Friday, June 8, 2012

Calling Romeo by Alexandra Potter.

Calling Romeo.

I have no clue why I picked up this book. This is not the kind of title I would've usually gone for. But then again, I didn't really have much choice.

Right. At the risk of sounding very critical, I think the story line is kind of cliche. A and B love each other. Then A feels something is missing. A third bloke C wooes A. A falters on her path of devoted love. Blah blah blah. End is about who ends up with who, same old, same old. If you've read enough New York based Romance novels, you already know the end of this one.
Next we come to the language. The literature is not exactly great. No flowery descriptions, no artistic verses, nothing. The dialogues lack wit. It is more of a narrative, actually. A simple story told in an everyday-used tongue. No similes. The novel lacks even the use of aesthetic phrases.
To cut it short, it is a very well written script, complete with descriptions of places, costumes, emotions, for a chick-flick.
A good book to be read while travelling. You don't have to apply your mind. Just read to keep yourself busy. You wouldn't mind much if you leave the book halfway because you've reached your destination.
You will not like this book if you like books that make you think. It is not the kind of book that will make you want to yell at the characters. It is just a story. A proper well-written story that you will know is just a story when you're reading it. It will not grab you by the nose and drown you in emotions. You will not sympathize or empathize with the characters. Worst, you will not have any favourite character.

Why read?
You are bored and want something to occupy you for atleast 2-3 hours.
You like happy endings. 
You're not exactly into books with all the high level verbose or phrases that paint nice pictures of beautiful landscape or descriptions that have phrases like "sweat drops like little insects"(Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar) or "lacuna..a dark mouth in the rock"(Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna).

Why not read?
You despise books that lack proper literature and are just stories and nothing else.
All your favourite books are classics.
You want a novel with at least a little suspense or something to stir up emotions, any emotion be it fear, sadness, anger or pity.

Where to download?

If you can't find the ebook, leave a comment with your email id or just leave a comment, I'll get back to you as soon as I can. :D

2 comments:

  1. Hi there, thank you for your review. Can i get this book?
    My email is leonaakana@gmail.com

    Thank you! Hope to hear from you soon!

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  2. Hi there, thank you for your review. Can i get this book?
    My email is leonaakana@gmail.com

    Thank you! Hope to hear from you soon!

    ReplyDelete