{"id":10641,"date":"2017-10-09T20:40:58","date_gmt":"2017-10-09T15:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.wordpress.com\/?p=10641"},"modified":"2017-10-09T20:40:58","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T15:10:58","slug":"you-never-know-by-akash-verma-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/09\/you-never-know-by-akash-verma-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"You Never Know by Akash Verma (Book Review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/images.gr-assets.com\/books\/1505191515l\/36225726.jpg\" alt=\"You Never Know\" width=\"291\" height=\"447\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/36225726-you-never-know?ac=1&amp;from_search=true\">Add this book on Goodreads<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.in\/You-Never-Know-Sometimes-Through\/dp\/0143441094?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=3626&amp;creative=24790&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;portal-device-attributes=desktop&amp;redirect=true&amp;ref_=x_gr_w_bb&amp;tag=x_gr_w_bb_in-21\">Buy this book on Amazon<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Genre:<\/strong>\u00a0Romantic Thriller<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher:\u00a0<\/strong>Penguin Random House India<\/li>\n<li><strong>Release Date:<\/strong>\u00a0September 18, 2017<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pages:<\/strong>\u00a0240<\/li>\n<li><strong>Format:<\/strong>\u00a0Paperback<\/li>\n<li><strong>My Rating:\u00a0<\/strong>2 stars<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more-->Dhruv is having an affair with his new employee Anuradha despite being a married man with two kids. As if their situation wasn&#8217;t complicated enough, Anuradha&#8217;s past resurfaces to create problems for both of them.<\/p>\n<p>I was skeptical to read a book that had infidelity in it but I still went ahead as I was interested to see how it would play out. I definitely wasn&#8217;t expecting what I got.<\/p>\n<p>The book starts with a thrilling scene. However, what is revealed in the beginning only comes into the book more than halfway through. Also, we hear Dhruv talking to himself and referring to the &#8216;pebbles&#8217; in his brain speaking to him. I found this very very stupid.<\/p>\n<p>We are then taken to the time when Dhruv meets Anuradha for the first time. Everything happens very fast and they are suddenly declaring their love for each other. We don&#8217;t get to see how both of them actually grew to care for each other. The book had all the cliche things that bad romance novels do, from instant-love to awkward intimate scenes. The book did radiate a dark vibe from it like thrillers usually do. It shifts between different timelines. One thing I enjoyed was the Gurgaon setting.<\/p>\n<p>I did not like the writing of this book at all. It was well edited but even then I couldn&#8217;t deal with the writing style. There was no flow and the characters&#8217; inner dialogue was very badly delivered.<\/p>\n<p>Almost all the characters in this book are terrible people.\u00a0Anuradha doesn&#8217;t feel any remorse in having an affair with a married man. Dhruv has a loving wife and kids and he wrecks that in his desire for Anuradha.\u00a0I couldn&#8217;t understand their love for each other as it was very sudden.\u00a0I couldn&#8217;t root for them at all. We also read the story from Sid&#8217;s perspective who is Anuradha&#8217;s ex. He is an even worse human being and I didn&#8217;t see why Anuradha loved him.<\/p>\n<p>The thriller aspect of this book was not totally bad and that is why I&#8217;ve given it two stars. It did hold my attention towards the end. I&#8217;m glad that the book was short and wasn&#8217;t unnecessarily stretched out. I also liked how the book ended.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, this book was not enjoyable for me. It had no meaning and it didn&#8217;t entertain me either.\u00a0It may appeal to some readers who are looking for a quick and dramatic read.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>\u201cI received a copy of this book from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.writersmelon.com\/wm\/\">Writersmelon<\/a>\u00a0in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Add this book on Goodreads Buy this book on Amazon Genre:\u00a0Romantic Thriller Publisher:\u00a0Penguin Random House India Release Date:\u00a0September 18, 2017 Pages:\u00a0240 Format:\u00a0Paperback My Rating:\u00a02 stars<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/10\/09\/you-never-know-by-akash-verma-book-review\/#more-10641\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &#10142; <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">You Never Know by Akash Verma (Book Review)<\/span><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[99,132,228,237,385,389,390,392,503,508],"class_list":["post-10641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-contemporary-romance","tag-indian-book","tag-indian-romance","tag-reviews","tag-romance","tag-romance-book","tag-romantic-thriller","tag-writersmelon","tag-you-never-know"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9182,"url":"https:\/\/travellingthroughwords.com\/index.php\/2017\/08\/01\/messed-up-but-all-for-love-by-arvind-parashar-book-review\/","url_meta":{"origin":10641,"position":0},"title":"Messed Up! 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