Saturday, October 25, 2008

I read 3 mistakes of my life by Chetan Bhagat yesterday. I had been waiting forever to read it, as my exams were goin on. N then everyone was lak, its gr8,u shud read n all that. So I bought it atlast, n then i gave it 2 my frnd to read. I ws reading Scarlett at that tym. That is the sequel of Gone with the wind,u knw,the american civil war love story made into an oscar winning film wid Clark Gable n Vivien Leigh. That s the only love story I hav ever lakd. N Scarlett s also quite gud,but thats by Alexandra ripley,nt by Margaret Mitchell. I had heard its nt quite upto the mark but i lakd it, i thnk mainly coz i jus luv Scarlett O'Hara.

So cumin back to 3 mistakes, i thnk Bhagat made a mistake in writing it. Yes, it s very inspirational,impressive and all that,the struggles of Govind Patel,but in the end it became jus that. It tuk on the lecturing tone of these slick help guru type f buks. The first half is pretty dragging n wen it dus pick up pace smewer in the 2nd half,the plotline weakens. It s the old,worn out hindu muslim riots and thngs lak that. But i shud admit he has dun a gud job of connecting the earthquakes n godhra riots n cricket matches. You do get 2 connect wid patel at sme points coz he dus thngs i believe v wud all do at that pt of tym. But on the whole, the book is a mistake!!! Hey,its my opinion,nuthn personal Mr.Bhagat:-))

Nw, my Scarlett..I can go on and on abt it ya. Its also almost lak facing ur troubles,handling it,havn 2 go smewer no1 has ever dared 2 go n beimg shunned 4 it.....But it has been depicted wonderfully. You can literally feel all that s happening in those pages. u cn c the red soil of tara,breathe the irish air n feel the charlestonian spirit in you. It s mindblowing,superb,wonderful,bold,..... I'm running out of words. It had me hooked for a couple of days. n its quite a thick book too. Ne1 who la reading,who has read one with the wind n lakd it,or saw the movie(i din lak it mch as oopposed to the buk,though coz i read the buk n then saw it) n lakd it, must must must read Scarlett,it won't disappoint you..