First of all, no complete review here, as I am just half way through Anuja Chauhan’s debut novel, Zoya factor.
Just bought this book a few days back and ended up debiting my account by a good 295 bucks. But half way into the novel, and it definitely seems worth the price.
AnujaChauhan picks upon the superstitious and cricket nausea that has infected our country and weaves quite a creative story around it.
Zoya, a 27 year old ad agency worker, has suddenly got cult status after the Indian cricket team believes that she is their lucky charm. Having a breakfast with Zoya, is all that it would take to get over their bad form, after all Zoya was born on 25th June 1983, the very day India had won the World Cup. So off goes Zoya with the Indian Cricket Team to Australia, to bless India with all the luck they need to win the coveted World Cup. Will Zoya prove lucky for the team and help them win the World Cup? There’s also romance brewing between Indian skipper, Nikhil Khoda ( if u cann’ t fig. out this to be Dhoni..u ain’t no any cricket) and Zoya.
While it can be predicted to where the book is headed for, it’s Anuja’s casual writing style that makes this one perfect, if you are looking for a light weight fun read.
Anuja the brain behind the Oye Bubbly and Yeh Dil Maange More campaigns for Pepsi is in full form with cheeky one liners, wicked jokes and an interesting bunch of characters.
Apart from a quiet little page which says that, “All characters in this book are fictional”..and all that crap, the entire book screams real life characters, be it cricketers, celebrities or the board executives. Anuja has a dig at all of them and invokes much humor.
After a rather disappointing Twenty Twenty tour so far, Yuvraj was blazing guns on Wednesday Night. A tiff with Andrew Flintoff had Yuvraj all charged up. And the next thing was balls flying all over the park. A helpless Broad could just look up at the skies as balls went flying in the air.