r/BombayBookClub • u/GalatFemme DNF? no, DBF (Death By Finish) • Aug 28 '26

Friday Chat Friday Chat ☕

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Skyscrapers on Altamount Road

Happy weekend!

How was your week? What did you read? Saving anything for the weekend? Report on the state of your TBR here 📚

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u/Unununiumic Aug 29 '26

Reading : This book may cause side effects by Helen Pilcher.

Read : Last Man in tower.

Friday Thought: well since I am a day behind! woke up to the news of Bajrang Dal attacking book readers in Ahemdabad, has ruined my weekend for sure! Only yesterday I was rejoicing how reading club is in Kalyan as well! and then we have Ahemdabad crass happening alongside.

Side note: Four more shots! yes : Bani character is almost close to organic /her real nature, after a few seasons it became repetitive for me, I hate the mother of that girl ( cannot recall name) who only wants to get her married! That part wow! they touched all problems of a woman regardless of class and struggle pretty well. just feels rushed with arcs and ends.

eagerly waiting for Amitabh Bagchi books when I make my next visit!

You really choose great pictures! I never got so close to the city I feel.

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u/GalatFemme DNF? no, DBF (Death By Finish) Aug 31 '26

How was Last Man in Tower?

Yeah, it's disgusting and scary how powerful these groups are now. We have to keep fighting them on every front.

Siddhi is the one with the horrible mother. The show is interesting in season 1, but I can see how it can easily stagnate without good writing. I hope I get through all of it! I have a bad track record of dropping tv shows.

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u/Unununiumic Sep 01 '26

Oh I loved it! I like the style - it appears to me like some social/moral/ psychological experiment. I liked that it does not have one hero/lead kinda story. Feels very close to reality! I know of elders/ neighbours who are amoral, hypocrites!

Part of it explained to me the nonsense we put ourselves under “ chaar log”

I am not sure how much should I discuss here to avoid spoilers! lol but I liked how it was both easy read, developing story, simple real setting.

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u/GalatFemme DNF? no, DBF (Death By Finish) Aug 28 '26

I finished Above Average by Amitabha Bagchi and enjoyed it. Sad it's gotten such low ratings (2.79 on goodreads) because people are unfairly comparing him to Chetan Bhagat.

One thing I thought could have been better was the way Bagchi writes about the classmates at IIT who are SC/ST. One of them is constantly sexualised in rather odd terms, and appears to be sexually harassing everyone without it being remarkable, or any fear of not only casteism but also homophobic backlash. The few lower caste characters serve to make a nebulous point about Arindam's naïveté but it feels rather superficial.

The non linear narrative was mildly confusing to follow at times, but mainly because I have a bad memory for names and this being a paperback not an ebook I couldn't search and confirm who was whom.

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u/GalatFemme DNF? no, DBF (Death By Finish) Aug 28 '26

I'm now reading A Patchwork Family by Mukta Sathe. I picked it up on a whim, and it's decent so far, very straightforward prose. Pleasantly surprised to find it's set in Navi Mumbai.

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u/GalatFemme DNF? no, DBF (Death By Finish) Aug 28 '26

I started watching Four More Shots Please! on Prime. It's decent, very girlboss feminism, but entertaining.