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Stories based on paranormal concepts are difficult to
believe, and more difficult to write. I haven’t changed my opinion about this
genre after being done with this book ‘www.MARRYAGHOST.com’
by Abhimanyu Jha today, I am as perturbed
as ever about them. Apart from the honest appreciation for the author’s attempt
for going out of the way and making ghosts seem as normal as possible there is
not much of a positive impression that I have had. I wouldn’t regret giving
spoilers in this review firstly, and then the “to be continued…” in the
last page only left me dumbfounded. What could have been a beautiful thriller turned out to be a
dud with its average choice of words and events.
Two friends Veeru and Jerry open a website for ghosts, and
the one who relatively believes less in them, Veeru ends up encountering one,
the way the transition in his belief is presented by the author seemed quite
obtuse. The discussions between them in the first few pages of the book especially
about females when they are opening the website only made me shudder, such
rotten talk! When people stand for and talk about Indian authors in the literary scene I
would definitely want to hide or burn these pages! And then enters a ghost who
does not know who she is, for the time being named ’Maahi’, she wants to finds
her unknown estranged lover and then an
Indian Institute of Science Professor, Dr. Burman who is equally strange arrives
to help her!
Veeru and Maahi travel to Goa then to
Pondicherry in search of her ‘Hrithik’ a golden haired man, so named after the
most handsome Bollywood heartthrob around town because she does not remember
him either. Veeru does these things out of no obligation and when he starts
seeing his invisible companion he falls in love with her in the process. He
even goes to the extent of calling her ‘Miss Dark Chocolaty’ because she
remembers she loved dark chocolates! That was something hilarious to read, a
girl ghost who neither remembers her name nor the person whom she wants to
search does remember that she loved dark chocolates and that there is a Bollywood
hero by name Hrithik! Someone pinch me please! Veeru has eight days to save
her, and to help her get into her oblivion. Also there is one Marquis, a
five-hundred-year-old Portuguese ghost making mysterious appearances.
Ghosts going through emotions- crying, laughing,
giggling, talking naughty and feeling an intense pain is something too impetuously
presented in the whole story. Not every reader is Veeru or Jerry fortunately.
For example, a small excerpt of what Veeru thought
of the ghost Maahi, more so her nose:
“The tip of her nose was my favourite place.
Of course thinking about various ways in which I could knock on it added spice
when I focussed on it”
I seriously could not
appreciate the vocabulary and would not
have continued if not for the suspense. The story for me started with mystery
and ended with one, going by the last page it seems like there is a sequel to
the book. When Blogadda came up with giving away this book for review it said:
“Join the age-old battle between good and evil-a race
between time, freedom and love that will eventually put the entire world in
danger”
What was the battle
and danger about??? I would be
glad if anyone enlightened me about what I just read!
-R.
Book Details:
Title: - www.MARRYAGHOST.com
Author: - Abhimanyu
Jha
Publisher: - Srishti
Publishers
Publication Year: - 2014
ISBN 13:- 978-93-82665-19-9
Binding: - Paperback
Number of pages: - 246
Price: - Rs
195
My rating: - 1.5/5
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