Five Point Someone – Book Review

Author : Chetan Bhagat           Genre : Fiction           Year : 2004           Publisher : Rupa & Co.           ISBN : 978-81-291-0459-5

The book revolves around the three guys(hari, ryan and alok) who got into IIT. This book is written in hari’s perspective. Hari is none other than author himself. But it is not an auto biography. Inspired by his own life, author has given the book after adding some spices.

Must read book for students and ex-students. Throughout reading I was smiling, not because the book is funny, every events specified in this book is someway or other close to my own college days and reminded of some happy and funny moments. Three guys hari, ryan and alok will not go out  of mind even months after finishing the book. I can map all the characters and situation in the book with one in my college. Say ryan for ajmal, hari for nawaz and alok for me, but not exactly as in the book. This is just one combination. Exactly to say our set consists of five peoples(Ajmal, Balaji, Nawaz, Niaz and me).

We had every enjoyment, breaking the barriers of rules and regulations in our college. Nawaz and I took OD leave for average of 50 days in 90 days semester. If we both attend the classes, lecturers will see us like aliens. Stop… Am I writing my auto-biography??

If you want to have a short journey back to your college days, this book will help you.

Time : 7 hours

Rating : 7/10