The IIT graduate who was a below average student, who was goofing around with a 5-point something score has matured into a man head over heels in love with the putatively most beautiful girl at IIMA. The grades, the love life, goes perfectly, and is all that matters. He even gets into one of the most aspired jobs there. Ironically, he doesnt want it this time and it is more by force than by choice; it sums up the first hundred odd pages that are fraught mostly with romance at his new college.
And the author realises that life goes beyond college, gets even more mature. The struggle starts now, and the struggle is not as much for the characters as it is for the reader, who has to bear with the sluggish pace that the book acquires and maintains it to the last page.
The book hovers around the family of the girl and how the guy tries to entice them, choosing the harder way and not eloping. The happy-go-lucky-boy is successful in whatever he does. But it doesn't end there, the struggle keeps him at bay. The readers are in for a dramatic climax.
Although the book is a bit on the slower side, add to it, the drama it is fraught with. I would still give two thumbs up to this book. Chetan Bhagat has created a new genre which symbolises the GenNext. He tries to give a strong message to this generation and, i believe, is very successful in doing so. The blend of fiction and reality is just about perfect. I would say that if at all the other books that i have read were to be Hollywood movies then this one is one of those they make in Bollywood, having a new style, a very different one (he could have even put one or two songs in there). All in all, it is a must read if you are an Indian and if you enjoy Bollywood movies, you will love it.
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