She's a troubled genius. He's brash and brazen. They loved each other until they fought. They have spent years hating each other and now, just as life is ready to take them their own separate ways, they must decide, whether to stay together or move on. The World's Best Boyfriend by Durjoy Dutta is a coming-of-age romance, rather formulaic in the way its been written, and sure to appeal the college crowd. Six key elements sum up the story: college, professors, hostel life, friendships, love and sex. I quite enjoyed the story of Dhruv and Aranya, especially the first half. The second half sort of dragged for me, not only the scenes were repetitive, the dialogues long and rather pedantic. The book is interesting and well written and to me, the author seems to have heavily borrowed from personal life experiences. My only grudge is, there could have been much more to increase the richness of the story and give it a wonderful flavour. Don't ask me what. I am a writer myself and would much rather keep the twists for my own stories (wink, wink)..Enjoy reading!20 s Ally Cakes254 41

I'm scratching my head here. What happened?! This story had sooooo much potential. First time (and probably last time) reading this author. I was really disturbed by how our heroine was so verbally and physically abused by her family and to my dismay and horror it was always done in public! And no one ever said a damn thing! This pretty much killed any feelings of "" I was starting to have for the story.

Also, not to mention how we're forced to witness the horrible things our leads do to each other "for love" or to prove they "don't love" each other.

This story was too draining. In the end, the only thing I was wishing for was for the story to focus more on the best friend, Sanchit. He was, hand down, the only person that kept me reading to the end.

Never underestimate the power of your non-friends.13 s Manpreet Kaur147 622

I read Durjoy's book after a long time. after reading a lot of his previous books, I started feeling he has nothing new in his stories. But this one changed my mind.
I love how the author has experimented with broken characters. Instead of the dashing young boy and a beautiful girl, he has damaged characters. They're not so lovable yet they feel real.
Then there's their love story which is itself very damaged and imperfect.
Of course, there are some shortcomings. For example, the last section of the book had a few unrealistic things.
There's this girl who is supposed to have a fake profile and is residing in a foreign country yet it doesn't become obvious when she shares her whatsapp number?
Then the reaction of girl's parents, in the end, is a bit unexpected. Parents who hate you and want to get rid of you wouldn't mind throwing you off to any kind of guy, at least that's what these parents seemed to be but they behaved very differently. I would have d if there was more strength in this scene. The ending would have been perfect then.
Otherwise, it feels good to read the story of these two people, struggling with their own problems and being in love even then.
It's a good book. If you're not deliberately bent on undermining the work of authors Durjoy Datta & Chetan Bhagat, you will it. 8 s Priyanka71 14

It’s a beautiful, messy teenage love story. The characters have the backstories that make them behave the way they do. Though kind of filmy, I enjoyed reading this book. It’s refreshing and interesting.
I loved it how a girl who is having a skin disease, who is mocked at by everyone for her looks, is found beautiful by the guy who loved her. Cute teenage story.
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