“ACCIDENTALLY IN LOVE... WITH
HIM? AGAIN??” is BOLD but NOT BEAUTIFUL
“ACCIDENTALLY IN LOVE... WITH
HIM? AGAIN??” is the second novel by “best selling” author Nikita Singh. It’s the story of Chhavi Mukharjee, a
struggling print model in Mumbai, who “accidentally” falls in love with Tushar Mehra, a photographer. “Accidentally” because, they had decided to be sex
partners only (Friends with Benefits types... or No Strings Attached Types).
So, the sex partners very predictably fall in love, and then the problem
starts – Expectations, Long distance Relationships, Breakups etc.
As this is Nikita Singh’s second
novel, so I am allowed to be a little strict. Firstly, I must applaud Nikita
for choosing a bold subject, and scripting it very boldly. But here lies the
problem. The story, which starts with a reference to sex, drags slowly, with
almost each chapter mentioning about sex and love making. At one stage, the
reader tends to feel, bored, and irritated also. It’s not wrong to write love
making scenes in the books, in fact, they bring more reality to love stories.
However emphasising only on sex makes a story very weak and boring. Too much of
everything is bad, and this is one major drawback of this book. Too much of
sex! This is the main reason, the story becomes weak, and you don’t feel sad when
the characters are sad or happy when they are happy.
Another problem – Young Indian
writers are too much (or blindly) following Chetan Bhagat’s style of writing. They
don’t understand that, excessive usage of slangs, like ‘F#ck’ etc., makes
literature very weak. Or, maybe, they are not writing literature at all. There
were times, when people used to read novels, not only for a good story, but
also to improve their language skills. But, unfortunately, most of the books
written by modern authors do not help in any way. Such kind of literature is
called “Fast Food Literature”, and it is also affecting the readership quality.
On the whole, Nikita Singh’s “Accidentally
in Love... with him? Again?” is BOLD but NOT BEAUTIFUL. It may go well with the
readers, who actually love the “F#ck” lingo and repeated sex scenes”, but the
readers of authentic literature will feel a letdown. Just because of a bold
attempt, I give 2 stars out of 5,
for Nikita Singh’s “Accidentally in Love... with him? Again?”
Verdict: You won’t be disappointed,
if this book is not there in your library.
I like your outspoken review author-to-be, or should I say out-written, to coin a new word as such ? :)) All the same, I am sure the young author will take this review in her stride .... after all, it is negativity which gives us the strength of mind to improve on our skill/s.
ReplyDeleteBy the way,you ought to read her blog. It makes for interesting reading :))
She is using her face to sell her books. Otherwise this book had nothing. just bloody sex sex and sex.
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Deletechill abhi, at least she has a book,or two, now a third,soon to be a fourth ....what about you or I ? Just a few celebs who comment on one's blogs, and to the other, who tends to meet a few of em now n then :))
ReplyDeleteRohit,could you send me a teaser sample copy ? ;)
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ReplyDeleteIs the pdf version of this book available??? Please send/ post the link.
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ReplyDeleteI have read what u have written Rohit and i agree with you. just to read that u have an understanding of what these people are writing ..i mean a kind of unrealistic picturing of the glamorous city life stuffed with sex and relationship 'fundas' with a chutney language and stuff like that ...this isn't literature....though i havent read Nikita ...but i do have read some similar novels.For you sir...i say go ahead and write your work...my best wishes...
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