Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat is in the same league of 2 States or rather the opposite [By the way, it was supposed to be Five Point Someone followed by 2 States.. but, as usual, this is me, so I get the order in the reverse ;) just like most of the times]
For someone, who did her undergraduation in a Women's University and more so ever, for someone who was a day scholar, any book on the hostel life of either men/women and the fun in that kinda life, is bound to create interest. And with writers like Chetan Bhagat, who is immensely humourous (right from the acknowledgements), well it is a treat. I did read it faster, because it was just a small book (moorthi siridhu aanaal keerthi peridhu) and it definitely was a better breather for me after Crime and Punishment (am not complaining here.. just the dire contrast of these two is very prominent for me as a reader..am saying thats all)
Of course, I was able to relate to 2 states much more than this (which is very obvious) but the one thing that kept coming to my mind was the comparison of the movie 3 Idiots to the book and more so of its characters. There has been many a change in the movie to accomodate for the presence of Aamir. But I felt both were good in their own ways.
I am, again, not going to the details of the story here, but it is definitely a must read if you like good, light-hearted, college-fun-based stories. It was a very nice attempt where in, details of Hari's background, Ryan's feelings for his parents etc were done as fillers through either Ryan or Alok's chapter.
A very relaxing read.
Reading - the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at bay. ~William Styron
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