This book was gifted to me on my birthday! 1 night @ call center; here are my views...
One thing strikingly remarkable about this book is that it keeps the reader hooked till the end. Maybe the reason for this is its small size but more importantly, it is realistic. One can relate with each of the characters. Their problems depicted are certainly not worth being in the news but these are common problems we common people often come across, maybe in our own lives or in the lives of people around us.
Of course, the ’call from God’ is impractical, but isn’t this fiction? The author undoubtedly has the right to present his imagination in his own creation. On the contrary, ’the call’ can also be interpreted as ’the inner voice’ which called out when the characters were on the verge of death asking them to analyse what all they have done in life.I liked the story the author built up about the train journey and the beautiful lady pestering him to make her story his next book. It makes the readers feel that it is a true story and the author is simply relating it. Only in the epilogue, it is evident that even this incident is a figment of his imagination.
This is a better attempt than his previous book atleast in aiming at the youth and their issues. However, the language used is too simple which is why, this book may not be counted among the best ones in a bookworm’s library. But who cares anyway. His work appeals to the masses and therefore it ends up as a bestseller.
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