The Girl in Room 105

Physical condition of the book is good. Good quality paper and paperback.As for the content, I shall score it 8/10. Mystery, crime, a bit of romance and a lot of suspense. Not a very good book definitely but a good one nonetheless.

The book claims that it's an unloved story. But trust me, this is one of the best romantic fictions one could ever read.I admired the author's ability to delicately bring up issues of law and order, discrimination in society, the Hindu-Muslim conflicts in India, and tensions in Kashmir without stirring up any controversy.I genuinely cherished Keshav and Saurabh's bromance. To have such a relationship is indeed a blessing. This murder mystery/love story is a quick, light read with sprinkles of humor.To conclude, if there's one chetan bhagat novel that I want everyone to read, I would recommend this.

ABOUT THE BOOK -TITLE – THE GIRL IN ROOM 105 – AN UNLOVE STORYAUTHOR – CHETAN BHAGATGENRE - ThrillerPUBLISHER - WestlandPUBLISHING DATE – 9 Oct 2018LANGUAGE – EnglishFORMAT – PaperbackNUMBER OF PAGES – 312ISBN 10 – 1542040469ISBN 13 – 978-1542040464COVER DESIGN – [email protected] – 199 INRTITLEThe title is a well thought and suitable one for the plot. The subtitle ‘an unlove story’ is intriguing and catches one’s attention immediately.COVERA beautiful cover. Set in a dark background, it is attractive and looks good too. The author’s name is written in bold caps on the top and the cover shows a girl at the door of a room. I entirely loved the way the cover has been designed. It is one of those books which you’ll immediately grab when you’re passing by a bookstore and see it.BLURBThe blurb is attractive and will make you pick the book immediately.STORYLINEThe story is of Keshav and Zara. Zara, a Kashmiri muslim, is a very beautiful girl belonging to a traditional family. Zara and Keshav used to have a really amazing love story once upon a time. But then they broke up. Its been four years now since they separated. Zara moved ahead in life and found a partner for herself. On the other hand, Keshav is left devastated and drinks all the time in pain of separation, despite of the efforts put in by his best friend Saurabh to make him move on.Keshav tries very hard to forget her, but fails miserably. His stalking and calling her continues. And her ignorance continues too.However, on the eve of her birthday, she messages him. Like old times, she calls him over to her hostel room, ROOM NUMBER 105. Keshav knows that he shouldn’t, be he still goes…and his life take a sharp turn and changes forever.(Keeping the review spoiler free, read the book to find out.)LANGUAGE AND WRITING SKILLSThe most appreciable thing is that the author went ahead and wrote an unlove story for the first time. It has been written in a very well manner. The language at all parts is amazing, be it thrill, humour or love.NARRATIONAll the events have been narrated so well. The elements of the story, the various places, people and events have all been put in a very good way.PORTRAYAL OF CHARACTERSKeshav, the unsuccessful person who is crazily in love and goes to any extent for the sake of Zara.Zara, a beautiful Kashmiri girl who knows what is right and what is wrong.Saurabh, a good friend. Someone who everyone wants in his/her life. He is always there with his friend Keshav, through thick and thin.RECOMMENDED FOR-- thriller lovers-- suspense lovers-- crime story lovers-- people wanting to read a differentSTRENGTHS-- plot-- narration-- language and writing skills-- title-- cover-- portrayal of charactersI basically loved everything about this book.RATINGS -- TITLE – 5/5 -- COVER – 5/5 -- STORYLINE – 5/5 -- LANGUAGE – 5/5 -- WRITING SKILLS – 5/5 -- NARRATION – 5/5 -- PORTRAYAL OF CHARACTERS – 5/5 -- END – 5/5 -- OVERALL RATING – 5/5

I had started reading fiction novels after getting my hands upon Chetan Bhagat’s Five Point Someone as I had heard a lot about it from my friends who had read the same. I remember it was also one of the initial days in college and while an introduction session whosoever described their hobby as reading, on being asked which book they have read, everyone named “Five Point Someone”. Out of curiosity, I picked up the book and liked the fun in the story telling of Chetan Bhagat and read all his four books that had released by that time. And since then I have read around 500 books out of which 90% are by Indian authors. It is just a default setting in my reading habit that I compare all the fiction books with Chetan Bhagat’s initial books which were great combination and balance of storytelling and humour.I am just done reading Chetan Bhagat’s latest release “The Girl In Room 105” which has released just today itself and along with office, I have managed to read 300+ pages in whatever free time I got. Such is the craze for reading Chetan Bhagat even today despite worrying about what people would say about my reading choice as most people pretend to hate CB as he has goofed up with the English language quite often. But that’s okay. He anyway does not portray or claim to be a literary expert and accepts that he is just a story teller and not an English teacher.CB has gone the thriller way this time with his latest release and I must say, it was a fine narration throughout the book as it ensures that you are curious about knowing who murdered the protagonist, Keshav’s girlfriend. The book starts in CB’s trademark style where in the Prologue, a character meets and tells him his whole story which CB pretends to be writing as dictated to him. The book has lot of characters and author has again ensured the chemistry between each one of them is nicely described to make the background of the story clear. The bond between Keshav and Saurabh is very nicely portrayed. The tuning between Keshav and policeman, Rana, is also very intelligently portrayed. CB has again taken care that in order to sound too intellectual, the book does not lose the simplicity and hence, keeps the timeline and narrative simple.The locality of Delhi and Kashmir are nicely described in the book and author has ensured that it is used in the story quite significantly to give the locale descriptions. The first half of the book is interesting as you get introduced to new characters and want to understand who the possible murderer of the girl could be. But it’s in the second half where the book becomes quite slow and does not give any kind of twists and turns which can astonish the reader. Talking about the climax, the way the revelation of the murder scene is introduced and described is very childish and as expected from a thriller, there is no moment where the reader would drop the book or jump out of his bed in shock.In the sake of maintaining his trademark style of writing simple stories, CB could not do complete justice to this thriller which could have been written 5 times better. Though this book is recommended for the new readers who haven’t read great thrillers and are still stuck in the genre of college romances. But for the thriller lovers, this book is a sure-shot disappointment. The terrorist thing is brought into the picture but left just like that without going deeper into it. Similarly, the girl is shown as a Muslim whereas boy belongs from the family that supports RSS but this angle has not been used even once in the book whereas a lot could have been done with this plot. Similarly, the way police leaves Keshav and his friend in spite of finding them at murder spot is disappointing in the initial phase of the story itself. CB has also promoted many brands upfront in this book which is quite evident and sounds foolish and obvious. This could have also been handled little more intelligently. Overall, this is a light read rather than a suspense thriller as been described in the synopsis and trailer of the book. I rate this one an average 3 stars out of 5.Thanks.ABHILASH RUHELA!!

Quality of book, packaging and everything was good. Worth buying

Really amazing book and recommending for beginners and thriller lovers. Very simple story yet to very engaging with suspense. I liked love story a bit .

I couldn't leave after finishing this book without any reviews. Detective is more interesting and convincing in this work.Congrats sir....

The book is really easy and readable. It hooked me throughout.

Nice easy reading crime book.Very well written with suspense up to the last chapter.Bringing all criminals ,at the end was nicely arranged

Finished reading this book in 2 days . An interesting and quick read. Even though it’s somewhat a serious story, subtle jokes in between keeps the mood of the story very relaxed. If you are someone who doesn’t like anything too serious, this book is definitely a must read.

I liked the book because it is very interesting. The suspense in the novel kept me on my toes and I read it on one go. I also liked it because it was not a usual love story; instead, it was a story of letting go and moving on and finding our destiny. It was hilarious in many situations and had good desi one-liners. Highly recommended for both Indian and non-Indian readers. The plot was a bit predictable towards the end but even then, it didn't bore me. I don't know whether elderly Indians would like this, but I would certainly recommend this book to Indian millenials who can relate themselves to the characters in the book.

Not the author's best book.But nevertheless, an efficient, well written thriller set in Delhi and Kashmir mostly. Enjoy the ride!

Nothing more to tell.. Chetan Bhagath is back as a writer after "five point someone" !! Probably another Bollywood movie is on it's way.. 3 idiots was a master class.. infact movie that had to be made for his worth.. and now this one "The girl in room 105" !! Hope he continues it same way as he did now..