Just completed reading Second Thoughts by Shobhaa De. The back cover of book said, she is the most selling author in India! If you read the book, it has got nothing in it. Neither it has flow nor quality to impress user. The story has no backbone. The whole stuff is, a gal is not satisfied by her husband, neither physically nor emotionally is been attracted to young chap nearby. Chap was smart enough to f**k her once and fled. The story flows and comes to an abrupt end. Yeh, I like open ended stories but what the hell was this? You can't believe that story has ended there. It's full of weird characters inside. Not a single couple is happy in whole story! If you are thinking it has got a messege in it, then you are making a mistake too. All the time story keep saying that mumbai is not so good, or should I say, Mumbai is not better than Kolkata! Personally I hate it, any comparision between two uncomparable!
I passionately feel we have lots of better writers in this country.
Why she is most selling????
On the contrary, I started reading The Woman by OSHO, now this was something exquisite. May be u love or hate osho but you have to agree that book has got originality in ideas. I never had this angle to view women! Though I have just started reading it but I'm sure this is one of the best stuff written on women...
So see you after break or should I say brake!!!
Most of so called Indian writers writes very crappy. I stop reading them years back. Better to read Gujarati books, Sci-Fi and English authors only..
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