Review: Army Girl Steals Civilian's Heart
Army Girl Steals Civilian's Heart by Oswald Pereira
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Amrita is an intelligent and independent with strong army background from Delhi. When she joined at Mumbai Newstime, a leading newspaper in all over India as trainee she meets Oscar a famous news reporter slowly they falls for eachother during her training time they both become inseperable and story is about what happens to their love after she moves to Delhi. Will their parents accept Oscar an non civilian? What are all the hardships this young couple faces is the remaining part of story.
It is an predictable story but the way author carries the story with stating little emotions and feelings of them makes story interesting and it makes me to read till last.
The facts that author took front is acceptable like family heritage of marrying their children to only army personnels and Hindus in Amrita's family and marrying their child to only Christians in Oscar's family. The story little bit remembers me of Chetan Bhagat's 2 states novel because of the similar concepts. Other than that all are well written, typos are negligible. Narration is from Oscar's point of view and also makes you to sense journalist works.
Overall, Army Girl Steals Civilian's Heart is a good love story a resemble of 2 states. Will be a enjoyable read in one go with its lucid language but author had tried something in enrich vocabularies and lagged it little bit.
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My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Blurb-
Amrita Datta is petite and pretty, with large light brown eyes. But she calls herself an Army Girl, because of her army background. Her father and his two brothers were army officers, inspired by an uncle who almost became army general when Jawaharlal Nehru was Prime Minister. Marrying army officers is a tradition in both her father and mother’s side of the family.
Oscar Pereira, macho and handsome, is a reporter in the Mumbai edition of Newstimes, India’s largest newspaper. He comes from a family of staunch Christians. Delhi-based Amrita joins Newstimes as a trainee in Mumbai, as part of her one-year training programme. Busy with chasing front page stories, Oscar barely notices Amrita. Then when she has just twenty days left to return to Delhi, she is assigned to accompany Oscar to report on the Ganapati immersion at Chowpatty beach. But, both pay little attention to the event, because they suddenly discover love, although they have little in common – socially, culturally and religiously.
Will Oscar’s parents accept a non-Christian? Will Amrita’s parents allow a civilian in the army clan?
Oscar Pereira, macho and handsome, is a reporter in the Mumbai edition of Newstimes, India’s largest newspaper. He comes from a family of staunch Christians. Delhi-based Amrita joins Newstimes as a trainee in Mumbai, as part of her one-year training programme. Busy with chasing front page stories, Oscar barely notices Amrita. Then when she has just twenty days left to return to Delhi, she is assigned to accompany Oscar to report on the Ganapati immersion at Chowpatty beach. But, both pay little attention to the event, because they suddenly discover love, although they have little in common – socially, culturally and religiously.
Will Oscar’s parents accept a non-Christian? Will Amrita’s parents allow a civilian in the army clan?
My views-
Army Girl Steals Civilian's Heart by Oswald Periara, an romantic fiction. The story is well judge able from its title and blurb. The story says the love story of Army Girl and Civilian boy falling in love with each other.Amrita is an intelligent and independent with strong army background from Delhi. When she joined at Mumbai Newstime, a leading newspaper in all over India as trainee she meets Oscar a famous news reporter slowly they falls for eachother during her training time they both become inseperable and story is about what happens to their love after she moves to Delhi. Will their parents accept Oscar an non civilian? What are all the hardships this young couple faces is the remaining part of story.
It is an predictable story but the way author carries the story with stating little emotions and feelings of them makes story interesting and it makes me to read till last.
The facts that author took front is acceptable like family heritage of marrying their children to only army personnels and Hindus in Amrita's family and marrying their child to only Christians in Oscar's family. The story little bit remembers me of Chetan Bhagat's 2 states novel because of the similar concepts. Other than that all are well written, typos are negligible. Narration is from Oscar's point of view and also makes you to sense journalist works.
Overall, Army Girl Steals Civilian's Heart is a good love story a resemble of 2 states. Will be a enjoyable read in one go with its lucid language but author had tried something in enrich vocabularies and lagged it little bit.
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About the author-
Oswald Pereira, a veteran journalist, is the author of the hugely popular novels, The Newsroom Mafia, Chaddi Buddies and The Krishna-Christ Connexion. His two other novels are the critically acclaimed Revenge of the Naked Princess and Golmaal In Goa. Army Girl Steals Civilian’s Heart is his sixth novel. Oswald has worked in senior editorial positions for leading newspapers and magazines like The Times of India, Financial Express and Outlook. An English language trainer, he has taught journalism at The Times School of Journalism. He was among the founding team of Outlook magazine.
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