Those Pricey Thakur Girls by Anuja Chauhan
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I read ‘The Zoya Factor’ sometime back and this week in pretty much the same writing style. It has a distinct Indian language construct and humour.
The book gets off to a bit of difficult start with a whole lot of characters introduced abruptly. The story centres around Debjani, who is one of five sisters and Dylan Singh Shekhawat. While Debjani is just making her career as a newsreader on DD, Dylan is a journalist. Their relationship shuffles between love and hate several times. Dylan is pursuing the untold story behind the riots in 1984 and makes many powerful enemies. The effort to club a serious track within this book however, does not quite come across as natural though. Debjani’s sisters have stories of their own adding to complications.
The story has its good moments – it is a light and easy read for the most part. And yet, it could have been more satisfying had the characters had more depth.
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My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I read ‘The Zoya Factor’ sometime back and this week in pretty much the same writing style. It has a distinct Indian language construct and humour.
The book gets off to a bit of difficult start with a whole lot of characters introduced abruptly. The story centres around Debjani, who is one of five sisters and Dylan Singh Shekhawat. While Debjani is just making her career as a newsreader on DD, Dylan is a journalist. Their relationship shuffles between love and hate several times. Dylan is pursuing the untold story behind the riots in 1984 and makes many powerful enemies. The effort to club a serious track within this book however, does not quite come across as natural though. Debjani’s sisters have stories of their own adding to complications.
The story has its good moments – it is a light and easy read for the most part. And yet, it could have been more satisfying had the characters had more depth.
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