Book:
Oscar for Loving, Grammy for Not
Author:
Priyadeep Kaur
Publisher:
BookSoul Reads
Choices are something that can make or
break us, for we are nothing but a sum total of our choices. Everyday in our
lives, we make a choice. Get up early to go to college, take a bus or a metro,
and that kickstarts a series of events that takes a different path with the
choice we make.
Oscar for Loving, Grammy for Not by Priyadeep Kaur is a story of choices. Udi is a force that is to
be reckoned with. A strong, independent young woman and a journalist, she is
someone who takes charge of her life, until she bumps into Garv, a senior in
college, and a sweet and romantic person and thus begins a story of a
rollercoaster ride of emotions. Udi shares her flat with her best friend Rupali
who’s in love with Siddharth and that was the love story she saw. While things
were not very good in the planet where Rupali and Siddharth resided, it was dragged
down by Siddharth’s love and Rupali’s material desires. In the gamble called
life, will their choices propel them ahead or will the desires overpower their
sense of judgement to maintain it?
Oscar for Loving, Grammy for Not by Priyadeep Kaur has a good storyline. She has separated incidents
by creating short rules that are engaging and prepare the reader for what is to
happen in the story. The storytelling is easy and understandable. Set in my
city of Lucknow, this was another journey as I got to take with the eyes of the
characters, and it was an interesting one at that. The parallel storylines of
Udi-Garv and Rupali-Siddharth is a study in contrasts yet parallels and that
has been addressed nicely. The climax of the book was predictable but treated
nicely so that gets a point there. The one thing that took away a part of the
fun was a myriad of grammatical mistakes in the book. It needs a through proofreading
and a second round of editing to deliver the punch it was written to give.
Talking about the characters, Priyadeep has
created 4 very different characters for the story. Udi is fiercely independent,
making her own choices, outspoken and unabashed in expressing herself, whether
in life or in love. We see the way in which her character arc matures and how
fiercely she loves the way she loves and leaves no stones unturned to get the
one she loves, but at the same time proves the adage, hell hath no fury like
a woman scorned. Garv is created as a mirror image of Udi wherein he
is unable to make choices when is needed and stumbles at multiple points in
life due to this. In the character of Rupali, the author creates a gold digger
for whom money matters more than love and that her character arc is one of self-realization
and understanding the value of love. Siddharth, on the other hand, is a beacon
of hope, the unrequited lover who despite being scorned, is at the beck and
call of Rupali and this is one of the important plot points of the story.
Overall, an engaging read, but could have
been better.
The book scores a 3.25 on 5 for me.
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