Book – Just Missed
Author – Himanshu Bhatia
Pages – 232 pages
Publishers – Petals publishers
Format – Paperback (review copy from author)
Main Characters:
- Shivam
- Shreya
- Mithilesh
- Nandini
- Siddharth
Goodreads Blurb:
While we try to arrange marriages by matching horoscopes and compatibilities, we forget at times that “marriages are made in heaven”. We all love to say that Bollywood romantic movies are silly, and that they go overboard in their depiction of love, we actually secretly fantasize to be characters in them. Siddharth Gupta (lovingly called Sid) is an ISB alumnus, who is an ambitious perfectionist. He wants to go up the corporate ladder at a faster pace than his age, and is doing pretty well. In his matrimonial search, Sid meets Shreya Malhotra, who herself is an IIM graduate and very career oriented. He finds Shreya the epitome of the “Beauty with Brains” tag and develops a crush on her almost instantly. Shreya and Sid are going steady towards what looks like a ‘soon to be married’ state, but when has life been that simple! On her way to Bangkok for her friend’s bachelorette party, Shreya meets Shivam Malhotra, an IITian, with a living flirting tiger inside him. While Shivam’s cheesy lines ignite hatred in Shreya, it’s only the beginning of a story that doesn’t end in Thailand. “Just Married Missed!” is the journey of a practical arranged crush, chased by crazy filmy love.
My review
The book cover is very cute with a title which attracts your attention. It points towards this being a romantic story and you won’t be disappointed. The font size and style is also good with great page quality. The heavenly smell of the pages attracted me to read it soon.
This is a story of a boy named Siddharth who is a very ambitious man with a dream to be the vice chancellor of the company where he is working right now. He gives his best to his work and he cannot comprise with his work. He is a decent guy who doesn’t has much expectations from his love life. He agrees reluctantly to log in to a matrimonial site after his parents pressurize him for marriage.
Shreya is an IIM graduate who has left any hope of finding her love so decides to go for arranged marriage. She starts to go out on dates with Sid to understand each other in a better way. She then meets Shivam who is an IITian and a shameless flirt. They both argues on almost all the topics they talked about.
Shivam is an IIT graduate who is a shameless flirt meets Shreya on airport during a flight and ends up finding himself in front of Shreya, again and again. He has his own past to learn from and has decided that he won’t ever let Love catch him. He becomes friends with Shreya and then surprises her on several instances.
Shreya is engaged to Sid, but again the heart of Shivam has started to feel the long ignored feeling of love, What will be the end?
The writing style of the author is interesting and hooks you from the very start of the story. It is simple yet with ornaments which makes you admire the beauty and deep meaning of the sentences. Also the several instances where the words have been converted into poetry will leave you mesmerized. There are several Hindi sentences used which have their meaning given in English alongside which adds to its real wala feel.
The characters are well developed. The ambition of Siddharth overpowers his senses of good and bad. He has been shown as he was with all the real feels which one experiences while dating and day dreaming.
Also this book is from the point of view of Sid, and thus there are several instances where the narration becomes beautiful and more romantic, at least for me. Shreya is not very cheesy but likes surprises and a bit of pampering just like every girl wants. This makes her character more realistic. The small gestures through which Shivam respects everyone is remarkable and makes him a gentleman along with a flirt freak. This is a complete Bollywood type story.
The story is predictable but still I wanted to finish it and read more. The end is quite emotional and I will suggest you to read it till last. I loved to read this book and was quite astonished to know that this was a debut book of the author.
Characters in the story are very well developed whether be it Sid , Shreya or Shivam, All three of them has been portrayed beautifully with the required details. Even the characters of Mithilesh and Nandini has been portrayed beautifully, no one seemed ignored.
I’ll suggest you all to read this one, the characters, the plots and the climax is all known yet unknown.
Note: This was a review copy provided to me by the author himself. All the thoughts are honest and my own.
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