U n Me… it’s Complicated-Dr. Aditya R. Nighhot

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.