First of all you are put off by the fact that the events do not occur over one night at all, and there are too many assumptions, but the story is close to the author’s heart, which matters a lot. That is why this is a better book than five point someone, though it is unfortunately not as dark, although there are lines like “he is better at being a mass suck up than a gangbang pornstar.”
That and to make up for all the anti-America sentiments, the book is one big advertisement for Microsoft. MSword is mentioned directly, and an easter egg also shows up as a “bug” but this canvassing for Microsoft goes deeper for some reason. For example, take this line: “Life goes on – move on to better things. It is like playstation to X-box.”
Bhagat has this habit of going just a little too far and ruining everything. The booik was spoilt because of a cheap stunt the protagonist(s) play… they blackmail their bastard of a boss. The whole phone call from God was actually well done, something I could identify with, and honestly speaking, the direction that I would have gone in too. Not overdone, and a nice explanation at the end.
The best part about the book was that in the opening lines, I TOTALLY identified with the author when he said he looked at the name list outside trains to check out who his co-passengers were. So I am not the only person who does that.
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