Now That You're Rich | Durjoy Datta | Book Review

It's the story of four young people in the corporate world looking for love and money.

Now That You're Rich by Durjoy Datta Book Review

We all want to be wealthy. That is the dream of all the young people who work day and night for a better, more luxurious life. Money is the most powerful motivator for the majority of people. In today's world, it is the most important and intricate thing that connects all humans. However, relationships built on money can survive when everyone doesn't get an equal share of it? In the real world, it only leads to chaos.

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Storyline

Life is about to improve for Abhijeet, Saurav, Garima, and Shruti. At the very least, it's what they hoped for after devoting their precious youth to higher education in order to secure a position in a top-paying company.

They have the most desirable job in the country. A job that has the potential to fulfil every desire, dream, and whim they have; a job that will give them a better present and a lavish future. However, once they pass college placement interviews and enter the Corporate Office of Silverman Financial, Hyderabad, one of the best in the industry, things become unbearably frustrating and tedious.

Garima and Saurav were just doing things on their own for the first time, and if they fail, they have a backup plan called family business, so there isn't much to lose if they don't survive in the company. However, For Abhijeet and Shruti, the job was the only way out of their quantifiable lives. Otherwise, they will have to accept a more disastrous future.

Nonetheless, reality slapped them across the face and jolted them out of their reverie. Four of them are met with long work hours and suffocating office environments because of creepy and controlling superiors. And if that isn't enough, their strict, pervert bosses practically force every female fresher to lay with them or lose their job. The department they were assigned to is a vicious circle of fresher's exploitation in which both male and female superiors are equally involved.

When the company experienced a mass recession, four of them were put to the test. Not only was their job at stake, but also their love, friendship, and life. Shruti, the poorest of all, struggles to keep up her job to fill her greedy parents' mouths. She was the weakest link among them.

Her friends have accused her of sleeping with her boss in order to keep her job. While the other three were still in trouble, the sword hung around their necks, and they were about to lose their jobs. Misconceptions, accusations, and a little bit of bitter truth arc together and break the friendship of four.

What will they choose: money or love?

In the midst of her loneliness, heartbreak, and drunkenness. Shruti meets her dream man, the owner of an opulent nightclub and the heir to a vast business empire. Shruti had a full night of drunken conversation with him, and when she woke up the next morning, he was crazy about her and wanted to spend more time with her. They fall in love in a single day, according to Shruti.

Will Shruti forgive her friends now that she has a wealthy boyfriend? Will Saurav, the group's pervert, understand the value of love? And will Abhijeet be satisfied with Garima, the wealthy girl, this time or will he seek more? Will they ever be able to shake the guilt of accusing and hurting one another.

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Review

Office romances aren't my cup of tea. The author, Durjoy Datta, is the only reason to choose this book. Some of his books were excellent. Now I'm on a mission to read all of his books. His writing is entertaining because of his sarcastic and creepy humour. And he is one of India's best-selling authors. I reasoned that I could learn something from his writing.

However, 'Now That You're Rich' is quite ordinary in every way. There is some sarcasm and humour sprinkled throughout, but it is insufficient to be counted. None of the characters have the potential to connect with readers; they are uninteresting, and even their backdrops are tedious to read.

For a while, Shruti's character seemed promising, but the author made her home life far too dramatic. It began to resemble like any Indian daily soap, which was excruciating torture.

The book began with a story about four people who came from different financial and emotional backgrounds and quickly became friends under the same roof. However, after the first half of the book, it became centred on Shruti alone.

A look at the dark and corrupt side of the corporate world, where giant corporations' superiors exploit newcomers. Mostly female freshers who were forced to sleep with their bosses in order to keep their jobs. This exploitation was never properly punished in the book.

Deb the Clown. He is the narrator of this book and a fictionalized version of the author himself. In some ways, this book is a sequel to the author's previous debut novel, "Off Course I Love You...", in which Deb and his girlfriend Avantika play the lead roles. Generally, these two characters made an unavoidable appearance in every book that followed the first. This was the author's trick, and it worked for him. However, his or his girlfriend's involvement in this book did not sit well with me. It appeared unnecessary and forced at times.

Instead, the author could leave out the excerpts and use the words to flesh out the characters' defining characteristics. The writing is very simple, which will help you finish the book as quickly as possible.

 

Some parts were interesting to read, such as the beginning of the four friends' friendship; the tension of survival in a corporate world; the misconceptions and accusations; and the fight among the four. I didn't have high hopes for this one. But the fact that I could read something more interesting still bothers me.

In a Nutshell - It's the story of four young people in the corporate world looking for love and money. The story develops to show how their disparate financial and emotional backgrounds affect them and their friendship. It has a touch of romance and humour, as well as a look at how large private companies operate. The story occasionally deviates from its main theme, making things unreal and unrelatable. Even if you're a die-hard Durjoy Datta fan, 'Now That You're Rich' will not satisfy you in any way. But, like me, you feel compelled to read every book by this author, go ahead and do so.

- Abhi Panwar

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