Written in simple English, Bhagat is a master storyteller. Of course I don’t buy the fact that Hari had the guts to sleep with the professor’s daughter in broad daylight. Fiction it is. He went a little overboard but I guess
its ok just as we can live with the item numbers in mainstream Cinema for commercial success.

Believe it or not, if you were a top performer, there are times when you are going to hate this book. There are
times, when you would think, “OMG, I was so much like Venkat. Shut myself BOOKReview in a room for hours together mugging the 8 hr notes ready to vomit in the tests.” It would make you think “There was a LIFE outside while I was in the company of books.”

Ryan’s character is difficult to identify with but one that everybody fantasises to be. Memories of the adrenaline rush the night before the semester exams, a flurry of activity around the hostel rooms in search of the right photocopies, quarrels over lab practicals and cooking of ‘obsy’ readings came back...

Surprisingly, normal IIT girls didn’t figure in this book. Probably because guys find better company in “insti roof, vodka and Floyd than ..”

Overall, the book was entertaining. Guys can draw an instant connection. If you want to the revisit the 4 years of your undergraduation again, then this is a must-read.

It is actually fun to borrow this book and read. You can then buy a copy of your own. Priced at Rs.99, it is a steal. This book is very difficult for Western readers to relate to but if you want to understand how Indian Education System works, then do read this. On a closing note, don’t ask me again how the book is. If you have to ask, you wouldn’t understand.