Blurb of the book (which I found little bit boring)
Would you give up your high-paying job and comfortable personal life to drive ten thousand km across India? Just for fun! Three twenty-somethings dare to do just that! While the two guys take turns to drive, the girl gives voice-over as they record their entire journey on a handycam.Ab, Sasha and Unnati are ordinary youngsters, rendered special by the feat they accomplish. As they recount their adventures, I crave to live their journey all the more. They look at each other with a glint in their eyes, as if refurbishing those memories, as they narrate their spooky time at Bhangarh Fort, strange escapades at Wagah Border and Sundarbans, car breakdowns, wild animals, near-death experiences and highway robbers! It's nothing less than crazy.I doubted if I'd ever have the gumption to create such experiences. So I did the next best thing - I penned a book about them, and their roadtrip.
Their concept kicked off and got finance from main-stream media house production. Through out their trip their bonds deepen and became each other support. They even had self-realisation experience.
Following would be the high light point of the book:
- Book was written in Bollywood Style (someone can make movie out of it)
- As I said Bollywood style, I found it lacking in trip detailing due to over-concentration on drama
- At place story was witty and can make you laugh
- Best parts of book were : Bhangarh fort, Wagah Border, Hyderabad, Sundarbuns, Bodhigaya, Agra-Delhi Highway
- Cover - 4 / 5 (0.5 less for boring blurb)
- Language - 3.5 / 5 (Smooth for given genre)
- Story Line - 3 / 5 (Marks deducted specially for less detailing of trip)
- Concept - 4.5 / 5
- Characters - 4 / 5
- Overall - 4 / 5
Review from other readers can be found at GoodReads
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