Sunday, January 3, 2010

Sultry Days

Higly impressed with the way the woman speaks, carries herself and her short articles and criticisms in the news paper, Sobha De was able to catch all my due attention. I could not wait to explore more of her writing, as girls always look upto some strong, confident and smart lady. She is a perfect example of how a lady is all capable of taking care of her family as well as her own career and social circle and what not. So I was all excited to read her work, her books, but was highly disappointed!

The 1st book I read was "Strange Obsession". This book was OK.

So I though of reading the second one "Sultry Days" and I think from now on I will think 10 times before I decide to buy and read any of her books.
So many characters, so many short stories... It takes the story away from the main characters Nasha and Deb and we have to take conscious efforts to keep track of all the characters and then it becomes a mess... It seemed to me as a collection of so many short stories and characters that Mrs.De must be coming across her high class social circle. I found nothing Sultry about the story or the days...

I got so frustrated that after reading more than half of the book, I went directly to last chapter (something I never do) to realize that the rest of the story also had nothing to offer me about Nasha and Deb and I was happy I didnt read the rest of the crap.

It was a small story, which needed filler of so many stupid characters to complete and publish the book :D. Also the title is so very misleading. So a strict no-no to read this book guys.