Book Review- Double or Quits by Shilpa Gupta

Book Details-
Book Name- Double or Quits
Author- Shilpa Gupta
Genre- Fiction
Publisher- Jaico Books
Pages- 290
Price- ₹350

Blurb- Racy, realistic and fast paced, Double or Quits traces Jyotsna Singh’s story against the backdrop of the treacherous stock markets.

Losing her father at the age of 12 and brought up under frugal circumstances, Jyotsna grows up too soon. Nervy and edgy by nature, she morphs into a confident and charming young woman with a successful career in Investment Banking.

Enter Aryan Sahani, rising corporate star and billionaire who wraps Jyotsna in his charms, but has plans of his own. Driven by her loyalty to the firm, a desire to break out of her lower middle class moorings and misplaced love, Jyotsna overreaches. She is soon faced with the dark side of the stock markets – a world where ambition, greed and fear rule and reputations are lost a lot faster than they are built.

Will Jyotsna be able to resurrect her life? Will she find the true love she has been craving? Double or Quits is a tale of love, betrayal and courage. It is a tale about falling down, but not staying down.

Review- Double or Quits is brilliant novel by Shilpa Gupta. With her second book, Shilpa serves us inspiring story of Jyotsna and his encounter with love.

Book Cover and Title- Book Cover is appropriate with the content. However, it could be made more attractive. Title is appropriate with the book and creates suspense. Blurb is interesting and attracts readers.

Language and Narration- Language of the book is lucid and rich in vocabulary. Narration is decent and is done in third person narrative. Dialogs are crisp and short. However, there are some editing errors in the book which could be improved in the next edition.

Characterization- I loved the character Jyotsna. She is strong, successful in her filed and is an independent girl with hard past. I liked the way Shilpa narrates about her past and as a reader, it makes me feel her character and thus the actions she takes in the later part of the book.

Aryan Sahani is a charming billionaire with whom Jyotsna falls in love. Other characters are also sketched beautifully.
It was fun to read about Jyotsna's friends.

Theme- This book covers several theme with Love and Will to fight against odd being the main theme. This book also covers betrayal, dark side of corporate sector and beautiful friendship between the characters.

Storyline and Plot- Storyline of the book is interesting with lots of twists and turns throughout the book to keep readers interested in the book. All the scenes are rightly places with exiting and fast paced story.

Plot construction is commendable. Shilpa beautifully merges the relatable characters and the story.

It was fun to read about the friendship between Jyotsna and her friends. The way Nitin supported her, it truly touched my heart. The way Jyotsna carried her from the bottom was surely inspiring.

Ratings-
Book Cover and Title- 3/5
Language and Narration- 3/5
Characterization- 4/5
Storyline and Plot- 3.5/5

Final Rating- 3.5/5

Overall, Doubles or Quits is an interesting yet inspiring story of Love and betrayal which serves us a beautiful and relatable character with intriguing plot.