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ankita_g 's review for:
One Arranged Murder
by Chetan Bhagat
2.5/5
I read the first 32 Chapters (50% of the book), and then stopped because the shallow, fat-shaming and annoying protagonist, Keshav, was getting on my nerves. I couldn't take another second of him, a 'man' in his late-20s, calling his fat friend 'Golu', and shaming and judging every fat person in the book and their eating habits. If the "light-heartedness" of a book depends entirely on immature jokes cracked at the cost of "heavier" people, then I do not get ANY joy out of reading that book. It's a shame because I was quite liking the 'mystery' aspect of the story.
The 'mystery' had an Agatha-Christie-Meets-Balaji-Telefilms vibe that I was completely onboard with. I generally like the 'Someone in the family did it!' kind of mystery, so I read the last 4 chapters to find out which backstabbing family member killed Prerna and why. The ending was fairly predictable and *obviously* dramatic, but I didn't mind that at all, because it was also quite satisfactory.
If only Chetan Bhagat's protagonist was less of an ass, I would have probably finished the entire book and rated it one star higher.
I read the first 32 Chapters (50% of the book), and then stopped because the shallow, fat-shaming and annoying protagonist, Keshav, was getting on my nerves. I couldn't take another second of him, a 'man' in his late-20s, calling his fat friend 'Golu', and shaming and judging every fat person in the book and their eating habits. If the "light-heartedness" of a book depends entirely on immature jokes cracked at the cost of "heavier" people, then I do not get ANY joy out of reading that book. It's a shame because I was quite liking the 'mystery' aspect of the story.
The 'mystery' had an Agatha-Christie-Meets-Balaji-Telefilms vibe that I was completely onboard with. I generally like the 'Someone in the family did it!' kind of mystery, so I read the last 4 chapters to find out which backstabbing family member killed Prerna and why. The ending was fairly predictable and *obviously* dramatic, but I didn't mind that at all, because it was also quite satisfactory.
If only Chetan Bhagat's protagonist was less of an ass, I would have probably finished the entire book and rated it one star higher.