Skip to main content

Book Review: Anything to Look HOT


"Anything to Look HOT" is a book authored by Dr. Jas Kohli who is a plastic surgeon by profession. This is the 11th book I'm reviewing and I must admit, it's by far the most entertaining book that I have come across. Let me start with its 'blurb'. Following is mentioned there: 'Dr. Dhruv's (the protagonist) journey surpasses even a masala movie for humor, drama and action.' Let me tell you that all three ingredients are really there in the book and that too bagfuls. From start (the TITLE, doesn't it get to you?) to finish, this is a blockbuster ride of an intelligent person who lives his life to the fullest while catering to the love, affection and demands of all his near and dear ones. This is a person who knows his trait and profession very well and though we see him being very crafty in his work, he never misses an opportunity to learn. He gets to work in that dreamy world which we call 'Bollywood' and he is well aware of the secrets that it possesses and which he cannot afford to let go off to outside world. He is a very learned doctor, an obedient son, a lovely husband (who doesn't go astray even while working with all the leading damshells of Tinsel Town) and a caring father. And while being all that, he narrates a story as fascinating as one could hope for finding in a Bollywood Superhit. There is no doubt that Dr. Jas Kohli writers from experience for he lets us know about all the nitty-gritty of plastic surgery with surgical precision. Liposuction, implants, birth-defects and face-reconstruction surgeries are some of the plastic surgery jargons that have been tossed around frequently and they add 'gravity' to the plot of this book. Many a times readers come across a book that recounts a medical or legal drama but it fails to induce emotions in them for when it goes in detail to discuss its intricacies regarding its field of study (or plot), it goes in too deep. Here Dr. Kohli very intelligently picks up only those popular terminologies who are in vogue and thus succeeds triumphantly.

Secondly, there are various subplots in the book that are engaging. Seamless movement from one subplot to another adds fast pace to it and a reader never feels bored. Thirdly, dialogues of this book are just pure fun. Never for a moment, they fail to impress. If I call them humorous, that will be an understatement. They are worthy of causing a laugh-riot. Last but not the least, there is not a SINGLE grammatical mistake in this book which is simply unbelievable. As of late I have come across so many books with pathetic grammatical limp that they sometimes compel you to review the decision of opting for this profession but this book is an amazing success story on that front. Credit must go to both the author and his publishing team at Srishti Publishers. It's a genuine entertainer I'm talking about here, ladies and gentlemen and thus I shall be assigning it my maximum rating. A pageturner in realest of senses!!!!

Rating: 4.5/5

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

P.S. Hoffman & Joaquin Phoenix: The Master

My infatuation with the movies is well known but my involvement with the actors and their characters is even more heartwarming. There are innumerable movies that I saw simply because they featured my favorite actors, however they themselves were not great. Examples could be infinite, however for the sake of this article I'll have to produce something here. Anger Management for Jack Nicholson (boy, isn't he a legend?), Swing Vote for Kevin Costner, Snatch for Brad Pitt, Legends of the Fall (Brad Pitt), Leon: The Professional, Immortal Beloved, Bram Stroker's Dracula, State of Grace & Prick up your ears; all for Gary Oldman (mind you, he is a chameleon). Meanwhile, I started accumulating some of the finest performances by some of the legendary actors of all time. Very recently, as anyone who follows me regularly knows, I grew very much fond of the craft and artistry of Daniel Day-Lewis. He is a fine, fine actor whose study and impersonation of a character is often pictur...
Post a Comment
Read more

A Monumental 30-years Wait for Premier League Title is Finally Over for Liverpool

Finally, yeah finally. Liverpool, my beloved lads in Reds conquered the England. 30 years. It's been a long wait but this title run was worth the wait..... From the bottlers of 2013-14 to the one point loser of 2018-19, to the Champions of 2019-20; it's been a remarkable story I am chasing after since 2004-05 and I have seem many come and go but Liverpool's RED stuck to me and Jurgen Klopp's mentality monsters just bulldozed their way through the English Premiere League title after 30 years in such a way that it seemed it was never ever far away from our grasp. Manchester United, Manchester City, Everton, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur; look away now, guys.....this moment is ours to savour. There was a time when you laughed at us thinking how in hell Liverpool became 18 times champions of English Football bit this sweet 19th will remind you for a long, long time how we became 18-time English Champions at the first place. A huge shout-out to my man, Steven Ge...
Post a Comment
Read more

BBC's India's Daughter: An Indian Response

I assume you all have watched BBC's Documentary on Nirbhaya a.k.a Jyoti Singh (I don't know whether I'm legally entitled to speak up her name publicly in India or not, but let's take the risk). It goes by the name 'India's Daughter' in India, but at the same time, it's banned here. Though it was released way back on 4th March and I downloaded it right away on the very next day for my relatives but only yesterday, I got to watch it and that's only because Meryl Streep vouched for it for an elusive 'Oscars Nomination'. That's not to say that I was skeptical of its content or plot but somewhere I was afraid that I couldn't quite grasp its central idea. So let me tell you that if you are a parent or a certain male chauvinist, you can certainly do away with a strong stomach for it will certainly test your strength of character. Awaneendra who was accompanying Jyoti that fateful night, was when asked later to comment on this documentary, ...
Post a Comment
Read more