I read the book in two sittings. The first time, around the time when they were crying on the phone to each other and they call each other by those sugary nicknames, I developed sharp pains in the abdomen and set it aside. I got a chance to complete the read yesterday and my first thought was "Phew, now he can now drink and play snooker to his hearts content without worrying about Shonamoni (yuck what a nickname) breathing down his neck". I mean, I wanted to smack her at the time she was irritating him while he was practicing snooker. And the time when she blackmailed him into quitting drinking before even having met him.
The entire story can be condensed into one sentence. "Boy meets girl through matrimonial website, both fall in love over phone, they meet, families meet, fix engagement, girl meets with accident two days before ceremony and dies soon after." Believe me friends, Ive just saved 3 hours of your life. I can understand Shonas frustration, unconsummated love and all that.
Typical piece of thrashy drivel on the same lines of Big boss, saas-bahu serials and other chewing gum for the retarded mind. I will go out of the way to recommend this book to my friends as exactly the type of book they must NOT read.