Book review-three mistakes of my life

When I first picked up this book my driving factor was the author’s reputation and 'five point someone’. Even though an average book, I liked FPS because of the reasons that-

-It was fresh, relatable and

-I was in school

This book however follows a certain pattern that bhagat has gotten comfortable with and hence is not fresh as far as the storytelling goes.

This book starts humbly but slowly gets interesting and just when you expect the book to make sense and get you awestruck, it doesn’t’. In fact it does the contrary and takes a completely filmy turn.

I didn’t see the big deal about the mistakes to start with, other things to dislike were:-

-Ali meeting the Australian is ghastly.

-The 4 of them traveling to Australia is impractical, Ali’s reply to them is way too filmy.

-The religious point of view isn’t secular, the author doesn’t make any statements but is advertising a certain political party and the description of the riots unrealistic.

I say so because riots are no laughing matter and the heart breaking factor of riots is very conveniently ignored.

The way a significant death is made light of in the book is hilarious.

So if you want to stay sane my advice is to give this one a miss.

However if you just want to witness bhagat’s work you can check it out provided you don’t take it too seriously.

This book will particularly be a hit with bhagats die hard blinded fans and people who haven’t read many good books.

I do want to acknowledge that the Gujarati businessman mentality is well described and the spirit and intention of the book is good, the execution however, not so much.

To me 3 mistakes of my life, will be a mistake of my life.