Book Review: www.MarryAGhost.com by Abhimanyu Jha

About the author: Abhimanyu is also an edu/techpreneur and one of the co-founders and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of the company TalentBridge Technologies. Read more about him at his website: http://www.abhimanyujha.com/

Cover Page:

The cover looks bit interesting and the ringer below the title is cherry on the cake. But, I do wish that the story also had something more related to it, especially the ring.

What I felt about the book:

With a title like 'Marry A Ghost', it's unlikely that a reader would not flip the pages with a ghostly horror story in mind. The author very well managed to prove all predictions about the story wrong. I truly enjoyed reading it.

It's a story of a ghost - oh! I should not call her ghost, a spirit/beautiful soul Maahi who is in search of her golden hair lover so that she can free herself. She has only 14 days to let her not trapped on earth, may be forever. Helping her is a techie Veeru.

I think this was the first time, I read about a different side of ghosts. The souls have been displayed as normal as living beings. The author has done a pretty good job in giving a believable image to ghosts.

The writing style is also good. Conversation between Maahi and Veeru in their own words somehow helps the reader to get a feel of both worlds - living and dead.

Below points made me love the book:

1. Simple use of words and language.

2. Ironic humor added in between almost all those serious images.

3. Concluded, yet open ended story.

4. The very first acknowledgement - read the book yourself to get the smiling curve on your faces.

What I didn't like?

The website www.marryaghost.com could have been used a little more. I have no idea how, but was expecting a bit more out of it.

Abhimanyu Jha has done a great job in keeping the readers glued to pages. I could not stop once i started reading it. I actually laughed my wits out on the introduction of a five-hundred-year-old ghost - friend of Vasco D Gama. I actually looked for the site - www.marryaghost.com and it landed me to the author's website, which was fair.

Then there was a point which made me melt in love. Like most girls, i almost said - "It's so cute!” It's actually a cute love story. I felt sorry for poor Veeru when he wanted to touch his love, but could not do so. The helplessness of both Veeru and Maani at different stages when they wanted to console, hug, kiss each other is written very sensitively.

Yes, there is a sequel coming to this, at least with the ‘to be continued” written at the end, it seemed so. Whenever that is out, I hope I get to notice that, I so want to get to the end of this touching love story.

And then, I still managed to note some lines from the book which grabbed my attention. Click here to read my favorite lines from the book ‘www.MarryAGhost.com’.

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Do you believe in ghosts? How did you like the book? Would you go ahead and read it after my thoughts on it? Write your heart/mind in comments section. I would be glad to read out your end of thinking on the book.