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Book Review: 400 days by Chetan Bhagat ( JustMyThoughts)

 400 Days by Chetan Bhagat is a child-abduction mystry solving novel tracing the events from Little Siya getting Abducted from her grandparents home and finally being found on the 400th day. Hence, the Title.

It is the Third Case solved by Keshav Rajpurohit, including  the one in The Girl in Room 105 and One Arranged Murder. The whole series is interesting and hooking yet abiding by the simplicity of language and understanding. 

The main characters of the novel are Keshav Rajpurohit and Saurabh, the two detectives, Alia Arora , the mother of the Abducted kid Siya Arora, Manish Arora( Siya's father) . Rest of the characters includes the members of Join Family of Aroras, parents of Keshav and the suspects and Definately, Pandit Shastriji.


                       ( from google images )

The story travels back and forth in time reveals necessary incidents which could help Keshav and Saurabh to proceed with the investigation , with out without others' support. The story is mixed with Adventurous disclosure of hidden facts,  fights and manipulations , be it by the spice-loving media or constantly taunting   unsorrtive acts by your acquaintance. Also, the story is constant with funny interactions of Keshav and Saurabh. The story is harsh at times, romantic at others and even unexpectedly easy and light .

Various Aspects of early teens and the dangers of keeping them hidden from the parents or our gaurdinas have been mentioned here. Teens need to understand till what extent they are allowed to trust a person , especially on social media. Not just the kids' side is at fault. Even a few parents busy with their own life and issues then to neglect what their kid expects from them. Both the sides must come together and trust each other. It wasn't the main theme of the novel but it was mentioned , give it a Thought.

Well, it's hurting to read the end of the novel and see Keshav sacrifice again for the sake of betterment of Siya and more importantly Alia. Keshav  loses it all the time! Why ...

People are betrayed by the people they trust blindly. What if tue person you trust the most is into superstition? How far could you trust them. Trace the story to know what all stuff happened in those 400 days.

Happy reading.

Thank You

ANU. 

Comments

  1. SThankiNovember 22, 2021 at 3:56 AM

    "Both Parents and Teachers must come together and trust eachother." Absolutely correct 😀. And to answer the question about trusting the person who is superstitious, well, only time will tell, and if the person is right, and if he really is, You'll definitely be rewarded for your trust, and not to forget, patience too...

    To conclude: Your way of writing always makes me anxious to go read the book right now. 🏃🏃

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