A review based on a novel by Durjoy Dutta & Maanvi Ahuja… which I chose to pick by its attractive title… The authors have tried their level best to keep the interest alive throughout with the kind of character description, by continuous comparison of love versus money. To keep up with the title,money has been kept above love, but was not written convincingly in spite of many examples. Lines like- love lasts a lifetime; money lasts longer. It pays for the funeral. But, I beg to differ as money can definitely not buy the memories, sadness and in short the feeling.
The character description has been kept short and crisp to keep the interest and which actually led me to read further about what happens to their respective lives. But then the way they have been connected later on accompanied by the fights, the love, the friendship etc seemed all very film like and clichéd . For instance the behavior of Shruti’s (one of the protagonists) threatening parents and their overly dramatic lines like “I am sure she will blacken our faces some day”. Was this novel written in Hindi before and then translated or may be the authors have seen a lot of Hindi dramatic movies. But I am no where saying that these things don’t happen with daughters in India.
Although some realistic issues like recession which actually hit the banking sector and its effects on the lives of many people working in corporates have been used to drag the readers till the end, but the end was not at all fruitful. Overall, a fairytale (poor meeting rich, falling in love, getting married and happy ending etc) mixed with reality, mixing a feeling of love with money- I could read confusion and monotony (with respect to similar stories) everywhere in the novel. Had expected a lot of entertainment, but was left with sheer disappointment!
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