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Just ahead of Valentine’s Day, I received Advantage Love authored by Madhuri Banerjee. And it really helped set a nice, romantic mood for the most important day in the life of most couples (I presume). This book is a simple love triangle, sprinkled with advice and independence, free spirit and love itself.
Don’t be a woman that needs a man. Be a woman that a man needs.
The book starts off with the simple homely Lucknow girl coming to Delhi with dreams in her eyes. Here, Trisha meets young, hot to-be politician Vedant Kirloskar. He’s the rich bad boy you can’t resist, even though you don’t see a future with him. Soon, Trisha realises that there no “riding off into the sunset” with Vedant, as they come from families that are worlds apart. After an 8 month, Twilight-esque hiatus, enter Abhimanyu, young Tennis player. Trisha and him fall in love, fast and hard, and Trisha realises he is perfect for her. But then, Vedant re-enters her life, and Trisha is left torn. Is a bird in the hand really worth two in the bush?
Supporting cast here is Juhi, Trisha’s best friend and Neha, Trisha’s mother. Both are easily the best characters in the book and Juhi is wise beyond her years. While Juhi has her own life and own problems, she seems to have grasped what it takes to make a relationship work. Neha, on the other hand seems to understand her daughter, better than Trisha thinks so. She unwittingly helps Trisha and teaches her important lessons about being free and spirited. At a certain point when Trisha has hit a dead end with Abhimanyu, Juhi speaks the exact words that resonate in my mind, “Why is this relationship only about you?” At this same point, Neha says, “There is no relationship that has not been taken for granted some point. The good ones rectify it immediately.”
Why should anyone have to live up to your standards? Have you even tried to live up to theirs?
The book, for the most part follows a similar love story pattern, a high, followed by a low, followed by another high and finally, confusion. But, its good writing and simplicity keeps it afloat. The book tackles many issues, subtly so, such as marriage, first love, virginity and so on. The book is devoid of any grammatical and spelling mistakes.
Of course, you don’t question how one ordinary girl can be lucky enough to meet the hottest politician AND the hottest Indian athlete in one lifetime. Also, Trisha’s character is often shown as too flawed and confused, for her own good. Her angst can often be infuriating. It reminds me of Bella Swan from Twilight, though infinitely better.
Overall, this book makes a good and light read, perfect a night-in or any travel!
Overall Rating: 7/10
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1 comment:
I loved this book very much. It was a very refreshing and enjoyable experience. I know that I shouldn???t be comparing but when I was reading about Vedant and Trisha, I couldn???t help myself from comparing these two with Abhay Deol and Sonam Kapoor from the movie Ranjhana. There were too many similarities between these two couple.
Keeping aside the movie part, reading this book was like breathing the fresh air and watching the rainbow. Yes, that???s how much I enjoyed the book. Each and every word of the book was so well written that I couldn???t keep the book down even for a second.
The way Vedant whispers beautiful poems in Trisha???s ears actually gave me Goosebumps.
Trisha???s confusion about the two ruggedly handsome guys in her life is so well described that you can actually feel it and you yourself start experiencing the same confusion and tries to decide that which guy she should actually choose.
There is a part in the book, when Abhimanyu, Trisha and Leander are sitting in American Diner and Trisha gets jealous of all the female attention that Abhimanyu is being showered on. Trisha gets irritated and ties her hair with the clip. At that point, Abhimanyu very swiftly opens her clip and keep it in his hand till the meal is over. I don???t know why but this is the part I liked the most in the book.
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