Almost Single - Nothing great

These days, i am very fascinated with chick-lits. Light, breezy and quick to read, they are meant to be witty without trying too hard. Sadly, this one's trying too hard.

It is the story of a 29 year old, single (obviously) working woman called Aisha. She lives in Delhi and has all the traits of a Delhiite. Sorry, if i sound a little opinionated but every region has its peculiarities. And this one exemplifies Delhi perfectly. First put-off. Personal opinion but to be fair, the central character has nothing that endears or enrages the reader.

Second put-off - she works in a hotel, 5-star though, as a house-keeping staff. There is nothing wrong with it but, c'mon it would have been a better setting if she would be doing a slightly non-monotonous job. Just because the writer wanted to create a sensational first meeting for the lead pair, this profession has been chosen, it seems.

Then onwards, the character's insecurities, needs, desires, fears and blah blah are all very predictable. As for the characters - they are all mediocre too. Yes, they are supposed to be your everyday characters but these guys have no uniqueness in them. You don't feel for anyone, you don't remember anyone as soon as you flip the page.

As a 28-year old single working woman, i had thought i would relate to it at some level. But no, this one is adamant on being soul-less.

The writing is not great either. At the very least, i expected an interesting style of writing, but disappointment meets you yet again.

If this is the first-of-its-kind for you, then it may keep you hooked. Otherwise, it is just about passable.

P. S. i Love You - the movie, should never have been made

Yes... it is such a sad adaptation of the book. So bland, so heartless and so soul-less.

With the book, you only want to mention the strengths, which quite outnumber the minor setbacks. And it saddens me to say that the movie is completely the opposite. i agree and do believe that the depth and attention to detail of a book cannot be attained in a 2 hour 05 minutes movie, but this one is nowhere close.

So much so that the letters are also rushed in. They are a part of the movie as if they are secondary to the other not-so-impactful scenes. The part where Holly sleeps with Gerry's childhood friend is in itself such a put-off for me. Here you are showing the perspective of a woman who is barely trying to grapple with her loss and the immediateness of sleeping with somebody just destroys the gravity of the situation and it is not just the act, it is the portrayal of insensitivity.

Hillary Swank, mediocre, to say the least. i personally don't like her at all. And she doesn't look the part, at all.
Gerard Butler, for his part, yeah..ok.

The only scene worth mentioning here is the scene where Holly goes to meet her in-laws and revisits her first meeting with Gerry. That is somewhat close to what the book wants to say.

Actually, there is nothing worth mentioning about the movie. All the writing would get repetitive and would end with such inadequacy.

Highly disappointed with the movie. Had it not been an adapt of the book, even then it wouldn't have made much waves.
Thoroughly mediocre.