Now That You are Rich - Durjoy Dutta fumbles again

The second book in Deb-Avantika Trilogy has little to do with either Deb or Avantika. To know more about first book and these two you can read my review here.

Story revolves around four people from different walks of life who come together at a Finance firm and become friends. Story then carries on to their friendship, break-up and eventually there becoming friends again. There is loads of romantic angles to the story and hint of lust too.

The book suffers the same flaw as the first one and more. Story is narrated by Deb and frankly, narrative is pretty flat. There are loads and loads of grammatical mistakes. Sentences don't make any sense at times.  For example," The jet had was slowing down", "There would a few more in his garage" & "are you will give buy him that too?". Seemingly no one pointed it out for the first book and hence the problem was never corrected. Uenlike the first book, there are no witty one liners that can make you smile. I finished the book because I had to. Not because book was good or something but because it is against my principles to leave any book unread midway.

If you are turned off by bad language, grammar, lousy narrative and flat story, I suggest you keep your hands off the book.

Of course I Love you... Only I can't

 I was intrigued by the title of the book, and subsequent ones for that matter, and wondered if the plot would involve some infidel and heart breaking drama. It, however, turned out as a title with a deeper meaning. "Ofcourse I love you...till I find someone better" is refreshing take on college romance and its effects. Author, or Authors as they are, takes the reader on a whirlwind of Journey. Dialogue are witty and humorous, even dark at times. Story revolves around Deb, a semi-fat semi-stud, who finds true love in Avantika. As for Avantika, she is a 'been there done that' girl and had her fair share of drugs & boyfriends before meeting with Deb and slowly realizing the truth of their relationship.


 Focus is entirely on story and a racy narrative. There is little done on developing the characters except a little for Deb, the hero. It would have been better if there was a little insight about other characters like Shrey. Avantika, the Heroine, is also treated similarly with little said about her past and for that matter current except her interactions with Deb.

Story is good and thats about it to the Novel. If there is anything I despise more than a bad story or narrative, its bad editing. There are way to many grammatical mistakes and they are spred evenly thorugout the novel(All errors in last sentence are intentional). A major blunder that I just can't accept at any level is that there is a WHOLE PAGE missing. There is no page 138. The sequence blissfully goes like 137,128,139,140 and so on. I don't blame the Authors as much as I would blame The proofreader and Editor. Its almost like there was no one to proof read the book before it was sent to press. 

Verdict: Good story & Narrative. BAD BAD BAD Editing.