OH MY GODDESS : Book Review
Oh My Goddess! What a story!
We live in a time when love is
often considered as fake, or something which does not last long—in return
making it fake. 'Oh My Goddess' by Rohan Govenkar tells the story of Naveen, a
nerdy guy working for Zaveri Gems International, an extremist of love, who
proves love can make people go into extremes for its sake.
The novel begins with the scene
of an airport where two carefree boys, Jackie and Kalpesh, perform several
pranks and record them for uploading the video on their Youtube channel, giving
the book a humorous start. The two are aspiring to make a living by uploading
funny videos on Youtube, but their videos fail to get them enough subscriptions.
They finally decide to drop the whole idea of making videos if their one last
video does not succeed. And this time, they plan to make a full length movie.
Parallel to it, there is the
other plot which tells the story of Naveen, the protagonist of Oh My Goddess. Naveen
is working for a business tycoon named Zaveri, and simultaneously for a local
don, Altaf Bhai, who has provided him aides to complete his studies. And thus, Naveen
is indebted to this don, and has to make some plan to trick out wealth from
Zaveri for him. The trouble begins when Zaveri’s daughter, Jessica Zaveri joins
the firm, and turns out she is the girl who Naveen was head over heels in love
with in college days. After her arrival, Naveen loses focus from everything
else, and ultimately makes a plan to spend some heavenly time with her. Naveen
plans kidnapping of Jessica along with himself to spend days with her, unaware
of the fact that one of his colleagues, Dexter, a technology expert, is also
planning something out-conspiring his plans.
Oh My Goddess is paced and
engrossing thriller, giving the reader a feel of watching some Bollywood movie like
‘Race’ or its sequel. You cannot predict much about what might happen next
while reading it, because most likely your prediction will fall flat. The story
is as interesting on its final page as it is on its first, with the witty
narration performing the cherry on top. There are several proofreading errors
in some places, like a sentence ending without a punctuation mark, or spelling
mistakes.
Overall, the book is perfect
for giving you good time, and pleasure of reading.
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