Jul 20, Sohail Nijas rated it it was amazing. The best of the trilogy for me, had grown into being comfortable with Einstein by this point. Loved the witty one liners that were sprinkled around, especially the ones he makes in exasperation. Wondering how people with no Malayali pop-culture backing reacted to references such as TG Ravi's laugh in Chaakara and Suresh Gopi's masculinity.
Dec 01, Bharat rated it really liked it. I had pre-ordered this one online, and was waiting eagerly to grab my hands on it. The book 1 in this trilogy are there more Sidin? Book 2 was slightly annoying with predictable plot and gibberish characters. Book 3 continues the same tone of book 1 and 2 in a different setting — the Common Wealth games..
The Allied games! Who let the dork out? Book 3 is a hilarious satirical take on the mess that was the Games in Delhi in The subtle and powerful satire to the events in the book makes the book stand out.
Most of the incidents would make you think about an actual happening that you must have read in the newspapers and especially the political characters immediately take your mind to an actual public personality. The description of the Tihar jail party, the innovatively named food items Anticipatory Bhel, Quattarocheese pizza in the jail canteen and the vivid description of the entrance to the Jail is one other instance where you actually feel — Maybe this is really true!
Overall, the book is an easy read, and it never loses focus on the central issue at Hand — The Allied games. A special mention to the innovative narrative used by Sidin right from book 1 — Diary entries. This makes the flow chronological, and at places where suspense and curiosity needs to be built, there is a mention of a particular happening and the details are spelt out later.
An easy read. Nov 04, Pankaj Giri rated it really liked it. I've now completed the Dork Series by Sidin Vadukut, one which has provided me with a lot of entertainment and uplifted my mood several times. Personally, the second part was the best - absolutely hilarious. The first part was also good, but somehow the frequency of the LOL moments seemed much less in comparison. Now, coming to the third part, I think the comedy quotient is someway in between the first and third part.
However, the ending is below standard. It ruined the experience. However, I was just shuffling through the pages towards the end, which was disappointing. The language is also good enough, but who cares about language in a Sidin Vadukut novel. The comedy more than makes up for it.
The first scene in the Minister's office, the luggage fiasco on meeting Colonel Kalbag, are mind blowing. I couldn't stop laughing for around 5 minutes.
Tears had welled up in my eyes and my stomach hurt. Sidin rocks!!! Wish this series would go on forever, but like Harry Potter, all good things must come to an end. Shelves: humor. It has been wonderful reading experience for past one week.
It will be worth reading it again some time soon. Nov 03, Ram kumar rated it liked it. Nov 14, Bhupinder rated it liked it. Again a very funny book from Sidin. In my view this one is not as good as the second book of the trilogy. Provides a satisfactory ending to the series though. Dec 31, Brian Cowlishaw rated it really liked it. Murkh chutiyan who are convinced they are brilliant and lack all self- awareness are always funny.
It's like a law of nature. A fun, silly read. Dec 28, Anil Dhingra rated it really liked it Shelves: books This is the 3rd book of the Trilogy written by Sidin but it's the first book I have read in it. The author is the editor of mint and writes a really funny blog. Einstein has his work chalked out when he decides to apply for public private collaboration in running the allied victory games to be held in Delhi in Their importance is This is the 3rd book of the Trilogy written by Sidin but it's the first book I have read in it.
Their importance is just a notch below the Olympic games. The experience of dealing with the government agencies is a laugh riot. The author has immense wit and great choice of words and situations to keep the humour flowing without monotony.
The scenes of socialising in the Tihar Jail are too good. The author has multiple talents knowledge of the government working, great imagination, excellent wit and humour and a writing skill. All form to provide us with a fast read really light book. Jun 22, Sonali Dabade rated it really liked it Shelves: reads. My rating order of the books in the Dork series would be: 2, 3, and 1.
While this third book in the series wasn't as good as the second one, it was definitely much better than the first. I found myself laughing and snorting at multiple places in the narrative. Though, I really do wish there was a better ending than what is now. The thing about Sidin Vadukut's writing is that he takes everyday annoyances that people don't want to admit and pours it in odd pages. Robin 'Einstein' Varghese is ov My rating order of the books in the Dork series would be: 2, 3, and 1.
At first, I was annoyed by him. But then, I marveled at his ability to turn anything and everything into an explanation of others' weakness, inadequacy, and idiocy than of his own bumbling mistakes! I liked this series, though I'm sure that I won't go back to it any time soon. Dec 27, Manish Khurana rated it liked it. Wanted to end my reading on a lighter note and this book didn't disappoint. It's a typical Sidin book with great puns and comedy elements rightly placed. I didn't like Dork II that much after reading the first book.
So I was a bit skeptical on this one. But this one exceeded expectations. It's a 3. Sidin, please write more such books! It's a good book. However, for a trilogy which started with 2 wonderful books, the end was indeed a whimper. Not that this book didn't have it's moments.
The goofy Robin Einstein Varghese love stories and the dalliances are funny. The book does manage to have it's absolute hilarious moments. But the somewhat disappointed feeling is due to the high expectations that the previous 2 parts set forth. Aug 11, Rishabh Bansal rated it really liked it. Amazingly brilliant. I dont remember actually laughing out loud while reading a novel.
I think the Dork series is one of the most underrated book series from an Indian writer. A perfect getaway from everyday stress, good light read for a weekend. Would love to read the fourth book in the series.. Sep 11, Prasanna Venkataraman rated it it was ok. I had a lot of expectations in this book. But this 3 rd part is not as good as 2nd part. And 2 nd part is not as good as its 1 st book.
I felt the story in this part is not that gripping and the humor didn't work out also. I was disappointed, might be I will read the first book again and laugh out a little bit. Sep 06, Aniruddha P N rated it liked it.
But lesser than the second one. And much lesser than the first one. Hilarious It was fun while it lasted. But it ends abruptly. Feels unfinished. An epilogue was necessary here to end trilogy. Aug 04, Tomy Mathew rated it really liked it. Hilarious, like his last 2 books. A natural progression from the previous ones. Being a mallu, I could enjoy the wits better. Thank you Sidin. Nov 12, Pradeep Mohandas rated it really liked it Shelves: books-i-own.
November 19, pm Dear diary, Today I finished that book that was written by that dude Sidin who thinks of himself as if he is representing all Malayalees.
What gives him that right, I ask? He is no representative of Malayalee culture living all that distance away in bleddy London and all. I brought this book from the Kitab Khana bookstore in Mumbai when I had gone there on Diwali vacation. Srinivas uncle was waiting outside for some time so I had to leave quickly. I had told him I had sp November 19, pm Dear diary, Today I finished that book that was written by that dude Sidin who thinks of himself as if he is representing all Malayalees.
I had told him I had spent two and half hours in that bookstore. Coming out with nothing in hand makes sense to bookworm like me but not to him who do not understand the economics of spending time at a bookstore instead of bleddy buying and reading the book. Being in Bharuch also means that I can download nothing but email over the Internet. So, I brought this book. Srinivas uncle eyed me suspiciously when he saw the book that I had purchased but I diverted his attention by asking him about idli sambhar at that udipi joint opposite Bombay House.
Yes, it is really that bad. The writing is traumatizing when not unbearable. For instance words like 'nonchalantly' and 'earnestness' are peppered casually throughout the paragraphs; it makes you feel like you are reading a junior school essay written by a student who has been highly impressed by the MS word synonym suggestion for the word cool.
Personally, I've never come across an Indian or a non-Indian for that matter who uses nonchalantly so casually. The protagonist Robin Varghese is perhaps the most dumb, egotistical, misogynistic, distasteful character I have ever encountered in a book. From a watchman who for some reason shooes him away to his colleague who dislikes him everyone is a 'Bastard' to him. In the meantime, he rejoices stealing hotel towels and quietly wanks off literally!
God save her really! Frankly, I would like to meet someone who has made an entry in their diary saying they wanked off at their love interest, or perhaps a writer who would deem it fit to use for one of his characters. Utterly disgusting! There is nothing to suggest that they are or even could be real. Horrible characterization is one thing, being hopeless at research is another. Neither would European Union bother about industries operating elsewhere nor does EU a common labour immigration policy!
That's basic general knowledge if you expect yourself to use Uzbekistan in your fiction. Further point of interest that we all know here is Uzbekistan is one of the countries where emigration is more of the problem than immigration. It has not yet signed all the conventions of the UN charter on labour immigration. It was famously forced to ratify minimum age of labour last year or the year before. The point being no one gives a damn about labour or immigration in Uzbekistan.
Someone should send a card to the writer and the Penguin editing team Anyway, half way through, I can't think of single thing that is good in it. Sidin Vadukut joins the esteemed Shoba De as my abandoned authors. Finally, I'm not aware how it's been received in India. I gave a single star as that's the least one could rate here.
To my shock I learnt that this is just the first segment; that, there is a trilogy planned. Someone should stop him. If you are even vaguely in touch with the world of books by Indian authors, there is no way you could have missed this book.
Einstien is a typical naive-and-stupid guy who can be found in every batch of every single college that exists on this earth. He is the kind of guy who sports thick framed glasses, has oil dripping down his hair, has a stupid grin stuck on his face all the time — you know who I am talking about, right? This guy can be found in every movie ever made on college boys and girls.
BTW, that description is entirely mine, Vadukut does not give us a glimpse of how Einstien looks like. The book takes the form of journal entries by Einstien. He has a habit of writing down the activities of the day where he treats his Diary as a confidant.
He pours his heart out, bears his soul and is totally honest with his Diary. The book starts with the journal entry for the day when Einstien gets a job — Day Zero job, mind you. It then goes on to show how he manages to goof-up at every point in his life, how utterly unaware he is of the world around and how innocent and naive he is. We have some hilarious incidents which include alcohol, a huge plastic duck and some puking. Another such incident has Einstien trying to solve the storage space crisis to store one lakh ball bearings.
Bring in a love interest and we have all ingredients for an interesting dorm story. His thoughts on the book: Shameless plug: we both enjoyed the book hugely. The trope of the unreliable narrator is something I usually associate with serious literary fiction, but Sidin pulls it off very convincingly in a fast-paced comic narrative.
I have always found his reviews very helpful. I read We need to talk about Kevin after I read his review and I am grateful to him for introducing me to this book. But, this book…. Unreliable narrator?
We see through Verghese the moment he opens his mouth, I mean his first journal entry. Sidin Vadukut Goodreads Author. Humor , History , Thriller.
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