‘Would you change yourself for the love of your life?’
Introduction
Book’s Name - You Were My Crush
Author’s Name - Durjoy Datta
Genre - Romantic fiction
Language - English
Synopsis - Spoiler Alert
Durjoy Datta’s fifth book “You were my Crush'' is actually based on the true life story of his brother, Benoy Roy, who is a careless spoil brat driving a Bentley, a college stud, a heartbroken person who lost his mother to cancer and shares a strained relationship with his father. Benoy is written as a nerdy and carefree protagonist.
Benoy’s life takes an unexpected abrupt turn when he becomes friends with Diya and eventually falls in love with her sister, Shaina. He has noticed her on Facebook with Diya in her pictures. Later on, Benoy and Shaina fall in love. She brings out a lot of positive transformations in Benoy’s life, and even his strained relationship with his dad seems to get better day by day.
Everything just happens like a fairy tale until Shaina walks out of their glorious relationship someday, giving the book an interesting twist. What happens next? Will Benoy ever be able to persuade Shaina again? Will Benoy become a responsible individual altogether or not?
To clear all your doubts, read his beautifully highlighted book with the importance of family, stress and most importantly ‘relationships’.
About the Author
Durjoy Datta was born on 7 February 1987 in Gujarat, but grew up in Delhi. He completed his schooling at the Bal Bharati Public School, Pitampura, and went on to do mechanical engineering at the Delhi Technological University.
He started writing during his final year of college. In 2011, he quit his job at American Express as a marketing analyst and turned a full-time writer. He is also an Indian author and screenwriter, popularly known for his coffee-table novels about the romantic life of young Indians.
After graduating from MDI, Gurgaon, in 2011, he co-founded Grapevine India Publishers. His fifth novel, You Were My Crush!, was published by Grapevine India Publishers in September 2011. It peaked at No. 3 on the Hindustan Times Bestseller list.
Picture Credit: New Indian Express
About the Book
‘What do you do when the person you love will forever be someone else’s?’
On the face of things around, Benoy’s life is extremely perfect. He drives a Bentley, lives all alone in a big mansion and has all the luxuries one could imagine. For the people around him, he is a spoilt – a rich brat, the quintessential college-stud and a heart breaker, but does everything is exactly how it seems? Who is the real Benoy?
The story revolves around how he picks up the pieces of his life and the struggles involved in order to come to terms with his mother’s untimely death, and a way much strained relationship with his father, who hasn’t seen much of.
A big car, a huge mansion, does it really cover up for the loss of a loved one? Despite having everything luxurious in life, he still feels incomplete.
This book is a true story which is based on the author’s brother, Benoy Roy.
‘You Were My Crush’ is a constant feature on the AC Nielsen-Bookscan Top 250 books and has also been opened at the No. 3 spot.
The Bottom Line
Personally, I like Durjoy’s way of defining things through his simple writing skills. The way he narrates the story is very understandable. He always portrays all the characters very efficiently. The scene where he explains the past memories of Benoy’s mother is worth reading more than once. There is nothing to get bored of.
It has been claimed to be the most liked book on Facebook pre-release. It was like watching a movie. The whole story is amazing with the pinch of all the flavors of romance, sadness, friendship, family, laughs, heartbreaks, but in the end, a happily ever after.
Though the book is an outstanding example of life, its difficulties and its sweetness, all of Durjoy's books follow similar story lines, which might often seem boring and repetitive to the readers.
My Ratings for the book - 4 on 5
You can order a copy of it from Amazon- You Were My Crush
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