Those Small Lil Things in life and love

I was attracted to this book because I loved the cover (serious). I then saw that it is a national bestseller which all the more compelled me to buy it. I enjoy reading the young Indian authors as most of their books are very light and entertaining and this one was no different. Also, the locations, the situations, the names, the songs mentioned in these books are something which I can relate to. Not that I don’t relate to the things mentioned by foreign authors, they take me a world of dreams and imagination and making me promise myself that I would visit those places someday.

Anyways, coming back to the topic, this book by Rahul Saini is about Raj and his love (mostly infatuation) life. Raj is a young architect who lives in Gurgaon and is a huge movie buff and can relate the happenings of his life with some movie. It’s a story connecting all those little incidents in one’s life that one never forgets. It’s about falling in and out of love. It’s about the one whom you love not loving you back. It’s about friends. It’s about childhood, school, college and professional life.

Raj’s love story started when he was in kindergarten and continues through the different phases of his life, in school, high school, college and professional life with different girls in a very filmy style. He elaborates his story about 8 different girls whom he loved/liked at some point of time in his life and who made an impact on him. It moves to and fro from present to past. Currently he has a nasty boss and he almost hates his job, he has a nice set of colleagues and friends though, who makes his life bearable.

Just like in the Movies – this is a book you can finish in a single sit. I took 1.5 days by the way.

(Finished it in the long weekend of Uttrayan/ Sankranti, where I had nothing much to do here, in Bangalore). The writing is simple and easy to understand. It can be used as a starting book for those who don’t like to read. It will make you stick to your seat until you finish it. There is a feel good factor about the book.

The one thing I didn’t like is the ending. The author has left it to the readers to decide the climax which makes you wonder what would have had happened. Being an ever optimist, I ended it on a happy note J, I just wish that the author had done that too!

All in all, a good read on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

My Rating : 4/5