Gunpoint Groom by Kamini Kusum

A Realistic Story

- Swapna Peri

This is my fourth book from Kamini Kusum. In her previous book, the drama quotient that existed is carried onto this book also. At some places, the events happen so quickly that the readers fail to cope up with the pace. Her books target the Indian audience and people who like the soap operas of Indian television. Her books also are a treat to beginner readers who lookout for books written in simple and colloquial language.

She in this book has given an insight into the groom kidnapping that happens in some parts of India. When deeply thought, it focuses on marriages that are confined to a certain caste, economical background, political background, and society around. To not being embarrassed by those outsiders, often young people succumb to forced marriages. Here, the author has touched such subjects at a basic level. A more deep inclusion of this subject would have given the story a mature look.

Though the story was good, somewhere there is a disjunction with the emotional level. The events happen so fast that the time taken by the readers to understand and sink into the story is somewhere missing. Else, the book is a good entertainer.

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