Chetan Bhagat
Paperback | Pages: 267 pages Rating: 3.43 | 79954 Users | 2132 Reviews
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| Title | : | Five Point Someone: What Not to Do at IIT |
| Author | : | Chetan Bhagat |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 267 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 2011 by Rupa Publications (first published 2004) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Asian Literature. Indian Literature. Cultural. India |
Explanation Concering Books Five Point Someone: What Not to Do at IIT
Five Point Someone is a story about three friends in IIT who are unable to cope. The book starts with a disclaimer, “This is not a book to teach you how to get into IIT or even how to live in college. In fact, it describes how screwed up things can get if you don’t think straight.” Three hostelmates – Alok, Hari and Ryan get off to a bad start in IIT – they screw up the first class quiz. And while they try to make amends, things only get worse. It takes them a while to realize: If you try and screw with the IIT system, it comes back to double screw you. Before they know it, they are at the lowest echelons of IIT society. They have a five-point-something GPA out of ten, ranking near the end of their class. This GPA is a tattoo that will remain with them, and come in the way of anything else that matters – their friendship, their future, their love life. While the world expects IITians to conquer the world, these guys are struggling to survive. Will they make it? Do under performers have a right to live? Can they show that they are not just a five-point-somebody but a five-point-someone?List Books During Five Point Someone: What Not to Do at IIT
| Original Title: | Five Point Someone: What Not to Do at IIT |
| ISBN: | 8129104598 (ISBN13: 9788129104595) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.chetanbhagat.com/books/fps/ |
| Characters: | Hari, Ryan Cooper, Alok, Neha, Professor Cherian, Venkat |
| Setting: | IIT Delhi |
| Literary Awards: | Indo-American Society's Society Young Achiever's Award (2004) |
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Ratings: 3.43 From 79954 Users | 2132 ReviewsDiscuss Containing Books Five Point Someone: What Not to Do at IIT
Well, where should I begin? Errr...ummm....aaaahhhh....it's like...yeah, okay! Shoot...Bhagat is the icon of confused India. The literary quality of his works are, at best, pedestrian. He induces cringe in me with his shoddy juvenile logic, slapstick humour and monotonously one-dimensional characters. It is as if he wants to get on top of Qutb Minar and yell "See, I am an IITian who can write too!!!". He is that dumb and pompous! He even aspires to become a columnist; who does he think he is?If you are an IITian,or a product of any of the proffessional institute/college, you will probably relate very well to this light-hearted narrative about the life of three average guys at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (And if you are an IITian you would also know what average in IIT means). If you are not an IITian, you will still enjoy this book like a lot of my friendz who are not even techiez. Five Point Someone: What Not to Do at IIT may be about life in IIT, but the characters
The story revolves around three students at IIT Alok, Hari and Ryan. They are thick friends but do not have anything common attributes. Each character is different, have different objectives and strengths and weakness. The story is told mainly by the POV of Hari and it narrates their four years in IIT and how they overcome their weakness and obstacles but still stick together and graduate from IIT... I just wanted to read the novel to see what similarities it has with the movie 3 idiots. It
It took effort! Real effort to give this 'immature diary entry' of a wannabe writer my valuable one star.After such a long time I decided to review this book, just because my inner dedicated reader wanted appreciation for tolerating this horrendous piece of abomination in the name of literature.Being an IITian or alumni of any other elite institute unrelated to literature for that matter, doesn't give you a license to write such books and throw it in the face of innocent beginners who think if
A good book should be written so that any age group can enjoy it. And although I'd say I'm older than Professor Cherian, I can remember waiting on test results and definitely having the decision to make about how many hours to study. Also, I've been on the other side of it giving assignments. 5 Point Something never really looks at what the purpose of the assignments and the learning are.There has to be a purpose for learning the material and being in excellent range, other than being a mugger.
Picked it up out of curiosity, as I am myself a B.Tech student from IIT Kanpur, eager to learn how IIT Delhi was similar/different from my college.Found it okie-dokie, but highly un-impressive. Must say, the writing style of american-teen novels (Agatha Christie/Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew) is much better than Mr.Bhagat's.Why even the hindi-belt crime thrillers available at north-central India's railway/bus stations are much more lucidly written with a firm plot (like Wardi Wala Gunda etcetra)Chetan
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