Poor writing and malnourished dialogues have eaten the seriousness of this novel like termites enter into the heaviest blocks of wood and eat their depth making them hollow. Yes, fame has enough of Chetan now and he should consider donating his wit for fair causes. Half Girlfriend could be a very serious and wonderful novel if Chetan Bhagat could have dropped his marketing gimmicks and his idea of selling it as a movie instead of contributing something to the Indian English Literature canvas. Her marriage with a moron ends in her departure from a foreign land (after she becomes helpless and had enough of domestic violence against her). However, Riya is a fascinating girl who meets the fate she didn’t even dream of. That is noble coming from Chetan Bhagat, ain’t it? As expected, the hero of the novel has found himself (he is helpless) in a state where he becomes the butt of satire and all he could find was a half girlfriend for himself. Central issues are marriage without interest and domestic violence. Yes, I termed them as hero and heroine because it mostly reads like a screenplay rather than a novel. They are our hero and heroine in this novel. Was the novel worth it? NO! Did it impact sales? YES. And we should not forget the indulgence of companies dedicatedly working for book promotions in India as well. One can understand that India has entered, that very day, into the next level of publishing and writing business. It was unusual because that page is mostly a space for car companies, mobile companies or political advertisement. You can easily guess about the PR machinery and its weight if I tell you that I saw a full-page (on the front one) advertisement for this novel in The Times of India. Now that many years have passed and we are in 2020, facing the Coronavirus, let’s revisit the novel Half Girlfriend by Chetan Bhagat. At the same time, it did invite critical antitheses by serious readers and book critics who thought that the book did not have merit. It attracted many young critics and reviewers who appreciated it for the issues and themes. It garnered so many readers who praised it for the content. It appeared in the year 2014 when the year was reaching its cemetery.
Half Girlfriend by Chetan Bhagat is a novel that broke many records or at least appeared to be doing so in newspaper PR articles.
However, among serious readers, he is more famous for what he does the wrong way rather than what he might do the right way. Publication: Rupa & Co, April 25, 2017, Movie EditionĬhetan Bhagat is very famous for his novels.
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