Book:
The Girl with Blue Eyes
Author:
Vaiibhav Nigam
Publisher:
Self Published
Do you believe in the concept of love at
first sight? Have you ever met someone who becomes so intoxicated in love that
he crosses all the lines?
“The Girl with Blue Eyes” is the story of
Armaan Sinha. It was love at first sight for him when he met Tanisha in his
college. Though he courts her successfully, things turn complicated between
them. To add to their woes, Armaan meets with a serious accident on the same
day and that becomes a turning point in the lives of Tanisha & Armaan. He recollects
seeing a woman with striking blue eyes just after the accident just as he
collapsed. Forwarding to a couple of months later, he comes across the same
woman in a mall and decides to initiate a conversation as he was unknowingly
drawn towards her. Things escalate fast and he becomes romantically and
physically involved with that girl and things become so serious that he does
almost everything that she asked of him. What happens next is a complex chain
of events that create a lot of difficult situations for Armaan, Tanisha and “the
girl with blue eyes”.
The plot of the story is simple, and things
move at a brisk pace. The plot development is not very good as the scenes seem sort
of disconnected. The basic premise of the story takes too long to come up. The
underlying theme of the book can be understood if a reader pays a bit of
attention. The climax is not very well crafted and looks hurried. Assuming that
the book is supposed to be a romantic thriller, it fails to create a feeling of
chills or even a hurry in pace to reach the climax. The scenes between Tanisha
& Armaan are somewhat good, but the scenes between Armaan and “the girl
with blue eyes” should have been crafted with more detail. Overall, a better
climax could have been crafted as the plot conception is very good.
Coming to the character development, or
rather a lack of it, we have no understanding of why does Armaan behave in the
manner that he does. There is no backstory, no flashbacks or explanations
throughout the book. The same is true for Tanisha, but the bit towards the end at
least takes care for her backstory.
One thing that will turn off the reader
completely is the poor usage of grammar and multiple spelling mistakes
throughout the book. Starting from the very beginning itself, there are simple words
that are spelt wrong. For example, “Steering Wheel” is written as “Staring
Wheel” more than once. At multiple places, words that have been used could have
been replaced with more appropriate words. The book needs a thorough reediting
to remove these chinks as they take the interest away.
Over all, the book can only takeaway 2.5/5 from
me.
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