You fail to impress Chetan Ji
The man with the Midas touch has done it again.. I'm not sure what the statistics are but, going by the readership of the latest Chetan Bhagat novel "Revolution 2020", it is a sellout and has achieved what was expected of it - to bring in the moolah for Bhagat and his publishers.. But the book for me has been a total let down.. I really liked Bhagat's last book "2 States - the story of my marriage".. the book was well written, with a lot of humor and made for an interesting read.. So it was but natural for me to be enthusiastic about his latest novel.. But alas! R2020 fails to impress.. Firstly the title is misleading. There is absolutely no hint of a revolution, atleast none involving the protagonist Gopal Mishra.. The story is pretty ordinary and the book is missing the 'punch' that usually accompanies Bhagat's novels.. Even the novel "The 3 mistakes of my life" that didn't generate much hype had a much better storyline than ...