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What do you think of the books written by Chetan Bhagat. Which is your favorite CB book??

I personally think CB is quite over-rated....Still don't know why people get so hyper at the name of his books. What about you??

his buks r nt so great as thy r hyped, but okay, an easy read... I lykd one night @ the call center of the lot

Yes...they're light reads....so-so types. I only liked 3 mistakes of my life and 2 states. Hated five point someone. One night at the call center was nice but unnatural. Revolution 2020 the story was good but didn't like how he wrote the book.

heyyy i like 5-point-someone!

well i have to get around to readin 2 states.

AND i wanna read the call-centre one... BUT whatevr i watched the movie.. so its kinda like reading it..? no? ok.

Sasha Ivashkov-Herondale wrote: "heyyy i like 5-point-someone!

well i have to get around to readin 2 states."

2 states is good...try it! the call centre book is better than the movie.

ok! im gonna read 2 states first.

You can also read 3 mistakes of my life....it was the best CB book according to me!

I really never enjoyed his writing.

Tanzeel wrote: "I really never enjoyed his writing."

Yes...exactly, his writing isn't nice. Even though the stories are good, writing spoils it all.

yes I tried the book five point someone not really enjoyed it but my friend is fan ohhhof him..

Yeah...lots of people think CB's GREAT!! But he's actually CRAP in front of other great writers.....

yup. well i wudnt say "crap"...

i just think his writing style is really like easy-to-read like a light-read kinda books.
Like i mean his writing style is very simple and straight forward...

But i guess the story line is good.

Not crap....but as compared to other great writers, I think he really writes crap...(this thought is specifically directed towards people who think CB's the greatest writer ever and he's awesome and who read only his books and go all super-crazy at the mention of his names....believe me, I have such friends).

yes, his stories are good - I really liked the stories of 2 states, 3 mistakes of my life and revolution 2020....his writing is easy to read but isn't that good. It spoils the story somehow....

well I wil agree with ruchi I just think he is highly over rated like Cassandra Claire

well ruchi I know what you mean, my friends go crazy by the mention of his name and like best writer ever.......seriously get some sense there's pretty awesome like jk Rowling, Veronica Roth, Sara shepherd and much more...

Haven't read Clare....so dunno, but Bhagat is definitely over-rated.

Tanzeel wrote: "well ruchi I know what you mean, my friends go crazy by the mention of his name and like best writer ever.......seriously get some sense there's pretty awesome like jk Rowling, Veronica Roth, Sara ..."

Ya....I feel such people are such hypocrites....i mean, the only books they read are CB's books....and they think they're great book-lovers and know a lot and all....

well yeah I know the feeling, only reading his books over and over again and ignoring the others, it's same as people going crazy over Salman....truly hates him too.

I hate Salman too!!

cool ditto.....another one.down....

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Tanzeel wrote: "well I wil agree with ruchi I just think he is highly over rated like Cassandra Claire"

actually Cassandra Clare is quite good. She writes in a very proffessional and sophisticated manner. And has a pretty extended vocabulary. Iv actually learnt a lot of new words.
AND uses english techniques: veryy good imagery and descrition and nice use of metaphors/similes/personification.

Chetan writes in a straight-forward and like "diary-entry" kinda manner.

You cant compare the two, their writing styles are quite different. But Cassandra does write of a higher quality than Chetan.

Ruchi wrote: "I hate Salman too!!"

oh my friend like LOVES him!
evn at this age she thinks he's still hot!
and we all tease her about it.

I don't really like Chetan Bhagat's book; they are overrated and not THAT good.

Cassandra Clare is a very good author, Bhagat is just... mediocre at best

well yeah her writing is better than him but I'm not talking about her writing style, she have a superior one, being one of world's best seller but I really didn't enjoyed the mortal instruments

Tanzeel wrote: "well yeah her writing is better than him but I'm not talking about her writing style, she have a superior one, being one of world's best seller but I really didn't enjoyed the mortal instruments"

ohh ur talking about the actual story... ok that makes sense, cuz i thought u were implying that her writing style is bad, and im ust like "Wat planet r u living on?"

hahahah XD

haha well I was talking about the stories....

yup. that makes sense.

i agree though, i kinda got bored and started hating the series after she introduced incest and i was just like "Eww ok soooo NOT romantic. Just go die in a hole u guys!"

BUT!!!the Infernal Devices series was soooo much better.

but i did enjoy the humour though!
in both the series

well I never started reading infernal devices but yeah, I enjoyed the book upto the point when incest wasn't pointed out, although it turns out to be fake in the third book as I was expecting it....

his books are just entertainment tools ,but not enlightenment or educative tools

Sanjeev wrote: "his books are just entertainment tools ,but not enlightenment or educative tools"

Ditto!

are the books appropriate for me to read?
I'm 13 years old!

The people who say Chetan Bhagat's great are ignorant. He's just fine. But going crazy over his books is certainly not normal. He uses simple, and uncomplicated language to narrate the highly predictable plots. Maybe that's why some people like him. Because they probably are the people who can't and won't handle complicated, twisted plots and good language.

Mohib wrote: "are the books appropriate for me to read?
I'm 13 years old!"

Probably not. Why don't you pick some good books instead?
Try The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer abroad, Tom Sawyer Detective. The Harry Potter series. The Hunger Games series. Lords of ring. Hobbit.
Those are the classic books you'll most certainly enjoy at your age (or any age for that matter).
I enjoyed reading The Famous Five series, The Secret Seven Series, The Five Find liters series, and The Hardy Boys series when I was your age. And you will like them too.

Chetan Bhagat is just highly overated, just because his books have been turned into some money raking movies.. Some people think he's a great writer,he's just a fine writer with average characters and narration, none of his characters are memorable and fail to make an impression, easy language and relatable characters surely makes for an easy read but that's it..as soon as you finish reading it. It goes into oblivion

CB is not only overrated, but is also quite a clever man, who knows how to publicize his books! I hated all his books! They are total crap, useless, pointless, meaningless, and he is a shame to the literary world! He is ruining the style of writing a proper book! He is a bad influence, although many authors felt inspired by me, but still he is the bad fish! The language with which he writes his books are terribly poor! He should go to hell, for ruining a country's reading and writing habits!

it's just that if his books and similar canonical books are not published then some people will give up reading altogether. his books are targeted at a certain kind of audience and as much as it is shameful to admit but that's the only way to make these people read something. there are only a handful of Indian readers who read anything substantial and they are most probably on GR (with a few exceptions). the Bollywood element has to be incorporated into his work to attract the masses

Krishna wrote: "i liked What young India wants."

Surprisingly, I couldn't read more than 20 pages :p

Mohib wrote: "are the books appropriate for me to read?
I'm 13 years old!"

I read his books when I was 12-13...though I guess it was not appropriate at that time.

Ruchi wrote: "Yeah...lots of people think CB's GREAT!! But he's actually CRAP in front of other great writers....."

I totally agree. Indian authors like Ashwin Sanghi, Amish Tripathi, Vikram Seth, Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni are so much better compared to him.

I am not a CB hater but my thoughts about him is this-

He writes Entertaining novels with Indian film plot which sells well in India.His stories make better screenplay stuff than a novel(no wonder all his novels are turned into films). His books are very light and enjoyable but not what you can call "A GOOD BOOK". I admit that he has garnered a readership and has become the reason why a few more young people are reading. And this is definitely good. However, in terms of the quality of the writing itself, I think that I can write better than him. No, SERIOUSLY. I do think so. There are better indian authors. Though I liked 2states, I think it had been written for being turned into a movie. Pure masala. Maybe that's what people like about his stories. They want to read bollywood movies rather than seeing them, which his novels provide. Anyways, he is the most succesful author we have. So, all the brickbats aren't going to work.

I AM GLAD THAT I COULD EXPRESS THIS MUCH HERE BECAUSE IN SCHOOL, NOONE IS ALLOWED TO SPEAK ONE WORD AGAINST CB.

P.S- I hated 3 mistakes of my life and I didn't see the point in changing the whole plot in the film and giving credit to CB.

It depends upon hos you look at it. Personally, I've never been a fan of CB; my views on him and his writings are quite the contrary.

If I have to be fair to him, his books do have content that Indians associate with. Also, the easy language is what wins him a large readership. And there is something in the plot that filmmakers get a whiff off, and eventually turn it into blockbusters.

Now to the cons:
Bad grammar and sentence formation. For me that is the biggest turn off. True, he tries to include commonplace language and lingos, but is it what a novel is all about? Why not make an attempt at writing better? Case in point being a scene from 'One Night at the Call Center', where one of the characters vomits. The shape of the vomit is compared to pizza. That was one of his low points.

And rather than catering to what the audience is comfortable with, why not make a sincere effort at better construction of sentences, and help that reading populace elevate. I know people who swear by CB. I used to get annoyed by that, but then I came to realize that their wold is comprised of only BB's books. One can't help but facepalm over this.

Also, all his books have protagonists with father issues. It may or may not be arising out of his personal experience, but I think it is time to give it a rest.

Moreover, the way his projection of women is deprecatory. I don't want all of them to be poster child of virtue, but the way he portrays them is enough to convince readers that women are the biggest vices in the world.