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A review by noyonika
The House that BJ Built by Anuja Chauhan
3.0
I thoroughly enjoy Anuja Chauhan's writing and had been looking forward to this one too, despite the fact that I'd not enjoyed Those Pricey Thakur Girls as much as her precious 2 books.
With The House That BJ Built, Chauhan once again manages to create enjoyable characters (except Chandu. She was definitely nasty. Could NOT stand her). And as usual, she absolutely wins to create lovable, sigh-worthy men.
It is the characters and some very good writing when it came to interesting moments between the protagonists that made up for the story that I believe stretches on for more than necessary. Maybe I was just impatient and needed to read more about Bonu Singh and Samar, who interacted way less than I would have liked. That chemistry needed more footage! The Eshu-Steesh story, although exciting, also took too long to tie the loose-ends.
There are a LOT more primary characters here than all of Chauhan's books put together and in order to give every character an appropriate ending somehow led to the book not having as strong an impact as I would have hoped.
I have definitely enjoyed living in the crazy world of the Thakurs for the last few days - I was reading at ungodly hours and every free moment during the day. The book has helped get me out of a reading slump that is been experiencing for a few months now. So Anuja Chauhan, thank you for that.
With The House That BJ Built, Chauhan once again manages to create enjoyable characters (except Chandu. She was definitely nasty. Could NOT stand her). And as usual, she absolutely wins to create lovable, sigh-worthy men.
It is the characters and some very good writing when it came to interesting moments between the protagonists that made up for the story that I believe stretches on for more than necessary. Maybe I was just impatient and needed to read more about Bonu Singh and Samar, who interacted way less than I would have liked. That chemistry needed more footage! The Eshu-Steesh story, although exciting, also took too long to tie the loose-ends.
There are a LOT more primary characters here than all of Chauhan's books put together and in order to give every character an appropriate ending somehow led to the book not having as strong an impact as I would have hoped.
I have definitely enjoyed living in the crazy world of the Thakurs for the last few days - I was reading at ungodly hours and every free moment during the day. The book has helped get me out of a reading slump that is been experiencing for a few months now. So Anuja Chauhan, thank you for that.