Book Review - The Missed Call - Backbenchers Series

The Missed Call - Backbenchers Series

Overview : 

Natasha, the heartthrob of The Presidency Convent, lost her stardom, her pride and her boyfriend overnight, and had no idea what had hit her.

She seeks revenge on the girl she suspects to have caused it all - Ananya.

She is not going to take her downfall lying down. And now that she has her hands upon something that can ruin Ananya's life, She can't wait to have her vengeance.

To gain back her pride, she aims to come out on topis in the most prestigious quiz competition in the city and accidentally teams with her once-upon-a-time-best friend Shreya.

Shreya stays at a distance and sees Natasha destroy herself with hatred, revenge and pain.

It aches her throw her life like this. But what can she do about it.

The Backbenchers - The Missed Call ! traces the story of Natasha Malhotra, as she struggles with depression, suicidal tendencies, vengeance and the loss of social equity.

Will she get her old life back?

Or will she destroy herself in the process?

About the author :

This book is the sequel of the hugely successful book 'The Backbenchers - The Extra Class'. The book is written by Durjoy Datta and Nikita Singh under the ghost name Sidharth Oberoi. Neither Durjoy Datta nor Nikita Singh needs any introduction.

Durjoy Datta is the author of six runaway bestsellers. His books have sold over a million copies over the last three years and was the third highest selling Indian author in the year 2011. At 24, he is one of the youngest and the most prolific writers.

Nikita Singh is the bestselling author of "Love @ Facebook" (May 2011), "Accidentally In Love!" (September 2011) and "If It's Not Forever ...It's Not Love!" (February 2012) co-written with Durjoy Datta.

When it comes to Durjoy and Nikita, you can expect something different from the leauge. I always pre-order books coming from Durjoy’s pen. Ya, its different thing, I hate Nikita. But she is gorgeous. 

Coming to the story :

This book is really different from first one. The first one was focused on a number of characters such as Ananya, Natasha, Yuvraj etc....And their love stories. But in this one author only focused on Natasha, her childhood friend with who she came close again after many years, science quiz and her family problems. And mainly on her pain.

Book connects well to the past one. In early pages, author has only shown pain through which natasha has gone. The book disappoints in the suspense part. There is no twist in story as we expect from Durjoy Datta. No thrill. The books has totally new story. The main protagonists from the previous book, Ananya and Yuvraj doesn't have much to do this.

Sequeal is not so much promising. The loneliness of a young teenage girl, Natasha  is well described with good conversation. This book is more about family problems. Natasha's long lost childhood best friend Shreya is justified very well. Only she was the friend of her when Natasha was all alone. Who gave her company and forgave her for what she did to her in past.

What happen next? Will she get her fame back? Or she lost herself in the process. Will she take revenge from Ananya? Or will she forgive her.

Now, Review Time :

Story line is not so much good. But narration style is so much awesome in comparison to last one.This book is not so thrilling, no twists. But emotions are very well described. In some part of it while reading, i could feel the tears on my cheeks. It will keeps you engaged with the narration style. Durjoy and Nikita, you did nice job on narration. But you should also work on storyline. I hope you will do this in next part 
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I will give it 3/5. A good read. Worth reading once. You can go for it.