When the Title Doesn't Work Fine

A little too dramatic in the beginning- too good a gentleman, a dreamy proposal, a girl looking at a big renowned magazine’s building that is going to be her workplace; the book doesn’t appeal as being real. It is more like a TV show one could be watching. Despite of everything seeming a bit unreal, the language flows well and at one point, the fancy world pulls you in.

                       The whole course of novel has only one major event, and not many crests and troughs. Even if there are any, they do not call for holding of breaths. One tries to anticipate as to when the-normal-looking-crush-thing will get converted into a ‘seductive affair’. It is probably due to this anticipation only that one reads on and on, towards the end that is nothing like what the title suggests.

                       Contrary to that, it gets a little too romantic. The big parties, the employs posing as a couple, having to share a hotel room as there isn’t another room available, and ultimately falling in love; are motifs that are quite common (rather the foundation of Hindi soaps).

                     The book makes for a good quick-read, a sort of a respite between two heavy books. It doesn’t raise questions of ‘why’ and ‘how’, and may be that is the reason it doesn’t stay in the head for a long time. So to say, the plot is quite main stream. However, that should not restrict the reader from not expecting some good work from the author; as he has is pretty good in ‘showing, not telling’.