Sorting Out Sid

Author: Yashodhara Lal
ISBN13: 9789350296912 
Edition language: English
My Rating: 2/5

I have read the author's first book and had liked it a lot. Thought that it was written in a very realistic way and that's why I had bought this book from the bookstore nearby when it was released.

But alas....

This second book of her's misses the non-masala touch of the first book. Maybe because the first book was fairly autobiographical and this is just a piece of fiction. After reading this one I think the author is slipping into the Chetan Bhagat clan. If there is a third book by Yashodhara Lal I might be a little skeptical about buying it.

The story line is about a modern day Sid's life before, thorough and after divorce. A very predictable story flow written in an above average English language (Though the use of the "bad words" unnecessarily did startle me a little bit). When we say modern day there comes beer, a female friend, flirtatious colleague, keeping parents at a distance etc etc. Not to forget the entry of the divorced single mother. Rest of the story can easily be guessed- I guess!!!

Though the author claims to have a good sense of humor, I don't think the book contains much of it. The jokes are really not the "laugh out loud" kind and rather the "shruggable" (if that is a word) kind. 

So bottomline, the book is much better than many of the Chetan Bhagat's books. So if you still want to check it out, do go ahead and buy it.