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There Was No One at the Bus Stop by Arunava Sinha, Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay

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2.0

2.5 stars
I was discussing with a group of biblio friends about regional language books and to emphasize how many unknown titles there, I got hold of a list. This book was the second in the list and I bought the kindle version on an impulse, chiefly because.it cost only 49/-
And the blurb was interesting . All about marriage, fidelity and extramarital affairs.
I am partial to stories depicting the strengths and weaknesses of this great institute of "marriage" and was eager to begin
It was a quick and easy read.
But the story didn't have any substance. I couldn't empathise with the characters. They were hollow, and didn't make me like or hate them. There was no component of an emotional bond between the reader and the characters.
I don't know why they behaved thus.
Even the 4 year old child, Robi was a peculiar apathetic character, leave alone his dad Debashish and his lover and neighbor, Trina.
And the ending didn't enlighten me further .

All in all, an easily passable story .
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