Thursday, September 15, 2011

What Did I Ever See In Him....


pssttt,, those pretty hands are mine!! :D
 I finished reading this book last week, even though I had started it a month back! There was a time when I would finish such books in a day. I have finished reading a Sidney Sheldon novel in 1.5 days! Wow, thats quite an impressive record, even for a bookworm like me. But sadly these days I hardly get any time to read, even if I try hard! And catching up with the story after long intervals of gap just freaks me out..! I have left so many books in between because of this,  they fail to hold my interest this way.

“What Did I Ever See In Him” was different! Firstly it has no story to follow up , secondly it was very interesting and lastly I could relate to it at very many places. The book basically acts like a relationship guide (for women) as the cover says. However I did not find any objectionable or private or boring content that cannot be read by men. In fact I would strongly recommend guys to read this book, they can surely learn a thing or two from it!

The best part of this book it that it just dissects a relationship between a guy and a girl and highlights every imaginable aspect of it in the best way possible.  Real life instances have been shared which will make you feel like “Damn, this is my story!!” Every problem that you will ever face in a relationship has been described in detail with solutions (well, obviously!!). That must have been the whole point of writing the book, right?!
I particularly liked this once instance of the story where the author says that a relationship is like a plant. You have to nourish and cultivate it; otherwise it will become stagnant and dead. It’s not like something will happen overnight but yea every little thing, mistake, insult, ridicule will always take “some” part away from the relation. And in the end you will realise that no one has changed, nothing has changed, it’s just that the love, the respect has left. You will suddenly realise that the person who was once so important,  holds no importance at all now. It will be so easy to move on with your day to day life that you will be shocked!

Well, I really loved the book, so I thought I should write about it, share my views and promote the book!! Well, that’s all. Thank you!

18 comments:

  1. sounds good... though i m not much of a novel person but i'll try to go through this.
    Do you have e-book or something of this...
    -- Maddy

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  2. I'll get it sometimes, seems to be interesting from what you describe it. But does it have humor or just relationship dissection?


    Cheers,
    Blasphemous Aesthete

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  3. मानव संबन्धों के मूलभूत सिद्धान्त तो वही रहेंगे।

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  4. sounds interesting.. will definitely search for a copy and would read it.. it seems as if i ve found smething.... important to me at this pt of time.. :):)

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  5. ohh fish I thot the other way round... little things like ridiculing, lil mistakes, fights, even insults...only add up to the moment where this plant grows stronger and gains immunity in the long run...the schools of thought can interpret it like that..

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  6. I think the entire metro reads series from penguin is quite interesting... You actually relate to a lot of tales in all of these..

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  7. @ Maddy
    No!! I do not have an ebook for this. But it will cost you just Rs 150 and should easily be available in any leading bookstore try crosswords!

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  8. @BA

    It does have traces of humor at appropriate places.

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  9. @Anant

    This is just a book review!

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  10. @Chanz

    Rightly said! I am really looking forward to read more stuff from metro reads!

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  11. Thank you Sneha! Will check the book, nowadays its hard to find books that are gripping enough and leave you with something useful to grasp!!

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  12. well,m gona read this one for sure...!! mark my works sweetheart..for sure..!!

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  13. hey SEPO
    Me looking forward to this 1. Thanks fr d review..sometimes many a love story can be our love story

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  15. I haven't read the book. But yeah, even I agree to the instance that you shared.
    Yes, relationship is like a plant and you have to cultivate and nourish it.

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