1 |Review on Johnny Gone Down

Karan Bajaj

Johnny Gone
By Karan Bajaj

Down

Been there, done that, a tag very easily befitting for the life of Nikhil Arya, an vy !eag"e s#holar$ %e had a bright f"t"re set "& for hi' at NA(A$ B"t destiny had other &lans for hi'$ )n an inno#ent tri& to *a'bodia with his overtly o&ti'isti# and go+getting friend, (a'eer, Nikhils life took a #atastro&hi# t"rn$ -he events whi#h trans&ire after this are thrilling and ."i#k &a#ed$ %e s"rvived the /ol /ot regi'e, a 'onastery in -hailand, the 'afia in Bra0il, #reated a videoga'e that rese'bles (e#ond !ife and also s"rvived the Delhi version of R"ssian ro"lette$ /l"s, he st"died at 1 -, lost an ar', 'arried a s"&er'odel, has a good head for f"nd 'anage'ent, and is a 'artial arts e2&ert$ %es also an idiot, #onsidering the n"'ber of ti'es he gets into tro"ble be#a"se of his own fa"lty j"dge'ent$ Johnny Gone Down is written like a ty&i#al o"trageo"s Bollywood 'ovie3 it 'akes little sense and j"'&s fro' one #atastro&he to another witho"t &aying any attention to detail$ 4ven the definition of the #hara#ters is a bit hesitant$ 5hile reading abo"t Bra0il felt it was 'ore like a sl"' fro' a B+grade 'ovie where things ha&&en j"st be#a"se they have to$ 5hile (teven (eagal a&&ears to be the 'odel for the 'onk who hel&s Nikhil in -hailand$ Nikhil see's to be a s"&er h"'an who #an withstand 464R7-% NG$ At ti'es he is like Rajnikanth where nothing beats hi', des&ite his st"&idity$ -he a"thor 'ainly #on#entrates on the bigger &i#t"re rather than the nitty+grittys hen#e giving an in#o'&lete feeling to the reader$ -he book j"st #on#entrates on Nikhil 'oving #arelessly fro' one disaster to another 'aking it a tad bit &redi#table$ -he a"thor being fro' B - Ran#hi and doing and 1BA fro' an 1, easily finds a #onne#t with the 67 leag"er Nikhil$ Also as he has a keen interest for ba#k &a#king it is b"t obvio"s he has sele#ted the world as Nikhils ho'e, &i#t"ring hi'self as the tro"bled s"rvivor$

8 |Review on Johnny Gone Down

Karan Bajaj

%en#e only if " like fast &a#ed thrillers with a lot of dra'a this book is worth a read$ f the real deal is not yo"r #"& of tea this book will be a tre'endo"s let down tho"gh it has s&arks of brillian#e$ My Rating: - 3.5 on 5
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