Book Review: Revolution 2020

This latest book by Chetan Bhagat is the story of how an engineering-entrance-exam-failure gets rich using a corrupt system and how a friend of his tries to fight against the system.

‘Revolution 2020: Love, Corruption, Ambition’ is

80% about Love - the crappiest love story I have ever read.

15% about Corruption – All that is mentioned is how bundles of cash are passed on to get things done, I think corruption has many other forms and many more consequences than what are mentioned in the book.

5% about Ambition – that is Ambition for the right reasons.

The story is so clichéd, there is no element of surprise at all. The style of writing is so bland…it could have well been the essay of a school goer (minus the ‘love story’ bits of course).

The characters are very poorly etched, you can hardly connect with any of them.

The lead character is so forgettable, you feel nothing for the character while reading his trials and triumphs and sacrifices.

The characterization of the girl in the story is pathetic. Worse still, he goes on to make too many over generalized statements about girls. And the girls in this author’s books seem to become filthier by each book!

The only sane character is shown to face difficulties for his sane-ness and is often shown in poor light, except for his passion to bring change.

The author had written about engineering days in ‘5 Point Someone’ and about the IIM days in ‘2 States’. This latest novel goes on and on about AIEEE and JEE coaching and Class 12 days! 

What next? School days and then Pre-school?

The book was such a waste of time; it is neither humorous nor serious. It does not convey any message or have any impact.