One Night at the Call Center

Chetan Bhagat should have stopped with his first book 5 point someone and not let Idiots allow him to waddle in its fame and glory. What happened instead is his second book came out first in the movies and there too didn’t fair well (with a movie title like Hello, I’m not surprised). I really think it came out a couple of years after its time and if it had come out with the BPO boom, it would have been the most talked about book for sometime to come. What disappoints is the lack of grip the author has over the English language. One of its strengths however is in how well it allows the reader to imagine and visualise (taking into account my personal craziness, I sometimes had to force myself to stay true to the authors imagination and not bring in my own characters into the fold, I somehow was not successful however). One night at the Call Center does have its bright spots, it gives you normal people with problems that are unique (when I read it I thought it was a weakness, now I think it’s a strength). The characters are believeable to some extent and gives you emotions which a reader understands very well (but cannot connect with, don’t get me wrong).

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