Worst of Chetan Bhagat. Review on Half Girlfriend - Chetan Bhagat

Well, I was left really disappointed and dejected with the novel "Half Girlfriend" by India's best-selling author(marketing genius but content is not up to the mark) who is enjoying a cult status in India .

The story is yet another of those cliched-overdone themes. I cannot even call it romantic but a lame story of an illogical village bred boy "Madhav" and a city girl "Riya". Mr. Chetan Bhagat has penned down an insincere and lame story in the form of "Half-Girlfriend" that has literally nothing new to offer to the readers. In fact, I believe this novel is better suited as a "Masala Bollywood movie" instead of a paperback fiction novel.

It is not that I do not like Chetan Bhagat and have a tendency to harshly defame his works like a well-acclaimed novel-critic. I loved reading his two novels, "Five Point Someone"(made into the super successful cult youth film- 3 Idiots) and Revolution 2020. To be honest, I started out reading novels only after reading Chetan Bhagat's initial novels which catered to my interests because of the simple and relatable language and story in the novels. But with "Half-Girlfriend", Mr. Bhagat has hit a big low in his literary prowess.

Chetan Bhagat is considered as the common man's author in India but with "Half-Girlfriend" he has made a mockery of the common man's sentiments as he has presented a story without a proper structure and devoid of logic and  unrealistic cliched- portrayal of characters that cannot be justified with the "Common Man" tag.

I will rate "Half-Girlfriend "2 out of 5 stars" and recommend you to read it if and only if you have nothing good to do in life and want to kill some time. I hope Chetan Bhagat will improve upon the story line of his upcoming novels in the future and justify himself as the "cult-status-common man's author" in India.