I had in the vacations also completed Chetan Bhagat's(CB) third book," The 3 Mistakes of my Life". Yes I know it's been too late, but I never had a reading appetite.
After reading that, I devoted some time to think the commonalities in all his books. And in this post I would be sharing my opinion, which I also believe is one of the main reason for these books to become one of the best-sellers in India.
In all the three books, especially in first and last, The reader reads the story as narrated by a boy (first Hari(in IIT), then the call-center guy(team lead), and now Govind patel) who is too common, has no unique qualities distinguishing him from the society, but somehow "A GIRL"(Prof. Cherian daughter's in first, Priyanka in second, and Vidya in third) finds that boy very attractive, and is attracted to him from the very start. She just falls in love with her asap. No boy chasing girl, no macho scenes, no smart stuff; the girls are too nympho I believe:D. This was particularly evident in his latest book. Ironically this lucky guy, always has a friend who is much stronger in built and physique than him but the friend never has the same luck with girls. Hey Chetan, why you left him alone... poor guy.
Simple Indian English, and the way Chetan has crafted the stories has been his prime reason for success. One always feels good by projecting oneself as narrator of the story, and imagine fulfilling his/her teenage desires :P. Afterall the teenager and < 24 ages form the main group who read CB's books..
On a lighter note, Another thing I noticed is that,CB always compared girls to something.. :O In 5ps ,"girls and icecreams are good to have..and espescially together". In ON@CC it was "Girls and automobiles are so much fun at night" !!! Ha. Anticipating comments esp. from CB fans, and those who liked his volumes. Tata..
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hmmm....i completely agree wid u...the guy(bhagat) never hd any teenage xperiences and wants to fulfill his sexual teenage desires by vicarious methods like writing about em.bt the novels are quite funny and u do get aroused by the sex talk...and especially in the last one...the 3 mistakes....i feel he hs xaggerated....perhaps if it ws an urban city...like delhi or bombay...i cud hv believed it...bt small town girls cant be tht bold...and do it 9 times in 2 months at the age of 18 :P
Also she's ready for sex, but not for its consequences? ready for transient and secret relationships, but not ready for open, accountable and sustained relationships?? I was reading pretty too much.. between the lines.
This laways happens with every author... they typecast themselves with same sort of stories: eg Sidney sheldon, dan brown etc.
But nice points pointed out.
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