"A thought-provoking read, meant to entertain and uplift.

••INSIGHT: The book is about Rishabh Arora and the course of his life as he navigates his youthful college days and enters adulthood. The story traces his growing up as he falls in love, forges friendships, and achieves his dreams, only to risk it all due to his wrong decisions and his ego. Will Rishabh get his happy ending?

••REVIEW: Almost 60-70% of the story chronicles Rishabh's college days, with the remainder taking up his progression into adulthood. The author has weaved the story and individual plot elements quite well to convey the central theme of the book, which is an attempt at making you question whether the track of our life depends solely on fate or is influenced by the choices we make. The book grew on me by the time I turned the last page. It is a slow-burner, that packs its strongest punches in the latter half, but leaves you compelled to think deeply on what really matters in life by the time it ends.

••STRENGTH: 1. The descriptive manner of writing helped paint a picture of the places, characters and events in my mind.
2. The ample dose of humour in the story hits just the right spot. Instead of invoking comedy through absurd situations, the author has used realistic events that will tickle your funny bone and transport you back to your prankster days in college.
3. The suspense and twists, especially in the latter half of the story balanced out the light-hearted humour nicely.

••WEAKNESS: 1. The narrative style of the author did not work for me, and felt amateurish at times.
2. The pace does not actually pick up until the last 20-30% of the book. Extra fluff could have been cut out to make the story more compact.
3. The plot has hints of the cliche college romance and hardships of young adulthood trope, but ultimately manages to shine through with its original climax and ending.

••TARGET READERS : Suitable for the demographic of 18-35, who are interested in romance with a touch of motivation and philosophy.

••GENRE: Slice-of-life/Coming of age/Realistic Romance

••RATING: 3.1/5

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"'Range' is an astonishing book, it takes on a popular worldview (in this case the 10,000Hr Rule towards specialization/being worldclass, the momentum of which is seen in the work ethos that's swept cultures across all countries), and proceeds to isolate the hype and dismember the popular rule in the face of 'wicked' unpredictable events (which are most real world events).

As evinced by most institutional forecasts' laughably woeful records on predictions with anything to do with the future, the world is a lot more complicated, multi-variate, and emergent than most people think it is. "