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“How far would a woman go to get her sexual satisfaction within the confines of marriage? In India, an issue like this would never be a deal breaker right? Wrong. In today’s India, it could be, and hello, a woman might be the one who calls it quits!”-Bhaavna Arora
These words quoted by the author on her website made me pick this book at once and buy it. I was dying to lay my hands on it and checking my amazon account for its delivery date although it showed me the same date always!!
“The Deliberate Sinner” is a story of this enthusiastic girl- Ms.Rihana Bajwa who loves being independent, goes for trips alone ,enjoys watching porn and doesn’t shy away in accepting it openly. What makes the character more intriguing is the fact that in spite of being such an independent and outgoing person somewhere deep down she is still a traditional girl who helps her father in his business, follows her mother’s advice and does all this even if her heart tells her otherwise. She has a great bond with her paternal and maternal grandparents. This story is about her journey through all these relationships and her marriage. Does she retain the “Rihana” in herself or she loses her identity in keeping the relationships intact is what the book is all about.
What I love- The cover page-Kudos to Ashtami Nair (model) and Mallikarjun Katakol(cover photograph)-The thought process and the execution is brilliant!! Rihana's character in the initial few chapters is shown brilliantly. Her free-spiritedness, the pride that she takes in doing everything as per her parents wish and at the same time making sure to do what gives her happiness. The equation of Rihana with her grandparents and Bua is shown and written beautifully. Your heart almost aches for a relationship like that. Her friendship with Raj is shown very aptly and the emotions are captured bang on. Rihana's equation with her father-in-law is by far the best relationship captured. You almost wish to have one like that.The nuances about her life in Mumbai are shown well. And yes “the sex” which catches everyone’s attention with the tag line and the cover photo used by the author is represented and positioned very correctly in the story,however its way below the expectation a reader would have when it comes to the number of encounters.
The Hiccups- Why would a girl get married to a man, when right after her engagement she got ample reasons to call it off, Especially in today's modern India where engagements fall off as quickly as the fashion trend. Rihana’s mother is shown in an objectionable manner.Her lack of empathy towards the misery of her only child is preposterous and deplorable.Why will Veer not give Rihana what she deserves inspite of being so beautiful and every man's fantasy is beyond one's understanding. And above all the biggest question that haunted me while reading-Why would such a free spirited, bold, girl turn so meek and allow herself to get subjected to such situations so many times???
Overall- I think the subject has great potential to be turned into a page turner but unnecessary chances given and showing Rihana take a bold step so late and after so much anguish just spoils the plot for me. If Rihana's character would not have been etched so independent and head strong in the start probably the latter story would not have been this much of a disappointment for me cause you expect a girl like her to fight from the word go ,but again if she wasnt etched this way in the start I would not have picked the book up.
Stars-2/5 (the 1 extra star is only for “the initial free-spirited Rihana”)
Credits-www.bhaavna.com
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