Review of Wottaplot

Title: Wottaplot

Author: Santosh Vishwanath



Blurb:


Raj, with the help of his high-spirited father, sets out to conquer a piece of land around the Bangalore city. Through some humorous and some hopeless misadventures, he realizes that it isn’t as easy as it sounded. The closer he thinks he is to acquiring the land, the more it seems to drift away from him.
What he believes to be a level playing field, stoops down to many levels during his journey. While the earlier trigger was to prove a point to someone else, it slowly dawns upon him that he needs to prove things to himself first.
Will he be able to own a piece of land that he can be proud of?
Wottaplot! is the story of an average Bangalorean's plight to own a small piece of land and the adventures that follow.



My Views:

I was not sure of the theme the book is written on. I have read cases where people fight to own a piece of land in newspapers articles before. But, a 200 paged books on this topic, not sure! I was highly in the opinion that Santosh would have unnecessarily exaggerated the story, and would have involved not-so-related and not-so-healthy romantic story to it, to fill some pages.



There was nothing so exciting about the story, but one thing was sure, that I was not getting bored while reading the book. It at least has something to keep me occupied. However, it does incorporate love story of the protagonist, but that was just limited to give a brief insight into the life of the protagonist, and nothing more. But, to my disappointment, I did find some irrelevant content in the book acting as a filler, and nothing else. He mentioned of a trip, which to me didn't make any sense. Once I found that content, my faith from this book stumbled many times as there was a constant reminder that Yes, what you are reading right now, may not make any sense after a while. But, there were some laughter moments saved for me. I was delighted to found such content. It was only what he narrates that kept me driving, otherwise I was somehow losing interest in the main story.



A story of a father-son duo who are looking to acquire a suitable piece of land. In their hope of getting such land, they faced several issues, their adventure in the journey makes you learn about their experience, and the author makes sure that you get a fair deal to get entertained in between. Very rarely do I see a significant end to the story. This one definitely has one. And the way it ends made it an impacting one. No matter how many bumps there were in between, the end made it up for all. The story is associated with a polished writing style. Words are properly used, and sentences are carved in a well-mannered fashion. There's no downfall of his narrating style.


Rating: 3.7/5

Reviewer: Shweta Kesari

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