BOOK TITLE: Done
With Men
ISBN: 9781927826324
AUTHOR: Suchi
Singh Kalra
GENRE: Fiction/
Romance
NUMBER OF PAGES: 159
FORMAT: Digital
SERIES / STANDALONE: Standalone
REVIEW BY: Dhivya
Balaji
HOW I GOT THIS BOOK:
SUMMARY:
Travel journo, Kairavi Krishna (Kay)
has had it with men. After a series of disasters (losers, philanderers,
leeches, mama's boys and possessive psychos), she is all too tempted to walk
out on the prospect of ever finding love. Accompanied by her best friend and
flat-mate Baani, she sets off for Goa, hoping to get away from her miserable
love life and vowing to stay clear of the male species.
Goa however, has a host of surprises in store for her. Ricky, her pesky ex-boyfriend, is busy painting the town red with his hot new girlfriend. Now what is poor Kay to do other than overdose on vodka, smoke pot, get an outrageous tattoo and fall off the hotel balcony? She wakes up in the hospital to the tender ministrations of Dr.Vivian D'Mello--young, suave and handsome as hell. Will Kay stick to her guns or will she fall for his ridiculously sexy charms? And what's up with the mixed signals he's giving out?
Goa however, has a host of surprises in store for her. Ricky, her pesky ex-boyfriend, is busy painting the town red with his hot new girlfriend. Now what is poor Kay to do other than overdose on vodka, smoke pot, get an outrageous tattoo and fall off the hotel balcony? She wakes up in the hospital to the tender ministrations of Dr.Vivian D'Mello--young, suave and handsome as hell. Will Kay stick to her guns or will she fall for his ridiculously sexy charms? And what's up with the mixed signals he's giving out?
REVIEW:
Done with men – is any woman actually ‘done’
with men? How can women be totally ‘done’ with love, romance, and the ‘oh-so-essential-driving-force-of-the-whole-world’
concept of being in love? This book tells you exactly about that. A travel
editor for a magazine gets a chance to do a special travelogue on Goa, the
land of parties, booze and casual
flings. Fresh from a series of breakups that do nothing to help her psyched
mental state, Kairavi Krishna, a tamilian (yes, you read it right!) lands in
the magic land of Goa. The story from there is fairly simple. She meets her ex
in a resort cooing with someone else, decides to take revenge on him with a
drunken one night stand, and finds herself in the hospital the next morning.
There she meets a Greek Adonis doctor, who seems cold, aloof and distant. The
major part of the story lies in the lead falling for her doctor and whether or
not he reciprocates.
The whole book can be told as a one
liner. But the talent of the writer lies in prolonging the story to an
interesting, respectable 150 pages. Yes, it is a short read. Yes, you know
somehow that it is all going to end well. Yes, the stories, even the characters
are predictable, repetitive and of course typecast. But hey! Too much starch
never made a cloth wearable. This is the comfortable sweaters and track pants
compared to your stiff office suits. You know that somehow, in this book all
the characters ever mentioned will get a ‘screen space’ in the story. From the
person of the ONS to the nurse who cures Ms. Krishna.
The plot is simple, straightforward,
and predictable. But the author has written it in such a relatable first person
narrative that you don’t want to put the book down. Right from the clumsy
heroine who suspects her perfect man always to the rock solid BFF who stands by
her no matter what, the story has nothing new to offer. It is a pleasant read,
though. The characters are nowhere near spectacular and are plain and clear.
This is a perfect book to curl up with on a sunny day when you’re too tired to
go out. And if you have enough patience for a love story, this is a onetime
read, to be read at a go.
WHAT I LIKED: The
story, the way it has been written, and the thoroughly decent plotline
WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER: The
stereotypical elements of the genre.
VERDICT: Short,
mood-lifting read. Go for it when you want to read something neither too heavy
nor too light. And definitely not when you are ‘done with men’.
RATING: 4.3/5
(the writing was awesome. It is tangy, sweet, sour, salty and of course, a
laugh every page. If you understand humour and sarcasm)
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Shuchi Singh Kalra is a writer, editor
and blogger based in India. She has been writing since 2005, and her bylines
have appeared in over 25 publications, across 5 countries. Her short stories
have found a place in anthologies such as Love Across Borders and New Asian
Writing's upcoming collection (to be published in 2014).
Shuchi is also the owner of Pixie Dust
Writing Studio, a writing and editing firm that services a global clientele,
and the Indian Freelance Writers Blog. Done With Men is her first book.
Pay her a visit at www.shuchikalra.com or join her Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/
Twitter handle: @shuchikalra
Pay her a visit at www.shuchikalra.com or join her Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/
Twitter handle: @shuchikalra
EDITIONS AVAILABLE: Digital.
PRICE: Rs.
175
BOOK LINKS: http://www.amazon.in/dp/B00GO3H88Y
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