Never Date a Senior Girl
Genre:
Fiction,
Romantic comedy
Author: Siddarth Raj
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐
“Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind,
And therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.”
– Helena, A Midsummer Night’s
Dream.
Almost everyone who goes to college for the first
time will have a mind prepared for crushes and proposals, for love and heartbreaks. Not everyone will find love but the ones who do will assume it to be
everything. After all, this could be the
one, right?!
Never Date a Senior Girl is a book I won in a
Giveaway. I was very excited to read it, for the concept was unique and it was the
first giveaway that I had won. When at last I started to read the book, 10
pages later, I was no more an adult. Instead, I was the
14-year-old girl who had run to the library after discovering Chetan Bhagat and
Durjoy Dutta, and picked every Indian Author’s romantic comedy books one by one
because of the mere surprise that Indian authors could write so well and loving
the way the stories and people were retable. (Yes, I did not know Indian authors wrote Romance or comedy until I was 14. Don't judge me.) Gawd, nostalgia level 100.
The protagonist, or should I say hero, of the
story, is Samrat. Samrat has just joined his Law College and befriended Saurabho
and Vardhan. He sees Aashima a few months later and develops a crush on her.
The problem arises when he realizes that Aashima is his senior who is her 4th
year and her boyfriend, Manish, is a gang leader who is known for his aggressiveness. Samrat,
although initially discouraged by his friends, finds ways to pursue her,
with the help of his friends. Will she reciprocate his feelings? Will she break
up with her boyfriend? Will her boyfriend find out and kick his ass? Will
Samrat have a happy ending? Or a heartbreak?
The book was a short, breezy read which took me
like 5-6 hours to read. Simple language and a good flow. I loved the bromance
between Samrat, Saurabho and Vardhan. Or should I say bro-triangle! 😁 (Excuse my horrible sense of humor. 🙊) They were innocent, immature, funny, supportive,
using swear words and very much reminding me of my college days. The only thing missing in my case was
probably a senior or anyone to have a crush on, in the campus, because I went to
women’s college. 😑 I admit, my mum got suspicious of me because I kept smiling
often while I was reading the book. Was it because I found the scene funny or
reminiscent? I ain’t telling her. 😶
If you know me, you should know how much I avoid
the romance genre (except for in classics). I am not a huge fan of romance.
Surreal situations and cheesy dialogues are just not my thing. 🤷 I don’t know if
it was because of this reason, or not, that I found a few descriptions and expressions
overused. I should also say there was a lil part of me that constantly kept
feeling bad for Manish until a scene in the latter
part of the book. The book spoke in detail about 3 months, for the major part, and
abruptly cut to a bitter, wistful scene that had skipped 3 years, disguised as the
climax. I liked how amongst the entire book, the climax was the one part that was close yet far
away from reality. But the sudden jump to climax left me confused since I felt
what should have been the most important part of the book was not brought to the
day-light. It was like:
Author: Never date a senior girl.
Me: Why?
Author: I won’t tell you.
Me: 👀
Which is why I asked the author if he was going to make a sequel (I don’t think
he has decided on it yet).
On the whole, Never Date a Senior Girl was a light
and delightful read. You should read it if:
1. You have/had a crush on someone,
2. You are in/yet to begin/miss your college life,
3. You like romance and/or comedy.
If you don’t fall under any of these, you don’t belong here. Leave the planet. 😑 (Jk. I love you. 😁💖)
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