REVOLUTION 2020
Topic: Book Review
Author: Chetan Bhagat
No. Of Pages: 296
Synopsis:
The book Revolution 2020, written by the
famous writer of all time, Chetan Bhagat, who is also the writer of the books ‘2
States’, and ‘A Night @ the Call Center’ is a massive hit, according to me.
The book has a beautiful concept – as the
cover says it – ‘Love. Corruption. Ambition’. Those words sum up everything in
the book. The beginning of the book is flawless, as it should be; because the
beginning is the factor that draws oneself to read further. It starts with the
present, and then goes back all the way to the past. Memories flash back in the
narrator’s mind, and everything is precisely described.
The book
describes the city ‘Varanasi’ so beautifully that one can picture it and feel
as if he/she’s present there at the moment. It made me feel like Varanasi is
the most soothing sight in the whole of India. It fulfills one more purpose –
knowledge. One really gets to know a lot of things about Varanasi and entrance
exams too!
The story
revolves around the lead character – Gopal Mishra, who faces almost every grief
in life. The thing he needed the most at that moment, a good grade to enter a
good college, was something he was deprived of. On the first try, he failed
badly while his best friend, Raghav got a great rank to be entered in a good
college. Gopal was sent to Kota by his father to give that exam a second try.
According to him, he was doing pretty well but fate didn’t have it and he
failed again. He was gifted a rough slap from his beloved father who was now in
debts because of the loans he took to make Gopal attend the tuitions. But the
root reason for Gopal to fail was his grief of losing the girl he loved the
most, wanted the most – Aarti, who paired up with Gopal’s own best friend,
Raghav Kashyap. He was so taken aback that he lost his senses and started
drinking. But he obviously couldn’t tell ‘Baba’ – his father about this.
From all the worst things that could’ve
happened, he soon found his father lying cold and limp on his bed. He was dead.
Moreover, people from whom his father had
taken the loan were now threatening him. He had no reason to live for.
But then he met Sunil, and his life changed. Revolution
2020 was the name of the newspaper started by Raghav which distorted Gopal’s
public-image.
Read the
book to find out how Gopal soared high skies.
Overall, the
book was thrilling, and had a totally unexpected ending! I can’t help but admit
that it’s my favorite book!
Status of The Book: A Must-Read!! =)
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