HIWSGMAT - Opal Mehta

HIWSGMAT - How I Wasted Some Good Money And Time

We had been browsing in the bookstore, when we found a copy of Kaavya Viswanathan's much commended at first, and much condemned later, book - How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild and Got A Life. Controversies not withstanding, we bought it with not much expectation ("not much expectation" was quite right), considering it a good one time read about college experiences - something like Five Point Someone ( now this is how wrong can one be!).

So, I spent some three hours this saturday afternoon reading this book. The story has been outlined over and over again, in the reviews, so I do not see a point in attempting to recapture it. I would just say that I found it very predictable, and very cliched, and at many places, over the top. It falters in narration and fails to capture one's imagination. One might read it to pass time. Completely avoidable. I wonder if my afternoon could have been better spent sleeping.