You Never Know When Youll Get Lucky!

Although it sometimes includes romantic elements, chick lit is generally not considered a direct subcategory of the romance novel genre, because the heroine's relationship with her family or friends is often just as important as her romantic relationships. It is very sad that with writers such as Helen Fielding and Sophie Kinsella under its banner, chick-lit is derided and often judged before it's even read.

After all, you never know when youll get lucky! Meet Kajal, our very own Bridget Jones. She knows her wine and parties hard, and works as a copywriter in a big advertising company in Gurgaon. The book opens with Kajal trying to avoid her mommy's match-making efforts and bumps into a hot stranger called Dhir. They hit if off but he lives in Bombay The meeting lingers in her mind, but she is bubbly and lives in the present, so almost immediately starts dating Rocky, whom she met when he gave a presentation in her company. The story is fast-paced, and moves without any hiccups as we see Rocky and Kajal fight and break up.

At the home front, she is coming closer to her journo neighbour who nursed her through a bad fever.

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Meanwhile, her efforts towards her career pay off - a little too easily? This sends her to Bombay, where the delicious Dhir makes another entry. This time, they are stranded in his apartment for a few days and fall in love. But long distance relationships are not fun, but is Dhir worth the move to Bombay? As an independent woman of the twenty first century, should she put her career on the second rung and take the leap? There is an excellent cast of secondary characters in her friends Junaki, Shonali, her boss, Debu and even Bunty.

The narration is witty and fresh with laugh-out-loud moments and corny lines that we all chick-lit fans love. Kajal was an excellent protag with her sense of humour and inherent sweetness. Dhir's character could have been a little more prominent, and sometimes the innumerable secondary characters with extended back stories seemed pointless, but it was overall a very good package.

Priya Narendra has a winner in this book and I look forward to her next one. Anybody who owns a copy of this book or wants to buy one has an incentive: Email it to Fingerprint, and the one with the maximum likes will get a Rs. Aug 02, Dipali rated it really liked it.

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A fun read through the crazy world of advertising. The opening scene is hilarious, and sets the tone for the craziness ahead. A modern day romance, with contemporary pitfalls, situations and wholly believable characters. Jun 17, Akshay added it. Jun 16, Amit Gupta rated it liked it. Add to the mess a client who is a pain in the ass, When Kajal, a sassy never-afraid-to-make-an-idiot-of-herself-in-public copywriter, finally decides to put her love-life on hold and focus on that long-overdue promotion, fate mysteriously throws her way a stream of eligible bachelors: I must confess upfront that I have never been a great fan of chick-lits mainly because most of the authors tend to get all so emotional and drown their characters in sympathies that in the end the narrative is devoid of all the fun they might be having.

The charm of this book though lies in the fact that it keeps the over-the-top moments well out of the narrative and brings in surprises which linger on well after you have finished reading the book. The story is fast paced, and even though it maintains delicate balance between personal and professional lives of Kajal, ultimately you are bowled over by the sensitivity with which author uses minimal expressions and words to convey the feelings of almost all the characters.

There are enough LOL moments which will make you smile but also intelligently interspersed are the quick-burst moments of self introspection and nervous energy. I particularly enjoyed the portions where Kajal is in two minds about Mr. Right and how desperately she wanted to work out this relationship instead of being in two different cities. My only grudge is the fact that there are too much cliches when it comes to Kajal's parent - their dialogues, their reactions or rather over-reactions and their ambitions.

Apart from this, the final act of both lovers coming together has been wrapped up with such ease you wonder if the writer was running short of words or time or both. The gay character redemption in front of the parents has been dealt a little too easily in the climax so as the meteoric rise of Kajal in the advertising world. But keep these nitpicking apart, you have an absolute perfect chick-lit in your hands for a weekend read.

I am going with 3. It is humorous and witty in equal measures. It is packaged well and will keep you hooked most of the time in the narrative. Even though it is predictable in parts, you will not feel time and energy wasted at all. For how many chick-lits by Indian authors you can say the same in these times? Feb 02, Ria Majumdar rated it it was amazing.

Awesome doesn't define it. You Never Know When You'll Get Lucky is the first chic-lit that I actually liked because the protagonist was honest, sometimes naive, but definitely a sparky girl.

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All in all a very good story and I loved it! Mar 13, Anupama rated it really liked it.

You Never Know When You Will Get Lucky

Nov 30, Aneesha Rao rated it it was amazing. Jul 09, Sonam Peday Wangchuk rated it it was amazing Shelves: Sep 10, Nikhil Talwar rated it really liked it Shelves: Feb 22, Agnivo Niyogi rated it liked it. A Good rapid read for flights. Aug 21, Anushtha rated it really liked it.

You Never Know When You'll Get Lucky! by Priya Narendra

Its nice though complicated! Sep 18, Lokesh Nipane rated it really liked it. Good one time read in one sit!!!!!!! Aug 12, Snehal rated it it was ok. D rated it liked it Feb 14, Sweetys Lohiya rated it really liked it Dec 06, Anandita rated it really liked it Jul 28, Ritu Amin rated it it was ok Jan 21, Shameema Coovadia rated it it was ok May 21, Thenappan Thenappan rated it liked it May 20, Rasila Sagar rated it really liked it Apr 07, Ranjita Sk rated it really liked it Mar 27, Events occur such that she spends considerable time with him and they fall in love in Mumbai. But she needs to go back to Delhi where she lives and works.

Torn in between work and love, whom does she choose?

The concept of this book is nothing new but the treatment is fresh and captivating. The story moves at a good pace and the plot gets Bollywood ish at times. The narration is witty, riveting and fresh with quite a few laugh-out-loud moments and corny lines that all chick-lit fans love. She holds the story together with all her lovely antics. Sometimes the innumerable secondary characters with extended back stories seemed pointless, but overall, it is a very good package.

It is a modern day romance, with contemporary pitfalls, situations and wholly believable characters. A lovely time pass read for a romantic rainy day.