Disclaimer : This is not a book review
Let me start by saying that Chetan Bhagat is the person behind me reading books in the first place. If it wasnt for his books i would have remained a non-reader all my life.
Chetan Bhagat the youth writer image that he has got has tried something different yet so similar this time. He decided to go one notch ahead and write a book on one of the most important and after reading the book adventurous event of his life.
I dont know the degree of adventure in the actual sense because he's mentioned to consider this book as a part of fiction.
The book that I am talking about is 2- States.
Its a book on love cum "please arrange" marriage in general in India , how it was a decade ago. Things have changed now obviously. Most importantly it has 2 states playing a very important part in the book,
Tamil Nadu and Punjab. Different like chalk and cheese isnt it?
If i tell you what the book is about it will sound very cliched but i wont be surprised if some tom dick or harry would want to make a movie on this book too cos it is surely entertaining.
Now the problematic part with Chetan Bhagat is that he raised his standards so high with the classic FIVE POINT SOMEONE that everyone expects him to churn out something like that everytime he pens down.
'5 point someone' was rocking cant put down till i finish type book.
'1 night at the call center' was okayish ( mixed response but personally I loved the book)
'3 mistakes of my life' was a disaster ( personally i hated it too)
after 3 mistakes of my life everyone started terming him as a one book wonder. Immature writer.
I always felt that he is an amazing story teller with a great humour element but not that great a writer that is why all his books are made into movies.
But again because he became so famous after his first two books which targetted the youth of india it became like a reflex action to read chetan bhagat if its a new book on the stands.
Just like people have to go and watch a Shahrukh Khan movie no matter how bad it is.. or how bad the reviews are.
But with 2- States Chetan Bhagat will manage to win the confidence of old readers and get some new ones.
The ones who are not okay with colloquial style of writing will still keep on disliking him probably because they are too sophisticated for his books or they have too much of Jeffrey Archer or John Grisham in their minds.
Although the typical Chetan Bhagat elements are there in the book like the over use of the sentence " and we made love" and overuse of sarcasm but that somehow keeps the grip and keeps you smiling.
Do not be too judgemental and read it with an open mind only then you will not find the writing too monotonous and relate to the character and eventually end up enjoying the book.
