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A review by soniek
Mrs Funnybones by Twinkle Khanna
3.0
As I begin reading this book, I am a little confused about what's so great in it. I mean the very first chapters read like a diary entry (with time stamps and journal entries similar to the ones in Bridget Jones's Diary) except that BJD didn't make me wonder why am I reading someone's diary entry. At this point of time, I think stardom is the only reason why anyone would be interested in the author's activities and candid conversations.
I don't like the humor in the initial chapters. But after I cross 25% of the book things get funnier. It's well written actually. Some of the jokes are cliched and forced but some are genuinely funny. And then there are a lot of incidents which are probably humorous because of the characters involved. So this book isn't a literary masterpiece and is at best a compilation of thoughts and memories but it is entertaining for a first reading and a nice chick-flick kind of stress buster for repeated readings. The language is simple but thankfully good. And the structure suspiciously looks similar to BJD and Sex and the City (which is supposedly written by a newspaper columnist and is based on her column.)
My personal takeaway: my favourite hero sounds like a good husband, father and son in the book, their son sounds pretty mature and not like a spoiled celebrity kid (apologies for the stereotype) and last but not the least, I liked the way the author has been shown as a woman who juggles between her work, her kids and the zillions of work that come upon her. Basically she isn't someone who comfortably relies on her husband for stuff and that's a comforting thing to read about.
I don't like the humor in the initial chapters. But after I cross 25% of the book things get funnier. It's well written actually. Some of the jokes are cliched and forced but some are genuinely funny. And then there are a lot of incidents which are probably humorous because of the characters involved. So this book isn't a literary masterpiece and is at best a compilation of thoughts and memories but it is entertaining for a first reading and a nice chick-flick kind of stress buster for repeated readings. The language is simple but thankfully good. And the structure suspiciously looks similar to BJD and Sex and the City (which is supposedly written by a newspaper columnist and is based on her column.)
My personal takeaway: my favourite hero sounds like a good husband, father and son in the book, their son sounds pretty mature and not like a spoiled celebrity kid (apologies for the stereotype) and last but not the least, I liked the way the author has been shown as a woman who juggles between her work, her kids and the zillions of work that come upon her. Basically she isn't someone who comfortably relies on her husband for stuff and that's a comforting thing to read about.