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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

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