Book Review: The Bestseller she wrote

Ravi Subramanian's new novel "THE BESTSELLER SHE WROTE" is out in the market and I had an opportunity to read it thanks to BlogAdda. I have been looking for a quick read for quite some time and this book serves the purpose very well.

The book cover is attractive and interesting. Around 380 pages novel is good enough for a quick page turner and the pace of the novel is fast and edgy.

The story revolves around a famous author Aditya whose life is a perfect blend of professional and personal achievement. He is a very successful banker and also enjoys the pleasure of writing novels professionally at the same time. He is happily married to his college sweetheart and has a kid. During one of his encounters as a chief guest in his alumnus, he encounters a young, bold and very attractive student Shreya. Sherya is very ambitious and aspires to become a writer herself. They soon end up having a passionate affair as she joins his office. Aditya's best friend Sanjay who also heads the HR department of the company supports him while hiding his affair from Aditya's wife. But then ultimately truth comes out and Aditya finds himself in a vortex of delusion and betrayal. This is the story of how he tries to come out clean while saving all he had and whether he actually succeeds or not.

This is the first time Mr. Subramanian has tried to deviate from his genre of writing to a romantic and raunchy love story. The first half has done justice to that with the steamy sex scenes and lustful flirting. However, he has also remained true to his genre of thriller and has built a story line somewhat around it penning down a romantic intrigue. The second half, particularly last 100 pages, keeps you glued to the book arising interest on Aditya’s redemption. It is a wonderful portrayal of emotions from all the characters. Even though, Aditya sometimes felt a little too drab and artificial in scenes where he ought to be more emotional or angry or frustrated, I have given a benefit of doubt to the story line here that built up later due to his words and actions at the previous stage. 

One of the points which irritated me were the urgent phone calls and email from Dr. Krishnan.  It was difficult to understand why he didn't call her or email or text her at any other point of time when he sensed that something was wrong in the relationship  between Aditya and Maya during Maya’s second visit to the clinic. He could have told  her right away or anytime after that. Why did he have to wait for so long and make it an urgent matter right till Aditya’s speech at the book launch? This part of the story was something I couldn't digest easily and found a little too dramatic. Also, when the author chose the topic of adultery, it kind of turned me off as it failed to ignite any romance with the book and warm up to the readers.

                                                       Apart from this, the story is really engrossing especially for people into romantic thrillers. I finished the book in a single attempt of 4 hours which speaks about the captivity of the story. The language is simple and the flow of the story is easy and without any glitches. Youngsters can really dig into these kind of stories.The climax specially is laudable. The author has put much thought into the end to make it a "Woah!" moment for the readers.

I’d definitely recommend this book to people looking for a quick and easy bed time novel. If I could rate this book, I'd give it a 3.5 of 5 stars.

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