of Mr. Bhagat's good reads. Every great has an equivalent interesting back story of origin.

Revolution 2020 felt like a good prologue to a great revolution that would come about.

I believe Chetan could've done better with the characterization, they felt slightly stereotypical - a poor boy, a middle class boy and a rich girl, with the girl finally getting married to the middle class boy because the poor boy who became rich realized that he has acquired everything by wrong means and isn't a suitable match for the girl as the girl thinks that he has earned everything through hard - work. Does that give you a deja vou? I'm sure no producer will buy the right for this book as it feels like the book comes straight out of the movies.....Chetan are you guilty of this reverse flow??....Tell Tell. 

Mistake or Not - Don't read before 21

Making mistakes is one thing, but telling the whole story in full detail - I don't get it at all.

As you must've guessed I read "The 3 Mistakes of My Life" by Chetan Bhagat. All I can say is I should've chosen another book.

The plot is slightly thin for a book, but I couldn't keep the book down for sure. I'm no authority on book critiquing so just writing what I felt like. The book helped me remember some important events that shaped the world and India, but somehow I didn't feel for the characters.

What I did feel was slight angst towards the Govind character as he seemed most concerned and focused about money may be because I'm in favour of following passion more than being realistic. I would say I was surprised by Omi's sudden change of character and heart. Ish was my favourite, I guess because he reminds me of me. I thought the whole Vidya angle wasn't required, but I guess you need some masala to sell the book. I would only give this book to my kid once she or he turns 21, not before that and I will be careful while bringing up my daughter for sure.