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If I Pretend I Am Sorry! : Will You Pretend And Forgive Me?
I was sitting in a room with four of the most dangerous men in Mumbai. All four had a gun in their hands. I has a single malt in mine. And I was the one who was going to dictate the terms.”
Rajvir Singh
“That day, I understood the importance of money. That day, I got a new reason to live. That day, I knew what I had to do in life and for what. I had to kill, and I had to kill for money.”
Ranvijay Singh
I felt relieved, I felt scared, I felt guilty. I had finally made the deal. I had paid for my first murder.”
Viraj Singh
Rajvir Singh
“That day, I understood the importance of money. That day, I got a new reason to live. That day, I knew what I had to do in life and for what. I had to kill, and I had to kill for money.”
Ranvijay Singh
I felt relieved, I felt scared, I felt guilty. I had finally made the deal. I had paid for my first murder.”
Viraj Singh
200 pages
First published August 10, 2011
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August 20, 2018
My 4th from prashant...And he lived the expectations....Easy narration..Very few characters..The hero himself Mr.RN kapoor,Roshni,Kriti,Pooja,And Shalini...Last but not to forget hero's Brother like friend ...Mr. Hari...
Childhood love, connections breakup and the Climax ....
When the story started I was lil bit confussed about how Mr.RN kapoor meets his childhood lost love Shalini...But after two three separation lastly they happily lived after..
My recommendation to the readers is plz go for it...
I would like to give 4 star....
Childhood love, connections breakup and the Climax ....
When the story started I was lil bit confussed about how Mr.RN kapoor meets his childhood lost love Shalini...But after two three separation lastly they happily lived after..
My recommendation to the readers is plz go for it...
I would like to give 4 star....
April 25, 2018
I read the book 3 years ago when I was preparing for jee in Indore, but the story is still very fresh in my mind. I liked it very much since it was my third novel only. I am not going to give anything from the story but just the fact that its a written very much in bollywood style, and is perfect if you like the same.
August 2, 2019
Damn good book. I love gangster movies and novels and this was just made for me.
June 17, 2015
If i pretend i am sorry! is a thriller set in the maximum city of India, Mumbai. It traces journey of three men who are connected to each other in a way and their path intersects. Here is the excerpt from each of these characters:
"I was sitting in a room with four of the most dangerous men in Mumbai. All four had a gun in their hands. I has a single malt in mine. And I was the one who was going to dictate the terms.” Rajvir Singh
“That day, I understood the importance of money. That day, I got a new reason to live. That day, I knew what I had to do in life and for what. I had to kill, and I had to kill for money.” Ranvijay Singh
"I felt relieved, I felt scared, I felt guilty. I had finally made the deal. I had paid for my first murder.” Viraj Singh
To put things in right perspective (and this is a spoiler!), Rajvir is the father of Viraj and Ranvijay is the prime henchmen of their illegal underworld business. So we follow their stories differently, all in first person, till their paths collide into a thrilling climax.
The author keeps the pace of the book brisk, unraveling the narrative in the dark underbelly of Mumbai. There are murders, kidnapping, drug dealing, smuggling, fraud and deceit happening between the 'grey' characters. Honestly, all this silently reminded me of the movies of 1970s. The book is a hefty mix of the haves and have nots in the Mumbai society and delve into their psyche of rising above the ranks.
The only issue here is all this even though all this concept is decently executed, the basic story is hardly new from any angle. There is a liberal dose of convenient coincidences and creative liberties thrown in to get out of difficult screenplay situations. The writing does not add any nuances to the characters, so most of them become one-dimensional and screenplay starts reeking of predictability. The twists and turns comes flying from all the directions, but all of them are far too familiar and too 'filmy'.
I am going with generous (2+0.5)= 2.5/5 for Prashant Sharma's second book. It is fast paced and it is unlikely you will be bored with the narrative. But if you are looking for anything extraordinary in terms of concept or execution, you will be disappointed. Read it if you are fan of simplistic storytelling.
"I was sitting in a room with four of the most dangerous men in Mumbai. All four had a gun in their hands. I has a single malt in mine. And I was the one who was going to dictate the terms.” Rajvir Singh
“That day, I understood the importance of money. That day, I got a new reason to live. That day, I knew what I had to do in life and for what. I had to kill, and I had to kill for money.” Ranvijay Singh
"I felt relieved, I felt scared, I felt guilty. I had finally made the deal. I had paid for my first murder.” Viraj Singh
To put things in right perspective (and this is a spoiler!), Rajvir is the father of Viraj and Ranvijay is the prime henchmen of their illegal underworld business. So we follow their stories differently, all in first person, till their paths collide into a thrilling climax.
The author keeps the pace of the book brisk, unraveling the narrative in the dark underbelly of Mumbai. There are murders, kidnapping, drug dealing, smuggling, fraud and deceit happening between the 'grey' characters. Honestly, all this silently reminded me of the movies of 1970s. The book is a hefty mix of the haves and have nots in the Mumbai society and delve into their psyche of rising above the ranks.
The only issue here is all this even though all this concept is decently executed, the basic story is hardly new from any angle. There is a liberal dose of convenient coincidences and creative liberties thrown in to get out of difficult screenplay situations. The writing does not add any nuances to the characters, so most of them become one-dimensional and screenplay starts reeking of predictability. The twists and turns comes flying from all the directions, but all of them are far too familiar and too 'filmy'.
I am going with generous (2+0.5)= 2.5/5 for Prashant Sharma's second book. It is fast paced and it is unlikely you will be bored with the narrative. But if you are looking for anything extraordinary in terms of concept or execution, you will be disappointed. Read it if you are fan of simplistic storytelling.
March 16, 2013
This boook was a complete disaster to read.... but second part or i can say the last 20 pages were bit tolerable... BUt as a reader its my responsibility to read the whole book and then review it thats y i completed it... Just the line that he was my elder son that took me. Nothing else was moving..... I regret y i purchased this book. I thought that lets read some Indian fiction stuff other than teenage love and colleges and friends but this proved to be a complete disaster in itself..... Follow my advice and dont read this book.,. The author has over exaggerated the power of the characters. Nobody can become successful at such a pace and that too specifically by the means that the author has stated... Its completely ridiculous....
December 12, 2013
i liked this book very much.now this is something new from an indian budding writer.the story was different and the ending was really very shocking.thank you prashant for not going in the same line as all our new generation of writers are going....like IIT+some crap love story.
I wish you all the very best in the future and i hope you'll write more of such books.
I wish you all the very best in the future and i hope you'll write more of such books.
October 19, 2014
One of the best suspense novel by an Indian author.
The story of three man and his ambition to rule the city of dreams,MUMBAI....
A must read for every suspense book lover.
Though there are some spelling and grammatical error round the book.
The story of three man and his ambition to rule the city of dreams,MUMBAI....
A must read for every suspense book lover.
Though there are some spelling and grammatical error round the book.
November 1, 2011
Better dan his 1st one. except the ending, the story goes pretty predictable way. love n passion for the CT well presented.
February 8, 2012
Ok ok Book no that much intresting..........
June 30, 2014
very interesting concept
October 24, 2020
It's good to see Indian writers diverging into thriller genre.
Book had potential, could have been better.
Book had potential, could have been better.
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