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Age of Vice
by Deepti Kapoor
“No one gets their life back.” No one ever gets it back. Life just runs away from you. It never comes back, however hard you try, however much you want it to. This is the lesson you should know. You have to adapt or die.”
From the moment this audiobook started I was intrigued & hooked. Ajay, one of our main characters, is found in in the drivers seat of an expensive vehicle that crashed and k1lled people. He is immediately sent to prison, where he absolutely wrecks some guys who try to hurt him, and the warden calls him in to say that they made a mistake, they didn’t know he was a “Wadia man”.
From there we visit Ajay’s past and we get to learn what being a “Wadia man” means, by going back in time to Ajay’s childhood, seeing his struggles and gradual upbringing, and then eventually we get to the moment he meets Sunny Wadia. Sunny is a hot shot crime boss son, and he changes the course of Ajay’s life forever.
We mostly have those two POVs, and also a young female journalist named Neda and we follow the three of their lives individually, and then all together and how they gradually intersect. This was what made me keep going in the book, and what I loved.
Ultimately, the story line took a turn. Too many characters introduced, too many side stories, and it became messy. This book could have just been about the three of them only and I would have given it 5 stars, but the author just added way too much. I believe it’s because this will be part of a trilogy.
All in all, this was a heart wrenching and dark tale of humanity vs power. This had romance, showed how absolute power absolutely does corrupt (especially families) and really transported me to India. This book gave me A Bronx Tale vibes, esp with Ajay and Sunny’s stories.
The writing was truly incredible, and I’d like to thank Libro FM for the ALC in exchange for my honest opinion. The narrator Vidish Athavale absolutely blew me away with his performance!
If you are in the mood for a thrilling & compelling family crime saga set in another country you may not be familiar with, I definitely recommend this book.
From the moment this audiobook started I was intrigued & hooked. Ajay, one of our main characters, is found in in the drivers seat of an expensive vehicle that crashed and k1lled people. He is immediately sent to prison, where he absolutely wrecks some guys who try to hurt him, and the warden calls him in to say that they made a mistake, they didn’t know he was a “Wadia man”.
From there we visit Ajay’s past and we get to learn what being a “Wadia man” means, by going back in time to Ajay’s childhood, seeing his struggles and gradual upbringing, and then eventually we get to the moment he meets Sunny Wadia. Sunny is a hot shot crime boss son, and he changes the course of Ajay’s life forever.
We mostly have those two POVs, and also a young female journalist named Neda and we follow the three of their lives individually, and then all together and how they gradually intersect. This was what made me keep going in the book, and what I loved.
Ultimately, the story line took a turn. Too many characters introduced, too many side stories, and it became messy. This book could have just been about the three of them only and I would have given it 5 stars, but the author just added way too much. I believe it’s because this will be part of a trilogy.
All in all, this was a heart wrenching and dark tale of humanity vs power. This had romance, showed how absolute power absolutely does corrupt (especially families) and really transported me to India. This book gave me A Bronx Tale vibes, esp with Ajay and Sunny’s stories.
The writing was truly incredible, and I’d like to thank Libro FM for the ALC in exchange for my honest opinion. The narrator Vidish Athavale absolutely blew me away with his performance!
If you are in the mood for a thrilling & compelling family crime saga set in another country you may not be familiar with, I definitely recommend this book.