Saturday, May 26, 2018

Trust Me Not by Author Ankita Verma Datta (Book Review)








Book details

Title – Trust Me Not
Author –Ankita Verma Datta
Genre – Fiction
Publisher – Jaico Publishing House
No of pages – 376

Main Characters – Kunal Kabi, Reeva Rai, Nihaal, Uttar, Mr. Thaper and Jaiswal

Other characters – Nandita, Shalini, Arunabh Roy

 The book is available at: Amazon | Flipkart

The Book Blurb
Rising corporate star Reeva Rai is offered a prestigious position in a top-notch PR agency. It is the opportunity of a lifetime. But working with Enigmatic Billionaire Kunaal Kabi was not going to be easy. Even as she develops feelings for him, she is determined to prove herself.

But when an activist friend turns to her for help with a real-estate scam, Reeva has to make a high-stakes choice. Can she retain the credibility of her prominent clients while helping hundreds save their homes? As she digs deeper to find solutions, a nefarious scheme unravels with unexpected connections. A no-holds-barred race ensues, blood is drawn and Reeva is trapped in the eye of a political thunderstorm. If she succeeds, powerful people will have much to answer.

The Book Review
Reeva Rai, the young, talented and beautiful girl who works for an ad agency is offered a post in a top-notch PR agency. Little did she know that the guy she met in a wedding function is going to be her boss- Kunal Kabi. Kunal is a handsome, charming yet mysterious is instantly attracted to Reeva. When Kunal and Reeva start working together for their PR agency, their love takes a high rise. Nihaal, an equally good-looking guy and a colleague of Reeva is also secretly in love with Reeva.

The main plot revolves around the mysteriousness of Kunal’s personality and his involvement with Thapar and Jaiswal’s company and JBP party. There is an ongoing election and JBP party is one of the influential parties has already won many hearts of commoners. But there is a twist in a tale. Kunal and his entire team are trying to promote JBP party unaware of the fact that somebody from outside is trying to tarnish the image of JBP party.  Will they succeed to stop the cruel politico game? Will Reeva able to understand real nature of Kunal? This political thriller has a lot to offer but then with many loopholes and unnecessary twists.

Overall, I found all the characters extremely stereotypical. Shalini, one of the leads from the novel joins PR agency where Kunal is working. Kunal’s past belongs to her younger sister who commits suicide out of depression. This adds an unnecessary thread to Kunal’s character. Again, the love triangle between Kunal, Reeva, and Nihaal is again unnecessary. The novel gives vibes of typical spicy Bollywood movie.  

If the love triangle wasn’t enough, Nandita, a social activist has a biological connection with the rising and honest politician Mr, Uttar. Though the entire plot is well-worded and nicely written it lacked that oomph factor or excitement that I was expecting while reading the politico thriller. It neither excited me nor it bored me as well.

During the entire plot, the author maintained nice pace and the mystery of Fixer, an unknown character only to unfold until the reader reaches the few pages of the novel.

Overall, the novel is a decent plot and the readers who are a fan of Bollywood masala would really enjoy the novel – given its various angles.

Yes, the novel is definitely a one-time read and is a nice try by the author to mix politics and romance together. And the result is if not impressing but satisfactory  for sure!

The Best Part
The author’s simple writing style make all the angles fall into right place. A decent vocabulary gives a reader a literary feast.

The No-So Good Part
If the author would have reduced the love drama between Nihaal, Reeva, and Kunal, the novel would have become much better as there are already enough angles to chew on.

Writing style
Simple and intriguing!

The book cover and the title
I found the cover interesting yet misleading. At first, I thought it’s a horror story but then the description said political thriller and then I could connect the dots between the cover and the description given on the cover. The title is apt. After reading the plot, the title gives justice to the story.

Rating
3.5/5

About the author


Ankita Verma Datta is an Economics graduate from Mumbai University and is trained in advertising communication and marketing. Trust Me Not is her debut novel and she intends to continue writing socio-political thrillers with current relevance in future too. She writes to evoke and entertain.

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