The book has a busy start and before you know, the main characters are in the hospital due to an accident. From there the confusion starts as to who is the real couple and who is the third party. But not before long, when all is sorted out, the complications of characters give way to complication of emotions, especially for the husband.
The story is a pretty mature take on urban, big city life. The treatment of the story is different from usual where one wonders would it be possible to behave in this way if it was for real for a family. The story moves at a relaxed pace which brings out the ironic element as everybody knows life in Mumbai is pretty hectic. This results in sufficient time and pages being devoted to emotions and their thought process which is usually in a tangle which is relatable to people who have been in love, maybe with more than 1 person.
Another thing which is noticeable is the mixture of past and present times being used simultaneously. It definitely helps that each time is not so long that the reader loses connect with the other time. The story is cohesive still, which is good. This also results in lighter and humorous parts of the past story making appearances in between the heavy parts of the hospital.
The author has treated the subject with care, especially in few instances of marriage and death. He chooses to maintain two open cases where the reader can take a call how it would have been, if the book hadn’t ended where it did.
You can try this book for a surprisingly light read of a mature subject where you wish it shouldn’t happen to you at any cost, no matter which character you chose to be.
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