Book:
U n Me… it’s Complicated
Author:
Dr. Aditya R. Nighhot
Publisher:
Fingerprint Publishing
Do you think true love can be your greatest
power, or does it turn out to be your greatest weakness?
U n Ne…it’s Complicated by Dr. Aditya R. Nighhot begins like all love stories do, except
this one begins in an examination hall. Aditya meets Rutuja during their junior
college exams when she asks him to help her pass. Things takeoff from there and
slowly their relationship moves from being acquaintances to friends and while
Aditya is scared to take the next step, Rutuja proposes to him out of the blue.
Things were going smoothly until they New Year’s Eve of 2013. Aditya tries to
ask her out, but she responds in the negative, that she has plans with friends
and so Aditya goes out with his friend Saniya. Their conversations become dry
and Aditya starts wondering about the relationship with her and one day, when
Aditya was trying to get Rutuja to talk, she breaks up with him, following
which our hero tries to commit suicide. After a few days, they get back
together, but it was a signal for things to come, when she dumps him again days
before his entrance exams, which is when he decides to take a leap from an under
construction building near his house. What happens next is interesting and is
the crux of the book. This is the story of Aditya, which is not just a story of
true love and friendship, but also about hope, destiny and how a non-reader as
he becomes a bestselling author.
The plot of the book is simple, and the
focus is on the main characters as they go about their lives. The story telling
is interesting with poetry inserted in between to add emotion to the situations.
The college romance is quite realistic with the scenes, storyline and plot
points in sync with the overall idea of the story. The climax is interesting,
and I liked the way the author played with the title of the book. I would have
loved if we could have had a couple of more scenes with Rutuja’s POV rather
than it being an Aditya-led narrative.
Coming to the characterization, the
character of Aditya is quite detailed. We can visualize a college nerd, walking
around the campus and the way his character develops across the plot is very
engaging and captivating. Rutuja’s character, while detailed in the beginning, loses
its steam towards the end and I would have preferred her character to be a
contributor in the story to create a more balanced storyline. I commend the way
Aditya has handled the character of Nikhil and how he has elevated one of the
minor characters to one of the climax altering ones.
Overall, a decent read and this scores a
3.75/5 for me.
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