Book Review : The 3 mistakes of my life
Oops! I did a mistake by reading this book. That was my nth mistake in life (Of course n being a positive integer and much greater than 0). Okay! Jokes apart, this is the third book by Chetan Bhagat, who is back to India now and has dedicated the book ‘to the country, which called him back’.
The 3 mistakes of my life is a story of three best friends (sounds familier isn’t it?) based in Ahmedabad. Govind is the narrator of the story. He is a born businessman and dreams of owning a big business someday. He is in love with Vidhya, who happens to be the sister of one of his best friend Ishaan. Ishaan is very passionate guy who loves cricket. He was the best cricket player in his school and aspired to be in Indian Cricket team. But he performs badly in the selections and thus ends up getting rejected. His parents want him to join Army, which he hates. Govind’s other friend is Omi, who is the son of a priest of a local temple. Omi doesn’t know what to do in his life, but he doesn’t want to continue his father’s profession. So he sticks around with his friends. Then there is Ali, a young boy who is a gifted cricketer, but is more interested in playing marbles. Ishaan spots him and starts coaching him with a hope to see him in Indian Cricket team one day.
The book starts very well giving a detailed description of each character. Chetan’s style of narration has definitely improved since his first book FPS . Half way through the book, it gets dull, and at the end the climax part sucks. Lot of communal violence is brought in, and it was really a pain reading the final few chapters. I hope Chetan comes up with science fiction novels in future.
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Hey dude you’ve become a fan of Chetan Bhagat huh?
If i read this 3 mistakes of my life would be reading 3 Chetan Bhagat books
After reading one night @ call center i’ve decided i’m not gonna read any of his books again.
Sci Fi!?
Nice review btw
I was about to read this book after reading your review will not
@Sandeep,
Fan… hmmm. ya. I like his style of writing.
And i tot reading sci-fi would be better than again reading stories of 3 best friends.
@Bhanu,
. You may like it. Who knows! But its definitely no better than FPS.
Hey dude. Read it if you have got enough time. The book is not that bad either
If I would have written this book, my title of the book would have been “Million mistakes by a Millionaire”
@Mukesh,
Three mistakes in life appears too little isnt it
The book sucks !!
Nothing is good here.
Climax is totally predictable and looks like an action drama of a hindi movie.
Some glaring mistakes like NDTV which was launched one year after Godhra riots, vault key put into sock but taken out from inner pocket, and so on.
Ali looks like “He-Man” or “Superman”.
Some unrealistic things like going to Australia made that easy as eating an apple.
Sorry boss, this is a real disappointment.
@IITian,
U have taken a little deeper look at the facts huh!
The author has given extra power to Ali
And i have no idea about going to Aus. I too believe it aint easy unless u r on a business trip.
this is a nice book.really nice book.at least chetan admits his mistakes.his 1st mistake was 5.some1.2nd mistake 1 n8 @ d call centre.and now his 3rd mistake 3 mistakes of my life.and now i admit my mistake by reading all his f*****g books.
@Ad,
FPS was not that bad
. But ya, other two are.
hey, hii bhaghat, i hav read all yr 2 books n FPS n CALLCENTRE was pretty intrestinn n fascinatinn tooo. after readinn 3 mistakes , i wann 2 tell u abt somethinn i.e, a mistake in mans life which u may find intresting…………..,
itz abt me who did a biggest mistake in life by joining navy.,
coz i feel like stuck up here n segregated frm outer world which is more beautiful
no money n no gals no luxury n no pleasyres treated like robos n missing everythin which my frenz r not in
civil life.
itz really grt relief 4 me 2 read ur books coz i realy do realise wat im lackinn my life after lookin to ur book
ur books r good practical n natural tooooo.
hope u can write a book on thsi statinn as a mistake in one life
hey jst kiddin
Hey Chetan,
R u reading this ?
to tell u, i like the first book more than this one. 3 mistakes of my life was totally predictable.
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@Hasit,
Thats true. Ppl who have read his first two books could easily predict the sequences in his third book !
Hi!,
hey!!!!! chetan i liked all 3 books of urs wat ever may be d review of ur books, but i would love to read ur books.They all r real life based stories not like reel life movies.
1 n8 @ call centre was d best book which i liked d most, n even now i would wacth d movie HELLO…….good luck waiting for ur next book.
Hey Chetan,
U got lot of fans here
I read this book and i felt that it s not as bad its made out to be. BUt all that f ”’kin part with friend’s sister is unwanted crap. The book would hav been better if the 2nd mistake were omitted
@Nikhil,
He he. Dont you think two mistakes would be too less to write a whole book?
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Hai Chetan,
With your first book itself I was so impressed.”One night @ call center” is a fabulous one because I’m a call center executive. The movie “hello” is a token to your talent.”3 mistakes” is really touching. I wish you all the best to be the most loved writer in India, as you like.
regards
Abhilash Mohan
hi chetan,
i wil be honest chetan,wel i did not get through any of ur books in my life.it was my first book “the 3 mistakes of my life” it was so,attractive in short it was fabulous and i expect ur’s 2 book’s carry the same comment’s from me and ur’s well wishers.allah may bless u to become most loved writer in world,as you like.
regards
mirza fasi baig
hi chetan,
i have read ur last two books and both were fabulous and no one shud go by the above review… a well made effort keep it up…..
Hey Chetan,
Your fan list is growing day by day (includes me). May be you shud visit this site some day