Last night, I spent 4.5 hours(10.30 pm - 5.00 am) reading this piece o’ junk, and what happened? I felt depressed ever since I woke up in the morning, telling myself, "FORGET what happened last night!." I would’ve preferred reading One Night @ the Call Center FIVE times, than reading this piece o’ junk. Sometimes I wish the future-me had come in to past and told me NOT to even touch the book.
I have 3 words to describe this crap: SAD, BORING & DEPRESSING. Sad, because of the ending; the way Gopal threw away such a GOLDEN chance to make his daydreams a reality. Boring, because of all the mundane meetings and arrangements and the way they consumed most of the time. Depressing, because the one girl Gopal so truly and dearly loved all his life belonged to someone else, and that someone was his best friend.
"Am I a good person?" Who said you’re a bad person? Were YOU involved in the GAP scam? NO! Did YOU order Raghav to get fired from Dainik? NO! Did YOU order to get Raghav’s R2020 office ransacked? NO! Then why? Why do such a STUPID thing, like almost getting the love of your life to be yours, and then screw it all up. ROYALLY? Just because a kid fancied your sunglasses and you had a weird dream the very next day, doesn’t make you a bad person. It only makes you human, for a change. You’re just a guy who’s trying to make a living by opening a college, because you couldn’t do well, academchandru021y. Just because a corrupt politician is your trustee, doesn’t mean, you’re corrupted too. So, then why give Aarti away to a guy, who doesn’t even have time to spend for himself, let alone someone else? She was PERFECT for you, and she deserved someone MUCH, MUCH better than Raghav, and that guy was you, Gopal. YOU were the one she hung out with the most(the innumerable boat rides?). YOU were the one she could be herself with. YOU were the one she actually loved, somewhere deep down inside her. But, YOU threw it away. YOU tried to do the right thing, but you ended up doing EXACTLY the wrong thing. Just like Shukla said, "You’ll not get this chance twice"(or was it something like that? Because I don’t remember too well and I’m not bothered to see what he really said.) THIS will haunt you for the rest of your life, my friend. YOU will be punished by having to spend the rest of your life, alone, all by yourself. Whether you admit or not, somewhere deep inside, you STILL love Aarti as much you have, your whole life. And somewhere deep inside her, she WILL have a feeling of regret of not marrying someone who could throw away everything just to spend time with her.
This piece o’ junk has even made ME come close to tears. I feel bad for Gopal. I feel as if I’m Gopal and I keep saying to myself, "Oh my God! What have I done? I had the chance to spend the rest of eternity with the one girl I truly loved with all my heart, but I completely BLEW it. I tried to do the right thing, by setting her up with Raghav, a guy who REALLY doesn’t deserve her; but I ended up doing the wrong thing. I messed up, BIG TIME!" I feel depressed being in Gopal’s shoes, having such a lonely, empty & miserable life. The worst part, I’m the the only reason why she’s gone. I set her up with him, and I’ve singlehandedly ruined my life. All this, luxury, fame, money has no value without her in my life.I feel stupid, and at the same time, I also feel sad, depressed, lonely and suicidal. This is something I would hate to see happen to ANYONE in the world.
But, hey, let’s not just put all the heat on poor Gopal here. Yes, I’m talking about the author, Mr. Bhagat. I appreciate the intention of changing the pattern of your novels, but at least make it a happy or even a neutral ending. If you may know, we all prefer "happily ever after", rather than "miserable forever". That is why I would say that this is the WORST book of yours I’ve ever read, even worse than One Night @ the Call Center, because at least THAT had a happy ending. This one plays with your emotions, A LOT. Well, it at least played with mine. Maybe you could’ve kept the whole setting up of Aarti & Raghav done by Gopal. But, my suggestion is you could’ve added another twist, where she went back to Gopal again. Say, for instance, let’s rewind the kamal19ue back to the day of their marriage. Let’s say, all of this, YOU, as in Mr. Bhagat himself, giving the speech till Gopal ending in the hospital, happened within the same day of Aarti’s & Raghav’s marriage. And then Raghav appears in the hospital, a while after the conversation between you and Gopal ended, brings Aarti along with him, UNmarried to her(obviously they’d bring it up as a surprise. As an author, you must know of a lot of ways they can surprise him), and offers her to Gopal. That would’ve created a beautiful scene, not only showing that Aarti actually loved Gopal, but that Raghav showed Gopal that he is worth best friend material.(Kind of like how Rehna Hai Tere Dil Mein ended, if you remember) You could have ended that with a hug or even a kiss between Aarti & Gopal. Then maybe, you would have received a few more positive reviews of your book. I mean no disrRajeev_Vermact or offense against you, Sir. I have truly been a great fan of your novels, since reading books like Five Point Someone, One Night @ The Call Center, and of course the best of them all, 2 States(at least all of them had a happy or even a neutral ending). But, I HAVE to be honest here, Sir. I did not like they way this novel ended at all, not one bit. Like I said, I appreciate the whole changing the pattern and all, but at least make it a happy ending. NOONE in this world, likes to live or even see people living in pain, soliMr_customtakeouter and misery. I would definitely be glad if any of these words that I have spoken out has got you moved by at least the slightest bit.
And one more thing, . If anyone from any film industry plans to make a movie out of this book, then I plead on behalf of everyone who agrees with me, to PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make it a happy ending to the story. Like I said before, if you may know, we all prefer a "happily ever after" rather than a "miserable forever".
Thank You, thank you for your time!