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This Love that Feels So Right...
Life would have been easier had it been possible for us to plan falling in love; more importantly, avoid falling in love . . . 'Love is not for you,' she told herself. Inside-just like any girl-she desired to be loved. She had accepted her life the way it was, till one day love showed up unannounced, uninvited! That's the thing with love. It doesn't take permission. It's in its very nature to gatecrash into our lives. Standing face-to-face with love, she finds herself asking, 'Is this love right?' The answer is not simple. It never was . . . This intense love story will shake every belief you've ever had about love.
232 pages, Paperback
Published August 1, 2016
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About the author
Ravinder Singh
103 books1,970 followersRavinder Singh is a software engineer who works with a prominent IT company in India.
He was brought up in a very small town of Orissa called Burla. After spending most of his life there, he has recently moved to Chandigarh. Owing to the Nature of his work, he has visited various parts of the world and he wishes to continue doing the same in future. Apart from reading and writing, The Author has a keen interest in working out in the gym. Occasionally, he loves playing snooker; his favorite game. He is crazy about Punjabi Music and loves dancing to its beats. I Too Had A Love Story.. is his debut novel.
He was brought up in a very small town of Orissa called Burla. After spending most of his life there, he has recently moved to Chandigarh. Owing to the Nature of his work, he has visited various parts of the world and he wishes to continue doing the same in future. Apart from reading and writing, The Author has a keen interest in working out in the gym. Occasionally, he loves playing snooker; his favorite game. He is crazy about Punjabi Music and loves dancing to its beats. I Too Had A Love Story.. is his debut novel.
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September 25, 2016
This is the story:
A lady joins a gym to lose weight and get in shape. She falls in love with her trainer. Trainer goes to Canada. (The end)
WTF!!
There's some philosophy at the end which is supposed to make us think about the institution of marriage and love.
In the end, the author asks a question.
Is Manvika, who cheats with her husband fully knowing it right? Or is Naina who 'almost' cheats, but hides it from her family right?
Well, both are wrong. The ending is a little food for thought. But the culture of marriage was brought about to bring stability in one's life. To have kids grow up in a stable, healthy environment.
Humans are not 'polygamous' by nature(as stated in the book). If that were to be the case, the generation of kids growing up would have definitely not achieved much since they would be too busy trying to identify who their 'real' family is.
A lady joins a gym to lose weight and get in shape. She falls in love with her trainer. Trainer goes to Canada. (The end)
WTF!!
There's some philosophy at the end which is supposed to make us think about the institution of marriage and love.
In the end, the author asks a question.
Is Manvika, who cheats with her husband fully knowing it right? Or is Naina who 'almost' cheats, but hides it from her family right?
Well, both are wrong. The ending is a little food for thought. But the culture of marriage was brought about to bring stability in one's life. To have kids grow up in a stable, healthy environment.
Humans are not 'polygamous' by nature(as stated in the book). If that were to be the case, the generation of kids growing up would have definitely not achieved much since they would be too busy trying to identify who their 'real' family is.
August 18, 2016
Ravin's book usually makes me cry.It will have so much of emotions and I will be emotionally bonded with that book for a day or two.
But this book,made me THINK.
This book challenges my entire perception which I had .Maybe its right,Maybe its not but I loved the way Ravin has justified every single thing.
Manvika's audacious character is laudable!!The way she takes stand in her life is just awesome ..
Loved the page where ravin made a clear point saying,Marriage is not something which curtails someone 's freedom,it's about sharing life with each other :)
Overall a 5 star *
But this book,made me THINK.
This book challenges my entire perception which I had .Maybe its right,Maybe its not but I loved the way Ravin has justified every single thing.
Manvika's audacious character is laudable!!The way she takes stand in her life is just awesome ..
Loved the page where ravin made a clear point saying,Marriage is not something which curtails someone 's freedom,it's about sharing life with each other :)
Overall a 5 star *
April 14, 2020
Trust me if I hadn't bought this book a year back from World book fair, I would never have bought it nor read it. This book was a literal torture to me. I just hated this story on some another level.
I have read Ravinder's "I too had a love story" as a beginner in reading and pretty much liked it too.(Goddamit, I've cried at the end of that book)
But after reading so many books this one was a trash. Like I don't know it just wasn't for me.
So basically the book revolves around a unsatisfied woman named 'Naina' who's married and unhappy. Her husband 'Siddharth' is always busy to grow his business so he isn't there for her always. She joins a posh gym to look good on their anniversary and there she falls in love with his trainer. *𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘨𝘩*
There she also finds a woman 'Manvika' who's independent, smart and audacious. They become good friends. There's lots of philosophy (Shit) about marriage and extra marital affairs which I was SO NOT interested to read but I just wanted to finish the book as 5-10 pages were left only.
I will only recommend this book to beginners. Easy to read. Simple language.
I have read Ravinder's "I too had a love story" as a beginner in reading and pretty much liked it too.(Goddamit, I've cried at the end of that book)
But after reading so many books this one was a trash. Like I don't know it just wasn't for me.
So basically the book revolves around a unsatisfied woman named 'Naina' who's married and unhappy. Her husband 'Siddharth' is always busy to grow his business so he isn't there for her always. She joins a posh gym to look good on their anniversary and there she falls in love with his trainer. *𝘓𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘶𝘨𝘩*
There she also finds a woman 'Manvika' who's independent, smart and audacious. They become good friends. There's lots of philosophy (Shit) about marriage and extra marital affairs which I was SO NOT interested to read but I just wanted to finish the book as 5-10 pages were left only.
I will only recommend this book to beginners. Easy to read. Simple language.
September 3, 2016
Not upto my expectations though I am not heart broken like I was from the previous book. Things I like are Naina's innocence, Aarav's self-control (it is very difficult to find guys like that these days).
I felt the plot was very weak and definitely will not approve Manvika's idea of open marriage!
Overall, its an okay read if you are looking forward to kill time.
I felt the plot was very weak and definitely will not approve Manvika's idea of open marriage!
Overall, its an okay read if you are looking forward to kill time.
October 14, 2016
Read it .. to gather perspective!
Based on a theory which is as much a taboo as it is prevalent, this book takes you through a journey you just might want to question and yet deep down agree to.
Based on a theory which is as much a taboo as it is prevalent, this book takes you through a journey you just might want to question and yet deep down agree to.
September 19, 2016
Really Pathetic love/Affair scripted from someone who has given one of the memorable love stories in Indian Romance.
April 5, 2017
Predicable from beginning. The beauty of "I too had a love story" is completely missing here. Definitely not one of the best of ravinder singh.
October 17, 2016
I didn’t want to seem presumptuous or foster a premature opinion about Ravinder Singh's work (even though the temptation was a battle to resist!). I decided to give this book a chance.
The plot seems painfully predictable. When there is a young unmarried man and a young unsatisfied wife, meeting regularly at a posh gym, where one is the other’s trainer and a lot of focus is on the ‘body’ of it, saucy gym attires, sweat and breathlessness…what happens next is a no brainer. If the obvious is served to the reader on a plate with a silver spoon, page after page, why should the reader be motivated to turn the page even? It is here that the battered reader ruminates: does the author deliberately diminish the intelligence of the reader by titillating the plot every now and then in order to anchor his/her interest in the book? How cheap!
A nauseating amount of focus has been placed throughout on the infatuation between the story’s protagonists and is referred to as genuine and natural “love”. I don't get how an established author could get away with such amateur characterization. For instance on page 207, while the protagonist claims that her lover's love for her is not physical, she muses about a couple of instances where her lover expresses his lust for her, right before and after she makes that statement. The author jerks the reader around once again on page 224: "Not that I didn't make an effort to love Sid, but when I didn't see him reciprocating I gradually slipped in my efforts too". I mean...What the hell is that?!
The author tries to shed some light on the school of open marriages by including some insightful dialogues between the two female characters towards the end of the story. What should have been the main course has been sidelined as the dessert. A subject such as this, which has garnered a fair amount of ambivalence in recent times, deserves much more than just a handful of pages. The plot could have offered more scope for deeper perception had the author been infatuated by this avant garde concept, in an otherwise conservative society, rather than on the uninvigorating infatuation between the lead characters.
The author's conviction on the subject seems half baked making the end, designed to be of a significant revelation, lack soul. It seems as if the author was in a hurry to be done with the book and quickly attempts to tie all the loose ends, as if it were a sub-standard Bollywood movie.
It is understandable at times, if a story falls short of inspiration despite the efforts of the author (by playing the ‘extramarital’ card in this case). However what is almost sacrilegious of a writer and his accomplice – the publishing house, is the sheer audacity to be ignorant of the proofreading errors. On page 189 'of late' is 'off late', on page 226 'I felt weak' is 'I felt week', on page 228 'it suits them' is 'it suites them'; to address a few.
I feel deeply disturbed that it is authors such as Ravinder Singh who are lauded by the present day youth and stand at the forefront of English literature in a highly thought-inspired nation such as India.
September 7, 2016
Ravinder Singh you are undoubtedly my fav Indian author! I have always been a fan of your writing. I was so hooked to this book that in no time I finished it.
As I was reading the book, emotions were on a high and I was very anxious to know how the book unfolds.
The MIND and the HEART are 2 very funny things, putting people in unavoidable situations. You want things and then you have reality strike you hard.
Today one is more emotionally drawn, and stories like yours fill those void spaces ! This book is my 2nd favorite after #itoohadalovestory.
But have you thought about how would this book be if it had a different ending ? Naina is skeptical that tomorrow what if, Aarav, finds someone else .. But that's something no one can predict .. Sid although being a good husband did not focus on keeping the spark alive .. And aren't relationships all about the crazy spark that got you together in the first place ..
Today we are so caught up with our lives that we forget to live & love !
As I was reading the book, emotions were on a high and I was very anxious to know how the book unfolds.
The MIND and the HEART are 2 very funny things, putting people in unavoidable situations. You want things and then you have reality strike you hard.
Today one is more emotionally drawn, and stories like yours fill those void spaces ! This book is my 2nd favorite after #itoohadalovestory.
But have you thought about how would this book be if it had a different ending ? Naina is skeptical that tomorrow what if, Aarav, finds someone else .. But that's something no one can predict .. Sid although being a good husband did not focus on keeping the spark alive .. And aren't relationships all about the crazy spark that got you together in the first place ..
Today we are so caught up with our lives that we forget to live & love !
October 14, 2016
Not Interesting. With so much expectation I took this book. But
the starting page of brief about story only says the whole story.
It is just like Preety Shenoy's 'My Secret Wishlist' novel.
Same story, With reading of 3-4 chapters I returned this book.
Try something new Ravin, apart from Love topics.
the starting page of brief about story only says the whole story.
It is just like Preety Shenoy's 'My Secret Wishlist' novel.
Same story, With reading of 3-4 chapters I returned this book.
Try something new Ravin, apart from Love topics.
December 29, 2017
Here is my first letter to author about book's review :-)
Warm greetings!
Hello sir..
Its great pleasure to share our thoughts with author which may support/contradictory to the story.
Well,exactly i couldnt take one point to start to pointout in storyline.. Let me start from Manvika's sort of debate with Naina.. Need, want and curiosity. Its quite brilliant classification.its very rare case of mutual understanding as like Manvika and her husband particularly(wish to know his name :-)).its beyond Matured understanding to ignore Infidelity.Happy to know this sort of personalities atleast on story.
And Mostly no one needs extramartial relationship but at one point everyone landed on it atleast on
thoughts. (thoughts becomes action, it may upto their guts) curiosity is like tangent,i think its completely different angle which never hurts emotionally."want"-yes. Everyone want to gain their freedom from others, its simply in all relationship and in all stages on life. But the marriage portion is gets highlighted because it takes us into completely other zone.its silently expect the meaning of live or want someone to enlivening/awakening to see you as you. I feel -want -never ends with one or two. As manvika said that i want him to take care of me as a mother,financial supporter as like father,fun with him like sibilings or friends.. Its not very contradictory expectations to fulfill in all aspects.but we everyone cannot do.
I agree with Naina's decision..she has expressed to her husband about expectations or future life. she has faced her family and her in laws boldly to stand for life.eventhough i have understand her husband nature,i would like to know his points on this situation, he silently comes and go on scenes. Though i felt he is completely running towards money.personally or on story also I hate that sort of character.
I love Naina's conclusion. Her decision is "not for Aarav but for her". She want to live her life with full of hopes and freedom.if she go with Aarav means it never ll be a brilliant one. So she needs time to understand it better. Coz everything has an expiry date.
I like the way of ending. There are so many verses of love that everyone can tell a synonyms for it.. But in plain english :-)it means "freedom" that we cant hold by need, want or by curiosity.. so better "Let go"
Mostly as a reader we wish to grasp the story line in author's Pov. This love that feels right-simply
Great.Congratulations!
Expecting a lot more love that should feel right!:-)
Warm greetings!
Hello sir..
Its great pleasure to share our thoughts with author which may support/contradictory to the story.
Well,exactly i couldnt take one point to start to pointout in storyline.. Let me start from Manvika's sort of debate with Naina.. Need, want and curiosity. Its quite brilliant classification.its very rare case of mutual understanding as like Manvika and her husband particularly(wish to know his name :-)).its beyond Matured understanding to ignore Infidelity.Happy to know this sort of personalities atleast on story.
And Mostly no one needs extramartial relationship but at one point everyone landed on it atleast on
thoughts. (thoughts becomes action, it may upto their guts) curiosity is like tangent,i think its completely different angle which never hurts emotionally."want"-yes. Everyone want to gain their freedom from others, its simply in all relationship and in all stages on life. But the marriage portion is gets highlighted because it takes us into completely other zone.its silently expect the meaning of live or want someone to enlivening/awakening to see you as you. I feel -want -never ends with one or two. As manvika said that i want him to take care of me as a mother,financial supporter as like father,fun with him like sibilings or friends.. Its not very contradictory expectations to fulfill in all aspects.but we everyone cannot do.
I agree with Naina's decision..she has expressed to her husband about expectations or future life. she has faced her family and her in laws boldly to stand for life.eventhough i have understand her husband nature,i would like to know his points on this situation, he silently comes and go on scenes. Though i felt he is completely running towards money.personally or on story also I hate that sort of character.
I love Naina's conclusion. Her decision is "not for Aarav but for her". She want to live her life with full of hopes and freedom.if she go with Aarav means it never ll be a brilliant one. So she needs time to understand it better. Coz everything has an expiry date.
I like the way of ending. There are so many verses of love that everyone can tell a synonyms for it.. But in plain english :-)it means "freedom" that we cant hold by need, want or by curiosity.. so better "Let go"
Mostly as a reader we wish to grasp the story line in author's Pov. This love that feels right-simply
Great.Congratulations!
Expecting a lot more love that should feel right!:-)
February 7, 2017
One more so-called love story from an Indian author. I am hurt deep down !!
The least person I expected such blunder was from Ravinder Singh, as his previous love stories are up to some par.
I don't understand why he came up with such blunder! As someone who liked his writings, I feel really bad !
Protagonist is a housewife, ~25years, born and brought up in conservative environment, married to similar environment.
Meets up two persons in her quest to reduce weight (for her wedding anniversary). One changes her mind, another changes her heart.
What happens to the 'Love' that feels right is the remaining story.
Conceptually, what the author decided to speak about is a very good one.
He captured the mindset of a women who was grown up in a conservative, restricted environment. Her thoughts, her way of living, her satisfaction level, her inner desires, etc etc.
Out of two people she meet, the one who changes her mind is a woman. The boldness, thoughtful mindset of that character was well portrayed.
And the one who wins heart is usual Indian love story stereotype for gentleman.
The one who loves unconditionally, adorable, behaves as gentleman, can leave love for the sake of loved ones, never protest for any silly mistake others make, never gets angry!
I won't say I didn't like that character. But somehow, it felt like too good to be true.
For a story which touches reality in many ways, such imaginary type character looked awkward.
One more thing I liked is the different perception towards marriage.
I won't say I agree with it completely. As the protagonist herself said (in epilogue), it's not necessary to agree with someone, I don't agree completely with the author on his perception about marriage but I do agree up to certain extent.
The attempt he made should be appreciated.
What I felt as the biggest drawback of this book is the missing of spark. I am not meaning the dramatic exaggerated love/romantic/sex stuffs that can be witnessed only in books.
All Ravinder's previous books will have a spark of love and multiple heart touching points. This book had neither.
As a love story from an author who is famous for love stories, this is missing a big part!
A good attempt which didn't live up to the expectation ...
The least person I expected such blunder was from Ravinder Singh, as his previous love stories are up to some par.
I don't understand why he came up with such blunder! As someone who liked his writings, I feel really bad !
Protagonist is a housewife, ~25years, born and brought up in conservative environment, married to similar environment.
Meets up two persons in her quest to reduce weight (for her wedding anniversary). One changes her mind, another changes her heart.
What happens to the 'Love' that feels right is the remaining story.
Conceptually, what the author decided to speak about is a very good one.
He captured the mindset of a women who was grown up in a conservative, restricted environment. Her thoughts, her way of living, her satisfaction level, her inner desires, etc etc.
Out of two people she meet, the one who changes her mind is a woman. The boldness, thoughtful mindset of that character was well portrayed.
And the one who wins heart is usual Indian love story stereotype for gentleman.
The one who loves unconditionally, adorable, behaves as gentleman, can leave love for the sake of loved ones, never protest for any silly mistake others make, never gets angry!
I won't say I didn't like that character. But somehow, it felt like too good to be true.
For a story which touches reality in many ways, such imaginary type character looked awkward.
One more thing I liked is the different perception towards marriage.
I won't say I agree with it completely. As the protagonist herself said (in epilogue), it's not necessary to agree with someone, I don't agree completely with the author on his perception about marriage but I do agree up to certain extent.
The attempt he made should be appreciated.
What I felt as the biggest drawback of this book is the missing of spark. I am not meaning the dramatic exaggerated love/romantic/sex stuffs that can be witnessed only in books.
All Ravinder's previous books will have a spark of love and multiple heart touching points. This book had neither.
As a love story from an author who is famous for love stories, this is missing a big part!
A good attempt which didn't live up to the expectation ...
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 28, 2017
As most of them think LOVE, a simple word but with a complex meaning. Well LOVE can be defined with another simple word, FREEDOM. A brave attempt by the author on a theme that is still considered to b as a taboo in this society. This book do make us think.
August 28, 2016
Clearly not up to expectation. I don't know whether its my problem because I set the benchmark high as that of his previous ones.
July 28, 2017
Bearable to an extent.Description is nice but the story is bad..
September 29, 2020
A witless ludicrous book by ravinder singh.
August 19, 2024
Happy that Ravinder Singh has written something different. He has made a good attempt at coming out of his comfort zone. Cheers to his efforts. He has been true to the title of the book. He didn't go to the cliche route of the extra marital affair scenario. He has tried adapting to the current marriage scenarios in the society without enforcing a particular thought. He has been unbiased in his writing about the current marriage scenario.
September 11, 2016
This Love that Feels Right is one of Ravinder Singh's recently popular book. This book is not that old lovey dovey romance story infact it highlights a new perspective of seeing love. We all know Ravinder Singh for his forte in romance and here he talks about something which is considered as a taboo in today's world. I was so excited that I ended up pre- ordering the book. I saw that frame and I kept looking at Ravin's pic for good 10 minutes. I won't say I am his die hard fan as there is whole lot to say that. I can say that, I am a person who can sense his narrative style, his thoughts and yes, I felt this book.
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Cover- The cover of the book is filmy as it has fantastic colour scheme of red and the divine picturisation of two lovers behind the balloons makes it poignant.
Title- This is the perfect title for the novel as the whole story revolves around it. At the end, one can sense its validity.
Blurb- Life would have been easier had it been possible for us to plan falling in love; More importantly, avoid falling in love… ‘Love is not for you,’ she told herself. Inside, just like any girl, she desired to be loved.
She had accepted her life the way it was, till one-day love showed up unannounced, uninvited! That’s the thing with love. It doesn’t take permission. It’s in its very nature to gatecrash into our lives Standing face-to-face with love, she finds herself asking, ‘Is this love right?’ The answer is not simple. It never was… This intense love story will shake every belief you’ve ever had.
Plot- The plot construction is impeccable as the author talks about Naina Singhania, a typical Indian rich housewife and Aarav, a gym trainer. Life takes a turn when these two meet each other. Malvika, their common friend saw a spark in them but both were struggling between their desires and the boundation for Naina being married already.
Themes- There are many themes in this novel. The most important is the theme of love. Basically love is an emotion and is beyond any boundaries but our society has certain boundaries. We can imagine love before marriage but after marriage is known as an illicit relationship. This is true as we are seeing it from last so many centuries. Sometimes marriages are destroyed, things get nasty and to add more, the lovers have to undergo humiliation. Even Victorian Era is known for such love affairs. But we are not talking about the negatives here, in fact the author delineates a different concept of love. In this, the lovers understand each other. Naina is ready to call off her wedding for herself not for Aarav. The unique concept is being introduced and it actually doesn't hurt anyone. The other mouthpiece is Malvika who is in a relationship with someone and he is not her husband but she has told her husband. I loved the act of courtesy and honesty towards a relation.
Theme of friendship is beautifully depicted. Naina finds a confidante in Malvika. They both share everything with each other. Malvika is really confidant and bold whereas Naina is shy and bit old fashioned. She explains Naina her perspective and she isn't guilty of having an affair as she is being honest with her partner and he also readily accepted her. This motivates Naina to take a stand for herself.
Characterisation- I personally loved Malvika's character as she is the mouthpiece of the author, thats what I feel. Whereas Naina is an opposite of Malvika but still they are very good friends. Akhil has extra ordinary traits. There are no villains in this novel but what are villains here, are the thoughts of the characters. The characters are seen respecting each other which makes it mind blowing.
STyle- The author has used pithy and condensed style of writing. The use of third person technique is aptly followed. Some sentences are philosophical and takes you to a different world. The humour surpasses in creating humour. I can conclude by saying that Ravin has come up with a unique perspective of love and I thoroughly enjoyed it..
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Cover- The cover of the book is filmy as it has fantastic colour scheme of red and the divine picturisation of two lovers behind the balloons makes it poignant.
Title- This is the perfect title for the novel as the whole story revolves around it. At the end, one can sense its validity.
Blurb- Life would have been easier had it been possible for us to plan falling in love; More importantly, avoid falling in love… ‘Love is not for you,’ she told herself. Inside, just like any girl, she desired to be loved.
She had accepted her life the way it was, till one-day love showed up unannounced, uninvited! That’s the thing with love. It doesn’t take permission. It’s in its very nature to gatecrash into our lives Standing face-to-face with love, she finds herself asking, ‘Is this love right?’ The answer is not simple. It never was… This intense love story will shake every belief you’ve ever had.
Plot- The plot construction is impeccable as the author talks about Naina Singhania, a typical Indian rich housewife and Aarav, a gym trainer. Life takes a turn when these two meet each other. Malvika, their common friend saw a spark in them but both were struggling between their desires and the boundation for Naina being married already.
Themes- There are many themes in this novel. The most important is the theme of love. Basically love is an emotion and is beyond any boundaries but our society has certain boundaries. We can imagine love before marriage but after marriage is known as an illicit relationship. This is true as we are seeing it from last so many centuries. Sometimes marriages are destroyed, things get nasty and to add more, the lovers have to undergo humiliation. Even Victorian Era is known for such love affairs. But we are not talking about the negatives here, in fact the author delineates a different concept of love. In this, the lovers understand each other. Naina is ready to call off her wedding for herself not for Aarav. The unique concept is being introduced and it actually doesn't hurt anyone. The other mouthpiece is Malvika who is in a relationship with someone and he is not her husband but she has told her husband. I loved the act of courtesy and honesty towards a relation.
Theme of friendship is beautifully depicted. Naina finds a confidante in Malvika. They both share everything with each other. Malvika is really confidant and bold whereas Naina is shy and bit old fashioned. She explains Naina her perspective and she isn't guilty of having an affair as she is being honest with her partner and he also readily accepted her. This motivates Naina to take a stand for herself.
Characterisation- I personally loved Malvika's character as she is the mouthpiece of the author, thats what I feel. Whereas Naina is an opposite of Malvika but still they are very good friends. Akhil has extra ordinary traits. There are no villains in this novel but what are villains here, are the thoughts of the characters. The characters are seen respecting each other which makes it mind blowing.
STyle- The author has used pithy and condensed style of writing. The use of third person technique is aptly followed. Some sentences are philosophical and takes you to a different world. The humour surpasses in creating humour. I can conclude by saying that Ravin has come up with a unique perspective of love and I thoroughly enjoyed it..
July 14, 2024
A one time read because it's not worthy to be dragged . Could've been written Better in the first half . Was absolutely bored in the first half .
July 13, 2017
love means to let go!
January 10, 2017
This time ravin sir came with a new subject but fails to frame it. The story is quite impressive and boring as well. The concept of the book is unique and commendable but the way author frames the book was disappointing. The ending is just like any typical Indian book but it leaves you with questions.
Coming to characters my favorite one is manvika. She knew what she was doing. She was bold, intelligent as well as confident but I don’t like her her views on an extramarital affair. Aarav is perfect, actually more than just perfect to even exist in today’s world. Naina she was the main character. I don’t think that her character deserves mockery. She is like any other Indian girl who lives between confined walls of her house. Many people will find her character funny but I can understand her situation as I’ve myself seen many girls facing same problems.
Author has perfectly done his job with 5 characters but instead of a good concept, this book was not as interesting as expected.
Coming to characters my favorite one is manvika. She knew what she was doing. She was bold, intelligent as well as confident but I don’t like her her views on an extramarital affair. Aarav is perfect, actually more than just perfect to even exist in today’s world. Naina she was the main character. I don’t think that her character deserves mockery. She is like any other Indian girl who lives between confined walls of her house. Many people will find her character funny but I can understand her situation as I’ve myself seen many girls facing same problems.
Author has perfectly done his job with 5 characters but instead of a good concept, this book was not as interesting as expected.
September 14, 2016
He brilliantly penned it this time. It requires lots of guts to come up with such a bold concept with reasonable quotient. Debate blown up my mind and it sounds pretty logical. The very topic which am so against of after i read my perspectives became neutral.
Before taking their relationship to the next level, he clearly came up with brilliant piece of debate. each and every line in the debate has its own strength and it does make sense. Am so impressed with it and he put down every word in a convincing manner. After the debate its bit boring when naina thinks of sid, it all says what she is going through and the story doesn't move a bit. (Like an advertisement pops out in the middle of climax) Such a story which consists of out of box thoughts should do have powerful climax but its quiet dull. ( n erotic levels advanced)
One will definitely learn something new from this book.
Before taking their relationship to the next level, he clearly came up with brilliant piece of debate. each and every line in the debate has its own strength and it does make sense. Am so impressed with it and he put down every word in a convincing manner. After the debate its bit boring when naina thinks of sid, it all says what she is going through and the story doesn't move a bit. (Like an advertisement pops out in the middle of climax) Such a story which consists of out of box thoughts should do have powerful climax but its quiet dull. ( n erotic levels advanced)
One will definitely learn something new from this book.
January 27, 2018
About love. First loves; and life, and reality stabbing you in a corner towards the left. And eventually, what you learn, and with which you start to live.
Review : There were good parts to it, and there were also, the not so good.
Some places I could really feel like I was a part of it and some I wasn't able to connect with.
As no two persons or instances are ever the same, and so were the different phases and all the many different emotions I went through while reading it.
I liked the book nonetheless, but if you're a hard core Ravin-fan (like me), you could be a *bit* disappointed with this one, but it's, ACTUALLY KIND OF A PRACTICAL TAKE ON THE *LOVE* LIFE OF A REGULAR INDIAN WOMAN, to be true.
And well, everything does get, sort of, *sorted out* with the book coming to an end, umm.. in the way it does in *real lives*
Doesn't it? (Read it, know it)
Review : There were good parts to it, and there were also, the not so good.
Some places I could really feel like I was a part of it and some I wasn't able to connect with.
As no two persons or instances are ever the same, and so were the different phases and all the many different emotions I went through while reading it.
I liked the book nonetheless, but if you're a hard core Ravin-fan (like me), you could be a *bit* disappointed with this one, but it's, ACTUALLY KIND OF A PRACTICAL TAKE ON THE *LOVE* LIFE OF A REGULAR INDIAN WOMAN, to be true.
And well, everything does get, sort of, *sorted out* with the book coming to an end, umm.. in the way it does in *real lives*
Doesn't it? (Read it, know it)
June 4, 2017
The novel is more about the agrument over marriage or we can say so called concept of marriage which society has engraved in our mind. The side story was added just to support the argument, to show the gravity of point. And initial 25-30 pages were just to creat an environment. I can understand if auther had written a essay over the topic we wouldn't have left that much thoughtful. As for the concept of extramarital affairs and describing it as choice of freedom is like writing new rules for marriage. Is not it should be in hand of people to write their own rules. Monogamy or polygamy or some thing else if discovered, it should be the right of person to choose it. Even at the end of story nayna choose happiness over all discussion and written her own rules. She didn't accepted right away polygamy neither did she leave monogamy all did she choose what is the way to happiness.
April 10, 2021
It's a fantabulous one. It made me understand what marriage should be and should not be?? Being married shouldn't prevent us from living our life. It absolutely changed my perspective of marriage. I am glad to picked it up. I really wish everyone in this society understand this and accept this too.
Manvika is a fearless one because she always thinks from a different point of view. Her thoughts contradict the views of society, but she's 100% true. She also didn't fear to speak it aloud.
The Character I loathed is sid. He always thinks of business so why did he get married. He never even thinks of her opinion, didn't appreciate her for anything.
I really loved Aarav. If he have thought, he could have expressed his love openly. But he didn't, he thought about her life. He thought how it would affect her married life. So I admired him.
Manvika is a fearless one because she always thinks from a different point of view. Her thoughts contradict the views of society, but she's 100% true. She also didn't fear to speak it aloud.
The Character I loathed is sid. He always thinks of business so why did he get married. He never even thinks of her opinion, didn't appreciate her for anything.
I really loved Aarav. If he have thought, he could have expressed his love openly. But he didn't, he thought about her life. He thought how it would affect her married life. So I admired him.
February 5, 2018
Every novel need not have a message or moral story. But what it needs to have for me is - a strong protagonist and a cause/mission/call-it-what-it-may for a reader to cheer for. Unfortunately, the protagonist failed me here to evoke any reaction from me. She was a whimsical lady, who fell in love with her gym instructor. And to add woes to the story, she met a friend at a gym, who was really a relationship advisor (sarcasm!!). The story lacked any depth and it is one of those stories that are set in the universe where the only work one has to do is go to the gym and come back.
I have rated single star, as I would give to imagination of the author as well as my inability to compose a story.
I have rated single star, as I would give to imagination of the author as well as my inability to compose a story.
October 22, 2016
The talks about the story of two girls, both married, having different logics of life. The question on which book focusses all its energy is about extramarital affairs. While one may not agree with both the logics at the same time but the author has tried give rather logical explanations to the two aspects pointed out in the novel. Thr book starts with an interesting note but thereafter blurs into a bland mix where even if u sleep and accidently flip 20 pages, you ll not regret it coz you want it end soon.
There was much scope in the book to spice things up, but even half an effort was not done on that front. Book after all is just OK.
There was much scope in the book to spice things up, but even half an effort was not done on that front. Book after all is just OK.
October 27, 2016
love , love , love.There is nothing but a love story in the book.of course it is what the cover page says .but as a regular reader of ravinder singh i expect something different from of the same romance genre.I don't know how long will ravinder singh write on the romance genre.He has the potential to write big thing but still unwilling to come out of his comfort zone.The book is nice but every twist and turn ,even the ending of the novel is so obvious you could see it a mile away.my expectation killed me.Don't read the book with a lot of expectation.
July 23, 2020
A damn boring read.
Cliches and cliches and cliches.
And someone please do tell Ravinder to change his misogynistic tone. Painting men as the savior of weak and fragile women is but bullshit. And also, please stop with the redemption arc, of weak women becoming strong when love comes into their lives.
And also, that last decision of hers was made to give the book a sort of an open ending and also sadden it even more, due to them not being together, but all it does is make one laugh at the sheer stupidity of the author.
Cliches and cliches and cliches.
And someone please do tell Ravinder to change his misogynistic tone. Painting men as the savior of weak and fragile women is but bullshit. And also, please stop with the redemption arc, of weak women becoming strong when love comes into their lives.
And also, that last decision of hers was made to give the book a sort of an open ending and also sadden it even more, due to them not being together, but all it does is make one laugh at the sheer stupidity of the author.
September 29, 2016
Ravinder takes up a hot social topic which many dares not to touch and has tried to bring out a convincing solution to it through Manvika. I personally feel like the solution is vague and unconvincing. Naina's character wonderfully portrays the 'crush' dilemma faced by every individual. This book is an emotional roller coaster till you land on the last chapter. In the epilogue questions that arise on the mind of Naina is epic.
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