Last weekend, to enjoy my train journey, I selected the book - A Roller Coaster Ride! ...when an iitan met a bitsian girl by Saumil Shrivatsava (SS). I heard about this book from our alumni mailing group. Looking at Bitsians recommending the book, I read the book to only realize later that the BITS word has been used only for the tag line! It is very good start from SS as a writer by taking inspiration from his IIT-bro Chetan Bhagat and other authors from IIMs. He just presented each and every scene as a casual talk. So you don't need to think hard to look for multiple interpretations. Story moves smoothly but mind you don't think beyond what is presented in the book.
Things I liked about the book:
- I appreciate SS for coming up with a book of 160+ pages.
- Presentation of characters with full detail.
- Inspiration from Bollywood movies.
Things the book lacks:
- Same old story with many pages can be skipped.
- Too many love stories.
- Too many open questions end of the book. For example, Divya character presentation and the ending were not convincing.
- Too much dragging of story...
- It is BITS but not BITs.
- Too many things are presented in one book. That is love story, first job and entrepreneurship etc...
- Few spelling mistakes which changed meaning of lines..
Overall, it is good start from SS but it is big bump for readers. Read this book at your risk...Better luck next time...
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